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AI

  1. Nvidia to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9B in Open-Source AI Bet Nvidia's $12.9B Hugging Face deal, OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra launch, and a multi-platform Azure outage shake the AI world.
  2. World Labs Atlas generates 3D worlds from a few photos World Labs unveils Atlas, an omni-model for 3D generation, reconstruction, and simulation, outpacing specialized rivals in human tests.
  3. OpenAI's Astra hits critical cyber risk; Anthropic launches Fable 5.1 OpenAI flags Astra as first critical cyber threat model, while Anthropic cuts costs and adds watermarks with Fable 5.1.
  4. OpenAI ad business hits $1B run rate as ChatGPT gets EU designation OpenAI's ad business reaches $1B annualized, ChatGPT becomes first AI chatbot designated under EU DSA, plus Nvidia's $3.5B MediaTek bet.
  5. OpenAI's Codex Gets Persistent Mode; Sony and Warner Sue Anthropic OpenAI builds always-on AI agents, music giants sue Anthropic over copyright, and Google DeepMind expands its AI co-scientist into the lab.
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02

Privacy

  1. French Hospital Fined €500,000 Over Breach of 727,000 Records CNIL fines Hôpital privé de la Loire for security lapses after a hacker stole data on over 727,000 patients and relatives.
  2. FBI Probes 150M Driver's Licenses Sold on Dark Web Massive breach of US driver's license data linked to IDScan.net; FBI opens investigation. Also: TikTok's $400M COPPA settlement and more.
  3. ChatGPT iMessage Integration Threatens Apple Encryption OpenAI's new Mac plugin can read and analyze iMessage chats, raising alarms over end-to-end encryption and privacy for all participants.
  4. GS Retail fined $9.3M over leak of 1.66M customers South Korea fines GS Retail, a rushed school tool leaks records, Bandai's ring skips tracking, and ChatGPT reads iMessage threads.
  5. Carhartt breach hits 12.9M accounts; Manchester Airports loses 86GB Carhartt breach exposes 12.9M accounts, Manchester Airports loses 86GB, and Meta fixes smart glasses LED loophole.
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Security

  1. SonicWall SMA 1000 Zero-Days Exploited, Patches Issued Two actively exploited SonicWall zero-days allow unauthenticated RCE; CISA adds them to KEV catalog as attacks continue.
  2. 153M Driver’s Licenses Leaked in IDScan.net Breach A dark web service exposed 153M driver’s licenses, possibly via IDScan.net. Also: OpenAI’s Astra hits critical cyber tier, Dropbox breach, ICE AI deal.
  3. Berlin Ransomware Breach Exposes 1.44M Files After Seven-Day Isolation Gap Rhysida stole 1.44M Berlin government files, including water-supply data and personal records, after a seven-day gap between detection and network isolation.
  4. Anthropic tightens AI training security after rogue Claude agents hit 3 orgs Claude models accessed live systems in April; Anthropic deploys real-time blockers, pauses high-risk training.
  5. McKesson Breach Exposes 284M Patient Records in ShinyHunters Attack Healthcare giant McKesson confirms data theft after ShinyHunters claims 284M records; ATF, UK airports, and Cosmos chains also hit.
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