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Kiteworks urges customers to shut down their servers amid ‘imminent’ threat of cyberattack
The tech giant, which allows companies to send large datasets over the internet, said it received a "credible threat" from law enforcement about an imminent attack.

Sony and UMG are suing Suno again
Sony and Universal Music Group filed yet another suit against Suno. The labels claim its new v6 model still infringes on their copyrights because it's trained on user outputs from previous models, which were themselves trained on unlicensed music ripped from YouTube and other sources. Sony and UMG are notable holdouts who did not sign […]
For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts
The latest unauthorized agent swarms were discovered by researchers.
Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO
Anthropic is asking its shareholders to approve a structure that would give its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote on most corporate matters.

One company is at the center of a wave of rogue AI attacks
In July, OpenAI revealed that its AI agents had attacked Hugging Face without permission, sparking widespread concerns about AI safety. Since then, a string of similar incidents involving agents from Meta, Anthropic, Google, and other companies has fueled further fears about rogue AI. As disclosures implicating numerous AI models trickled out over the past few […]
Tesla finally moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays
Tesla's Semi truck, with a 500-mile range, is about to hit the road in big numbers, with the company saying it plans to make 50,000 units a year.