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Injury prompts $0.5m investment in safety and AI
Supply Chain

Injury prompts $0.5m investment in safety and AI

A worker's two-finger amputation has triggered a GBP £481,000 safety overhaul at Claymark, including AI hazard detection and retraining.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Sun, 11th May 2025

Global Stories

AI Safety stories

Agentic AI adoption in application security sees cautious growth
DevOps

Agentic AI adoption in application security sees cautious growth

A Cycode study reveals cautious yet growing adoption of agentic AI in application security, with 60% early adopters reporting improved productivity and risk mitigation.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Jun 2025
Cloud Security Alliance launches pledge for responsible AI use
Cloud Security

Cloud Security Alliance launches pledge for responsible AI use

The Cloud Security Alliance has launched the AI Trustworthy Pledge to promote responsible, transparent, and ethical AI development and usage globally.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Jun 2025
Guardian agents set to secure 15% of AI market by 2030
AI Security

Guardian agents set to secure 15% of AI market by 2030

Guardian agent technologies are set to capture 15% of the AI market by 2030, ensuring secure and trustworthy AI interactions, says Gartner.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Jun 2025
Teachers in Australia & New Zealand offered free Microsoft AI training
EduTech

Teachers in Australia & New Zealand offered free Microsoft AI training

Education Services Australia and Microsoft offer free AI training to teachers in Australia and New Zealand to promote safe, effective generative AI use in classrooms.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 30th May 2025
Unbound secures USD $4 million seed to boost safe AI adoption
Firewalls

Unbound secures USD $4 million seed to boost safe AI adoption

Unbound has raised USD $4 million in seed funding to support secure enterprise adoption of generative AI, focusing on data protection and cost control.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Fri, 30th May 2025
Google Cloud unveils advanced AI models for creative industries
Generative AI

Google Cloud unveils advanced AI models for creative industries

Google Cloud launches Imagen 4, Veo 3, and Lyria 2 on Vertex AI, boosting image, video, and music generation with advanced AI media models.

By Moritz Florian • 5 min read • Thu, 22nd May 2025
Google DeepMind reveals new strategy to defend Gemini 2.5 AI
AI Security

Google DeepMind reveals new strategy to defend Gemini 2.5 AI

Google DeepMind has unveiled a new strategy to bolster Gemini 2.5 AI against indirect prompt injection attacks, enhancing its security and resilience.

By Moritz Florian • 5 min read • Thu, 22nd May 2025
Google unveils Gemini AI upgrade for universal assistant vision
Wearables

Google unveils Gemini AI upgrade for universal assistant vision

Google unveiled Gemini AI upgrade, aiming to create a universal assistant with advanced planning, simulation and task management capabilities.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Thu, 22nd May 2025
Gemma 3n AI model brings real-time multimodal power to mobiles
Data Privacy

Gemma 3n AI model brings real-time multimodal power to mobiles

Gemma 3n, a new AI model designed for mobile and on-device use, offers faster, private, real-time multimodal performance, now available for developer preview.

By Melvin Hipolito • 5 min read • Thu, 22nd May 2025
OpenAI reveals how deep research transforms inquiry
Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI reveals how deep research transforms inquiry

OpenAI's deep research, powered by the o3 model, independently synthesises research, performing in minutes tasks that take humans hours.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Wed, 14th May 2025
New report reveals major security flaws in multimodal AI models
Generative AI

New report reveals major security flaws in multimodal AI models

Enkrypt AI's report reveals severe vulnerabilities in multimodal AI models, warning of safety risks from harmful prompt injections in images.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Sat, 10th May 2025
Arctic Wolf launches Cipher, AI-powered security assistant beta
Firewalls

Arctic Wolf launches Cipher, AI-powered security assistant beta

Arctic Wolf launches Cipher, an AI security assistant developed with Anthropic, offering instant insights via its Aurora Platform processing 8 trillion weekly events.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 29th Apr 2025
AI use in enterprises soars but brings surge in cyber risks
Data Protection

AI use in enterprises soars but brings surge in cyber risks

Enterprise AI use has surged over 3,000%, with ChatGPT dominating but also being the most-blocked app due to security concerns, says Zscaler report.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 24th Apr 2025

Stories from Other Regions

AI Safety stories

Amplified intelligence: Smart business governance in the AI-age
Digital Transformation

Amplified intelligence: Smart business governance in the AI-age

Australian businesses are urged to adopt responsible AI governance to harness innovation while ensuring ethical, secure, and inclusive technology use in the AI age.

By Tony Bailey • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Jun 2025
Zetaris and Equinix team up to accelerate agentic AI innovation globally
Hyperscale

Zetaris and Equinix team up to accelerate agentic AI innovation globally

Zetaris teams with Equinix to speed up global agentic AI innovation, leveraging secure data centres and interconnection for rapid, scalable AI deployment.

By Melania Watson • 6 min read • Tue, 3rd Jun 2025
Cloud Security Alliance & Northeastern launch AI safety course
Cloud Security

Cloud Security Alliance & Northeastern launch AI safety course

The Cloud Security Alliance and Northeastern University have launched a new certification programme to equip professionals with AI safety and ethics skills.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 2nd May 2025