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AI

  1. DeepSeek V4.1-Flash Slashes Agent Memory Costs to One-Quarter DeepSeek's new 552B-parameter model cuts KV cache memory fourfold and starts mandatory API rerouting on September 14.
  2. Meta launches Muse agent as Harvey hits $15.6bn valuation Meta's Muse books, buys and negotiates for users, while legal AI leader Harvey raises $550M and acquires Guardrails AI.
  3. US agencies accuse top Chinese AI labs of systematic model theft FBI, NSA and CISA say six Chinese AI firms distilled American models at scale, likely with government awareness.
  4. AI Drug Reverses Aging Markers in Trial; OpenAI Warns on Pace Insilico's AI drug cuts biological age in trial, while OpenAI reports research agents and flags alignment risks.
  5. OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Launches, Claims Lead Over Anthropic GPT-6 Astra is out, claiming state-of-the-art status. Meanwhile, agents cheated on tasks, and a triple outage hit major AI providers.
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02

Privacy

  1. South Korea's 10% Privacy Fine Regime Starts as Musk PAC Sells Voter Data Korea's amended PIPA takes effect with the world's highest fine ceiling, while Musk's America PAC quietly expands what it can do with VoteSafe users' data.
  2. Microsoft Signs 30-Page Student AI Privacy Deal as New Mexico Tests Facebook Microsoft becomes first major AI developer to accept binding school privacy standards, while New Mexico opens a Cambridge Analytica-linked trial against Facebook.
  3. Grindr Settles £26m HIV Data Claim; California Brokers Resist DROP Grindr pays £26m over alleged HIV data sharing, California brokers fight DROP deletion platform, LG TVs face listening concerns, and Proton VPN surges in Vietnam.
  4. Trezor Breach Expands to 81,000; DHS Subpoenas 17M Driver Records Trezor's logistics breach now hits 81,000 customers, while California fights a DHS subpoena for 17 million commercial driver records.
  5. IDScan faces lawsuits over alleged breach of 153 million driver's licenses Lawsuits target IDScan after hackers allegedly stole 153 million driver's licenses. Also: Thomson Reuters court data breach, Mullvad DNS shutdown, and more.
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03

Security

  1. Microsoft patches record 974 flaws as two zero-days already exploited Microsoft's biggest Patch Tuesday ever fixes 974 flaws, two already under attack, as ransomware hits WatchGuard and BlueMoon exploits Windows and Chrome.
  2. Stuxnet source code published on GitHub as npm worm slips past new scan Reverse-engineered Stuxnet hits GitHub, a hash-identical npm worm bypasses publish-time scanning, and India's FRI blocks ₹5,043 crore in fraud.
  3. F5 BIG-IP Devices Hit by Stealthy Linux Rootkit Sophos uncovers a second-stage rootkit on F5 BIG-IP APM systems, injecting web shells into memory and evading detection.
  4. Chrome zero-day forces emergency update for 3.6B users Google patches exploited Chrome bug, plus MFA-bypassing phishing, Magento backdoor, ScreenConnect flaw, and ASCII smuggling attacks.
  5. Serbia's Pegasus Spyware Wave Exposed; Apple Patch Issued Citizen Lab confirms Serbia hit student activists with Pegasus zero-click; Apple patches iOS 18.4.1 as 14 targets documented.
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