Chainguard joins push to protect open-source software from AI-powered vulnerability hunting
Open-source security company Chainguard is committing $50 million and 100 engineers to help address what it sees as a growing threat from AI-powered vulnerability discovery tools. The initiative comes just days after IBM and Red Hat announced Project Lightwell, a larger effort backed by $5 billion and 20,000 engineers aimed at strengthening open-source security. Chainguard […]
Amazon shuts down internal AI leaderboard after employees found ways to game the system
Amazon has shut down an internal leaderboard that ranked employees based on how much they used AI tools at work. While the company said the initiative had achieved its goal of encouraging AI adoption, several employees believe it was retired because it was easy to game and encouraged wasteful use of AI resources. The leaderboard […]
Amazon sued over Ring facial recognition feature
Amazon is facing a new class action lawsuit that alleges its Ring doorbell cameras collect and store facial recognition information from people who never agreed to be scanned. The lawsuit specifically targets Ring’s Familiar Faces feature, which allows users to identify regular visitors through AI-powered facial recognition technology. The proposed class action was filed Monday […]
Ottawa orders review of CRTC decision that tripled streaming fees
The federal government is directing the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to review its recent decision to triple the amount digital streaming companies must contribute toward Canadian content. The move comes amid mounting backlash from industry groups and growing pressure from the United States, which has repeatedly identified Canada’s Online Streaming Act as a […]
Anthropic expands Claude Mythos to 150 organizations across 15 countries
Anthropic is dramatically expanding Project Glasswing, its initiative that uses artificial intelligence to identify and fix critical software vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. The expansion will give approximately 150 organizations across more than 15 countries access to Claude Mythos, Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused AI model that the company says can discover thousands of previously unknown software […]