SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own in what the company called an “unprecedented cyber incident.” “We had a significant security incident during evaluation of our models,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement posted on social media. AI startup...Read More
Anthropic says three of its Claude AI models gained unauthorised access to the production systems of three real organisations while completing cybersecurity tests. The incidents were not planned attacks. According to Anthropic’s official investigation, the models had been told that they were operating inside simulations without internet access. A configuration failure meant the testing machines...Read More
Tickets and sponsorships now available for Nov. 5 Economic Development and Leadership Forums. Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – Arkansas State University has announced the panel topics for Catalyst NEA: Economic Development and Leadership Forum, returning Thursday, Nov. 5, to the Embassy Suites Red Wolf Convention Center in Jonesboro. Tickets and sponsorship opportunities for the 2026...Read More
Al-Abdulghani Y (2021) Exploring digital resilience in Qatar: a socio-technical perspective. Dissertation, Carnegie Mellon University. https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/thesis/Exploring_Digital_Resilience_in_Qatar_A_Socio-Technical_Perspective/16725265?file=30962941 Alhassan MD, Butler M (2021) Digital resilience and the continuance use of mobile payment services. Paper presented at the 1st virtual conference on implications of information and digital technologies for development, Cornell University, New York, 22 Aug (2021). https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.09743...Read More
4 August 2026 A majority of Australian teens are still on social media – despite the government’s crackdown. Australia introduced the ban last year In 2025, Australia became the first country in the world to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s – but new research shows that more than eight in 10 teens...Read More
In an age saturated by technology and social media, some Waterloo Region families are finding ways to limit their children’s exposure to it. One Waterloo Region mother stood her ground when her son asked for a phone. Her main concern is access to social media and things that are not age-appropriate. “In some people’s eyes,...Read More
South Africa, as part of Southern Africa, is identified as particularly exposed due to its advanced digital economy. Artificial intelligence (AI) is enabling 55% of reported cybercrimes across Africa, making attacks faster, more scalable and harder to detect. This is according to the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026, released by Interpol in Lyon, France. Interpol...Read More
African Cyberthreat Assessment Report highlights the growing impact of AI on cybercrime. AI was involved in some capacity in 55% of cybercrime cases reported by surveyed African countries in 2025, according to INTERPOL’s latest regional cyber threat assessment. The report draws on responses from 36 of 49 African member countries, alongside operational intelligence, national incident...Read More
In this photo illustration, the home page for OpenAI’s ChatGPT app is displayed on a laptop screen on Feb. 3, 2023. Leon Neal/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Leon Neal/Getty Images Europe When testing experimental AI models, researchers have them operate in a “closed-off environment,” on a computer without internet access. It’s like taking...Read More
Britain’s data protection regulator is closely monitoring recent cybersecurity incidents involving advanced AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic, as governments step up scrutiny of the safety and security of frontier AI systems. The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it is tracking developments following disclosures by both companies involving AI models that breached testing environments...Read More
