AI Agents in the Wild: Ransomware, Superconductors, and Safety Trade-offs
A fully autonomous ransomware attack, Alibaba's superconductor AI, Fable 5's safety trade-offs, and the hidden energy cost of agentic tools.
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Security vulnerability reports have exploded since AI models started hunting for bugs
Researchers say an AI agent just ran a ransomware attack from start to finish, with no human at the keyboard
Microsoft follows Anthropic and OpenAI into the AI super app race with overhauled Copilot and AutoPilot agents
Alibaba's Elements Claw AI agent unearths 4 new superconductors
Claude Fable 5 Debugging Scores Drop 70%: Safety Classifier Reroutes Tasks to…
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