AI Safety stories
Automated requests now make up most web traffic, raising costs for sites and sharpening fears over AI-driven fraud and phishing.
Centralised oversight for AI traffic should help firms cut prompt-injection and data-leakage risks as models shift into production.
Defensive teams are racing to match attackers using AI to find flaws and weaponise exploits within hours of disclosure.
Employees now face more realistic phone-based fraud tests as security teams can simulate vishing using local caller IDs and AI voices.
Security checks are delaying most AI projects for weeks or months, with many firms deploying watered-down systems to get them live.
The service targets firms struggling to control AI agents as they move from pilots into production and face growing security and compliance risks.
Grafana Labs has launched six AI observability tools during its AI Week, including new capabilities for monitoring and investigating AI agents.
New transparency rules will force customer-facing AI tools to disclose themselves, while banks and SMBs face tougher oversight of models and data.
Most firms lack dedicated oversight for autonomous software, leaving AI agents able to alter records and approvals with limited traceability.
Businesses can now run and monitor AI agents for up to seven days as Google Cloud adds tighter identity and governance controls.
Stronger demand for its network security tools sent quarterly revenue up 26 per cent and prompted a higher full-year outlook for the cybersecurity group.
Proofpoint says underground forums are advertising tools that use indirect prompt injection across emails, PDFs, calendar invites and web pages.
The rise of AI agents is forcing security teams to rethink access controls, as the identity vendor passes USD $300 million in ARR.
Execution and escalation breakdowns now outnumber hallucinations in enterprise AI failures, according to more than 10,000 observed incidents.
The new controls aim to stop unauthorised tool calls, data leaks and prompt injection as firms deploy more autonomous software.
In a seven-month test, the specialist model answered more banking queries than GPT-4.1 while refusing uncertain prompts less often than expected.
The beta gives pentesters controlled AI assistance inside Burp Suite, with approvals, logging and scope rules still enforced by the platform.
Security teams can now map hidden AI agent links on employee devices to spot overprivileged tools before they expose data or credentials.
Many firms are stuck in pilot purgatory as governance and workflow redesign lag behind AI ambition, limiting scale and value.
Free access to ChatGPT will reach 10,000 Australian researchers first, as OpenAI targets science and maths work at universities.
