Unintended Outcome and the AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending May 12th., 2026

The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update · May 13, 2026 · 18m

EP 291. In this week's update:

When a 200-pound internet-connected machine can be hijacked from 6,000 miles away, the smart home has officially become a liability.

The moment security researchers have long anticipated has arrived: AI is no longer just defending systems - it's actively being used to break them.

The same open ecosystems that accelerated AI adoption are now emerging as a significant and underestimated vector for supply chain attacks.

In a landscape where breaches are inevitable, DigiCert's handling of a code-signing compromise offers a rare and instructive model for what…