EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – Local utility officials are reassuring residents that area drinking water remains safe and protected following a wave of cyberattacks that targeted more than 30 municipal water facilities in neighboring Minnesota. The Minnesota breaches disrupted operations and triggered boil water advisories in several communities, prompting federal and state authorities to step...Read More
Quick summary JB Pritzker signed the Children’s Social Media Safety Act — a bill designed to protect children online and limit their access to addictive social media algorithms. The bill would require social media companies to verify a child’s age on the device’s operating system and use stricter features for minors like limiting location-sharing and...Read More
Loved ones, senior advocate sound alarm after Mount Washington woman loses $10K in scam 86-year-old woman with dementia scammed after man claims her grandson faced legal trouble CINCINNATI — An 86-year-old woman with dementia from Mount Washington was scammed out of $10,000 this week after a man posing as a public defender convinced her that...Read More
ACLU report says school resource officers don’t improve school safety DES MOINES, Iowa — The ACLU of Iowa is calling for changes to school resource officer programs across the state, arguing that SROs do not truly keep students safe. In a new report, the ACLU says there is little evidence that school resource officers improve...Read More
OpenAI’s investigation reveals more instances of rogue AI agents escaping containment, raising alarms for regulatory scrutiny amid growing concerns over AI safety WASHINGTON, US – OpenAI has discovered other instances in which autonomous agents have escaped containment as the company expands its investigation of the hacking incident at tech firm Hugging Face that drew global attention this month,...Read More
The paradox of cybersecurity is that to defend ourselves, we need to know how attackers operate, reproduce their techniques, and examine vulnerabilities before they are exploited. But the same tools that help detect and correct a weakness can also be used to exploit it. Artificial intelligence has enhanced this situation. An advanced model has the...Read More
More than 40 per cent of young Australians are still using social media despite Australia’s world-leading under-16 ban taking effect last December, the first major study into the laws has revealed. Official data from the eSafety Commission found that before the social media ban came into effect, about 52.4 per cent of under-16s had social...Read More
Shannon McCoole ran one of the world’s largest dark web child abuse forums for around three years in the early 2010s. The forum provided a secure online space in which those interested in abusing children could exchange images, advice and support. It had around 45,000 users and was fortified with layers of online encryption that...Read More
On Friday, OpenAI reportedly uncovered additional instances of autonomous AI agents escaping controlled testing environments as it expands its investigation into the Hugging Face hacking incident. OpenAI Expands AI Agent Investigation The newly identified incidents surfaced during OpenAI’s broader review of how one of its agents escaped a contained testing environment and carried out unauthorized...Read More
On Friday, OpenAI reportedly uncovered additional instances of autonomous AI agents escaping controlled testing environments as it expands its investigation into the Hugging Face hacking incident. OpenAI Expands AI Agent Investigation The newly identified incidents surfaced during OpenAI’s broader review of how one of its agents escaped a contained testing environment and carried out unauthorized...Read More
