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OpenAI Sued by Florida’s Attorney General Over AI Harms
Suit alleging ChatGPT is an unsafe product follows criminal investigation over its role in campus mass shooting.
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ChatGPhish Vulnerability Turns ChatGPT Web Summaries Into a Phishing Surface
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in OpenAI ChatGPT that leverages the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant’s implicit trust in Markdown links and images to trigger prompt injections and open the door to phishing attacks. The technique has been codenamed ChatGPhish by Permiso Security. “The chatgpt.com response renderer trusts Markdown links and Markdown
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What 2,000 Exposed Vibe-Coded Apps Reveal About the Limits of Most Security Stacks
Shadow AI used to mean employees pasting things they shouldn’t into ChatGPT. It now means something bigger: employees building full applications with AI, wiring them into production systems, and publishing them on the open internet. Without Security or IT in the loop. The artifact moved from a prompt to a product. The risk surface moved…
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Why ‘open AI’ models are gaining ground on LLMs
While proprietary AI models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google Gemini remain popular, the tide may be shifting to open models as IT leaders move to customize AI and control costs. Sometimes known as “open-weight models,” the alternatives to large language models (LLMs) can provide decision-makers with better visibility and control over internal AI use,…
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Product showcase: McAfee + ChatGPT integration turns doubt into a scam check
McAfee + ChatGPT integration brings real-time scam detection in conversations and gives users an easier way to verify suspicious content before clicking or responding. It is available to anyone, without requiring a McAfee or ChatGPT subscription. It combines conversational AI with McAfee’s cybersecurity intelligence to help users evaluate potentially dangerous content such as messages, emails,…
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AI Can’t Agree on Which Jobs AI Might Destroy
Economists asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude which jobs were most exposed to AI. Many times, the answers varied widely.
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OpenAI tackles a bad habit people have when interacting with AI
Since people tend to paste personal data into AI tools such as ChatGPT, OpenAI has released Privacy Filter, an open-weight model designed to detect and redact personally identifiable information (PII) in text. The model is available under the Apache 2.0 license on Hugging Face and GitHub. “This release is part of our broader effort to…
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OpenAI Is Working With Consultants to Sell Codex
The ChatGPT maker said it has four million weekly active users for its AI coding tool, up from three million two weeks ago.
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Codex can now operate between apps. Where are the boundaries?
OpenAI is rolling out a major update to the Codex desktop app for users signed in with ChatGPT. Personalization features, including context-aware suggestions and memory, will roll out to Enterprise, Edu, and users in the EU and UK soon. Computer use is initially available on macOS and will expand to EU and UK users in…
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What to Know About OpenAI’s Ideas for a World With ‘Superintelligence’
The ChatGPT maker put out policy proposals so consumers benefit from the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence.
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Fake ChatGPT Ad Blocker Chrome Extension Caught Spying on Users
A fake Chrome browser extension called ‘ChatGPT Ad Blocker’ was harvesting conversations of ChatGPT users in the name of offering an ad-free experience.
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OpenAI’s Top Executive Fidji Simo To Take Medical Leave from Company
The maker of ChatGPT announced several other organizational changes ahead of its expected IPO.
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OpenAI Patches ChatGPT Data Exfiltration Flaw and Codex GitHub Token Vulnerability
A previously unknown vulnerability in OpenAI ChatGPT allowed sensitive conversation data to be exfiltrated without user knowledge or consent, according to new findings from Check Point. “A single malicious prompt could turn an otherwise ordinary conversation into a covert exfiltration channel, leaking user messages, uploaded files, and other sensitive content,” the cybersecurity company said in
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OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Library to store your personal files
OpenAI is rolling out a new feature called ‘Library’ for ChatGPT, which allows you to store your personal files or images on OpenAI’s cloud storage, so you can reference those items in a future chat. […]
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OpenAI’s desktop superapp: The end of ChatGPT as we know it?
OpenAI is reportedly planning to fold its ChatGPT application, Codex coding platform, and AI-powered browser into a single desktop ‘superapp’, a move that signals a shift toward enterprise and developer audiences and away from the consumer market that made the company a household name. The unified product will merge the ChatGPT interface, the Codex coding…
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OpenAI Plans Launch of Desktop ‘Superapp’ to Refocus, Simplify User Experience
The AI company will combine ChatGPT, Codex app and browser in an effort to focus and streamline its resources.
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OpenAI says ChatGPT ads are not rolling out globally for now
OpenAI told BleepingComputer that ChatGPT ads on Free and Go plans are not yet rolling out outside the United States, even though some users noticed references to ads in the updated privacy policy. […]
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MY TAKE: The AI magic is back — whether it endured depends on Amazon’s next moves
I ran an experiment this week that I did not expect to be instructive, and it was. Related: How ChatGPT is becoming Microsoft Office The setup was simple. I had been working through a spontaneous personal essay — about cognitive overload, AI, and the specific anxiety of not knowing whether a memory lapse is a…
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Cyberattack on Mexico’s Gov’t Agencies Highlight AI Threat
Using Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and a detailed playbook prompt, a handful of cyberattackers reportedly gained access to government agencies and its citizens’ data.
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Entra ID OAuth Consent Can Grant ChatGPT Access to Emails
OAuth consent in Entra ID can grant apps like ChatGPT email access after approval, exposing hidden risks that may bypass MFA and enable persistent access.
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Chinese group’s ChatGPT use reveals worldwide harassment campaign against critics
A Chinese law enforcement official attempted to use ChatGPT to review its reports on cyber operations, subsequently revealing details of a worldwide online harassment and silencing campaign of China’s critics at home and abroad. In a new threat report released Wednesday, OpenAI said the activity concerned a single account that regularly used ChatGPT to review…
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FULL VIDEO: From Fatal Chatbots to Big Tech Lobbying: Australia’s AI Expert Toby Walsh Warns of “Depressing” AI Future
Leading Australian AI expert Professor Toby Walsh has expressed outrage over ChatGPT offering to write a suicide note for a troubled teen who took his life in April 2025.
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A new approach for GenAI risk protection
When generative AI (GenAI) hit the consumer market with the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, users worldwide flocked to the product and started experimenting with the tool’s capabilities across industries. The release also sent an instant panic through the hearts of information security professionals whose job is to protect organizations from risks, including the loss or…
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ChatGPT gets new security feature to fight prompt injection attacks
OpenAI has introduced Lockdown Mode and Elevated Risk labels in ChatGPT to help users and organizations reduce the risk of prompt injection attacks and other advanced security threats, particularly when using features that interact with external systems. Limiting tool access to prevent data exfiltration Lockdown Mode in ChatGPT is an optional, advanced security setting for…
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What’s Left For Humans?
Plus, Bezos v. Musk in space, Anthropic’s AI philosopher, killing ChatGPT 4o and a look at a viral Stanford University matchmaking app.
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Fake AI Assistants in Google Chrome Web Store Steal Passwords and Spy on Emails
Hundreds of thousands of users have downloaded malicious AI extensions masquerading as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and others, warn cybersecurity researchers at LayerX
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Why AI Chatbots Can’t Be Trusted for Financial Advice: They’re Sociopaths
Today’s “large language models” like ChatGPT don’t have the training to act in users’ best interest, but an MIT professor hopes to teach them how.
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Why AI Chatbots Can’t Be Trusted for Financial Advice: They’re Sociopaths
Today’s “large language models” like ChatGPT don’t have the training to act in users’ best interest, but an MIT professor hopes to teach them how.