OpenAI said it would pause its frontier artificial intelligence development to alleviate safety concerns as labs have breached containment. The ChatGPT parent company introduced heightened safety practices after discovering that its latest model, Astra, raised potential cybersecurity concerns, Axios reported. This comes at a time when many frontier AI labs have breached their safety testing...Read More
FAIRFIELD, Conn., Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AI governance, Agentic AI adoption, cybersecurity resilience and enterprise transformation have become top priorities for CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, Chief Digital Officers and senior technology executives navigating unprecedented disruption and opportunity. With HMG Strategy’s 12th Annual St. Louis C-Level Technology Leadership Summit taking place on Tuesday, August 25, technology...Read More
Insider Brief Corma, the first frontier AI lab for defensive cybersecurity, announced $60 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital, alongside Khosla Ventures and Coatue, and is already working with Fortune 100 companies. In simulations using models like OpenAI’s GPT and Anthropic’s Claude, Corma found AI attackers succeeded 88% of the time while AI...Read More
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A massive trial is underway in California, where state attorneys general are holding Meta’s feet to the fire for its role in fueling a children’s mental health crisis. According to the testimony of former Meta safety engineer Arturo...Read More
42-year-old Joseph Florance failed to update information with the sex offender registry, Owego Police say. OWEGO, NY (607NewsNow) — A convicted sex offender in Owego is going back to jail. Police say Joseph Florance didn’t update his information with the sex offender registry. The 42-year-old is charged with four felonies: Sex Offender Failed to Report...Read More
Prosecutors said Trinidad Guzman groomed three girls from the same family and exposed himself during FaceTime calls.
BEEVILLE, Texas — A registered sex offender from New Mexico has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from allegations that he targeted three Bee County girls from the same family and...Read More
CYBER-CRIME Because apparently even ransomware gangs can’t trust the people they do business with A ransomware affiliate appears to have found a new way to squeeze victims for cash: pose as the good guy and undercut the criminals it was working with. Researchers at GuidePoint Security say an outfit calling itself “Ransom Busters” has been...Read More
GuidePoint observed “Ransom Busters” posing as recovery firms in ransomware incidents Group claimed to hack RaaS panels, offering decryption keys for $20K–$60K Researchers say it’s likely the same affiliates behind infections, not genuine rescuers Ransomware operations have evolved again, and this time around the crooks are pretending to be the good guys. Cybersecurity researchers GuidePoint...Read More
Justice Ministry officials on the 22nd forcibly repatriate through Incheon International Airport a Chinese national surnamed Jeon, a ringleader of a hacking organization that stole large sums by misappropriating the identities of wealthy Koreans, including BTS member Jungkook. Provided by the Ministry of Justice The leader of an international hacking ring that stole personal data...Read More
Officials said more university systems and services are coming online each day. SAN ANTONIO — The University of Texas at San Antonio has shifted its first day of fall classes to Monday, August 24 and provided some resources and updates after “unauthorized activity” was detected on the university’s technology systems. The university announced campus operations...Read More
