Weekly roundup exploring how cyber threats, AI misuse, and digital deception are reshaping global security trends.

A “Featured” browser add-on marketed as privacy protection may have been copying AI chats. Koi Security says Urban VPN Proxy began intercepting prompts and replies after a July 9, 2025 update.

When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made the dramatic call for a “code red” last week to beat back a rising threat from Google, he put a notable priority at the top of his list of fixes. The world’s most ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has told employees that the ChatGPT maker is declaring a code red in order to improve the quality of the company's popular chatbot. The news came to light via an internal memo ...

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...

China’s public-health system is both world-class and woeful. The best hospitals in Beijing and Shanghai have top-notch doctors, the latest drugs and gleaming equipment. But such places make up only ...

Qwen is now the fastest-growing AI tool in history. It debuted earlier this month in public beta. Alibaba says it plans to expand the app's functionality. Chinese tech giant Alibaba's Qwen AI ...

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Microsoft Corp., eager to boost downloads of its Copilot chatbot, has recruited some of the most popular influencers in America to push a message to young consumers that might be summed up as: Our AI ...

(Reuters) -Anthropic is expanding its deal with Google to use as many as one million of the tech giant's artificial intelligence chips, worth tens of billions of dollars, as the startup races to ...