Vercel Breach Started With AI Tool
Vercel Supply-Chain Breach via AI Tool, Meta Sued Over Scam Ads, and Ransomware Surges with “The Gentleman” David Shipley covers new details on the Vercel breach, which began when an employee used the third-party AI tool Context AI; after Context AI was breached, attackers leveraged Google OAuth access to pivot into Vercel systems and enumerate […]
Microsoft GitHub Changes Pricing
Microsoft Moves to Metered AI Pricing, Meta Hit With Scam Ad Lawsuit & BlackBerry Surges on NVIDIA Deal Jim Love covers multiple tech headlines on Hashtag Trending: Microsoft may shift GitHub Copilot to token-based billing and push new enterprise AI-agent licensing as Copilot adoption remains modest, signaling a move away from bundled AI toward metered […]
OpenMythos – An Open Source Reconstruction
China Closes the AI Gap, Open Mythos Hype, Data Center Backlash, and EU Age-Check App Bypassed Jim Love covers a Stanford 2026 AI Index finding that China has nearly erased the U.S. AI model performance lead, narrowing the gap to 2.7% despite U.S. private AI investment of about $286B in 2025, alongside China’s lead in […]
Security Researcher Goes To War Against Microsoft
Microsoft Under Fire, NIST Scales Back NVD, FortiSandbox Critical Bugs, Vercel Breach Claims, Scattered Spider Member Pleads Guilty Host David Shipley covers five major stories: researcher “Chaotic Eclipse” publicly released Windows exploits—first “Blue Hammer,” then “Red Sun,” a Microsoft Defender flaw enabling privilege escalation on fully patched Windows 10/11 and Server—amid claims Microsoft mistreated them, […]
Anthropic MCP Security Dispute Deepens
MCP Security Dispute, Australia’s Kids Social Media Ban Leaks, MacBook Neo Demand, and Bluetooth Tracker Naval Breach Host Jim Love covers multiple tech stories: OX Security says Anthropic’s open source Model Context Protocol (MCP) has a root design issue leading to widespread vulnerabilities, citing 10 high/critical CVEs in tools relying on MCP, over 200,000 internet-exposed […]
Cybersecurity Today Month in Review of March/April 2026
Cybersecurity Today Month-in-Review: RSAC AI Hype, Agentic Risks, Mythos Claims, and Real-World Resilience Jim Love hosts a delayed March month-in-review with panelists David Shipley and Laura Payne, starting with RSAC takeaways: agentic AI everywhere, heightened marketing spectacle, and industry tension as AI becomes the new “cool kid.” They discuss the surge of autonomous agents, including […]
Hashtag Trending Presents Project Synapse: Three AI Users Discuss the Week In AI – Apr 18, 2026
AI Weekly: Claude 4.7, Token Costs, Open Models, Backlash, and Practical Ways to Use AI In this weekend “Project Synapse” episode, the hosts review major AI developments, including Anthropic’s release of Claude Opus 4.7 (with rapid complaints about lying and token/cost issues) and discussion of the broader shift toward tighter token economics, enterprise budgeting pressure, […]
Cisco Warns Webex Customers of Critical SSO Problem
WebEx SSO Vulnerability, booking.com Reservation Hijacking Risks, Windows Recall Scrutiny, and AI Vishing-as-a-Service Host Jim Love reports that Cisco disclosed a critical WebEx vulnerability (CVE-2026-2184) affecting SSO integration with Control Hub; although server-side fixes are applied and no exploitation is seen, SSO customers must update SAML certificate configuration to avoid disruption when the old certificate […]
OpenAI Says Microsoft Is Holding It Back
OpenAI vs Microsoft, Uber’s Surprise AI Coding Bills, Netgear’s Router Exemption, and Nvidia’s Overnight Engineering Win Jim Love covers four enterprise tech stories: OpenAI claims its partnership with Microsoft is limiting its ability to reach enterprise customers, especially those on AWS Bedrock, amid Copilot criticism and reported access tensions; Uber warns that rapid adoption of […]
Anthropic’s Revenue Surge, Iran’s Viral AI Propaganda, Allbirds’ AI Pivot, and Google-ICE Data Sharing Scrutiny
Jim Love covers four AI and tech headlines: OpenAI investors are growing uneasy as Anthropic’s annualized revenue reportedly surged from about $9B at the end of 2025 to $30B by March, boosting its appeal at a ~$380B valuation versus OpenAI’s ~$850B and heavy cash burn. Iran’s AI-generated Lego-style propaganda videos have gone viral across TikTok, […]