The AI Followed the Rules. Thousands of Credentials Were Exposed Anyway.
A simple convenience feature in Anthropic’s Claude Code has been saving sensitive credentials in places developers never intended to share…
The AI Report Was Wrong. The Military Was Already Responding.
An AI-generated intelligence report nearly triggered a U.S. military operation against a Chinese vessel earlier this year. According to CNN’s…
An AI Agent Can Know It’s Breaking the Rules and Keep Going
An AI agent can recognize that its actions may be unauthorized, acknowledge the risk in its reasoning, and continue anyway.…
When an AI Chatbot Becomes the Doctor: The Fatal Risk of Ungoverned Conversations
A 31-year-old software engineer died after allegedly following medical advice from ChatGPT that contradicted her prescribed treatment. Her parents are…
The AI Extension Was Trusted. The Code Was Malicious.
On October 29, 2026, developers using Cursor’s AI-powered coding environment faced a security threat originating from a tool they had…
When AI Makes the Decision Before the Human Approves It
What happens when an AI assistant influences a professional’s judgment so thoroughly that the professional begins to mistake the AI’s…
Hackers Are Turning AI Instructions Into Malware. The Agent Is Doing the Dirty Work.
A security firm has uncovered a method of compromising AI coding assistants using something as ordinary as a text file…
Claude Bypassed Georgia's Data Paywall. The Larger Problem Is Who Authorized It.
Anthropic has confirmed that its Claude AI accessed Georgia election statistics through a method that bypassed the state’s normal payment…
The Human in the Loop May Be Holding the Liability Instead of the Control
The technology industry has embraced the idea of keeping humans involved in consequential AI decisions. It sounds like a sensible…
What If AI Isn't a Black Box? The Discovery That Could Change How We Govern It
For years, one of the most persistent challenges in artificial intelligence has been our limited understanding of what happens inside…
When AI Defends Against AI, Who Controls the Defender?
Cybersecurity is entering a period in which attackers and defenders increasingly rely on the same technology. AI agents can search…
AI Doesn't Have to Rebel to Take Control Away From Humans
For years, the most dramatic warnings about artificial intelligence have involved systems that become dangerously autonomous, escape human oversight or…
AI Agents Just Made Cybercrime a $50 Problem
A single attacker reportedly compromised more than 100 organizations using commercially available AI agents, spending an estimated $5,000 on the…
Character.AI's Bankruptcy Exposes the Business Risks of Ungoverned AI Relationships
Character.AI built one of the most recognizable platforms in conversational artificial intelligence by allowing millions of people to create and…
The Better We Get at AI, the More We Understand Why It Needs Governance
There is an interesting phenomenon emerging among experienced AI users. As people become more proficient with large language models, many…
Women Trust AI Less Than Men. The Industry Should Be Asking Why.
A new study from Harvard Kennedy School has identified a significant divide in how women and men experience artificial intelligence.…
AI That Can Replicate Itself Changes the Meaning of Human Control
Anthropic researchers are warning that relatively small artificial intelligence models may soon be capable of replicating themselves across ordinary internet-connected…
An AI Agent Sent Police a Fake Murder Tip. Nobody Noticed for 72 Days.
An artificial intelligence agent developed by Anthropic submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved murder to the Philadelphia Police Department…
AI Companies Are Preparing for a Crisis. Who Will Control the Rules?
Major artificial intelligence companies are reportedly preparing for the possibility of a serious AI-related incident, including scenarios involving cyberattacks and…
When AI Uses Your Personal Information Against Your Instructions
A personal AI assistant is supposed to act on behalf of its user. If someone asks it to find the…
Who Decides Which AI Harms Are Acceptable?
Sam Altman’s recent comments about accepting some negative consequences in exchange for artificial intelligence’s benefits have provoked an important debate…