1 AI has uncovered a decade-old flaw threatening much of the web
It found flaws in PHP, the code behind most websites. (Reuters $)
+ Governments are urging website owners to patch PHP or take sites offline. (BBC)
+ Exploit attempts jumped from thousands to millions after disclosure. (Axios)
+ Now is a good time for doing crime. (MIT Technology Review)
2 Hackers used Claude and Grok to automate attacks on over 400 banks
The AI agents targeted financial institutions in Latin America. (Information $)
+ Unvetted AI agents are also accessing US bank accounts.(Axios)
+ Barclays says AI is allowing the bank to cut 5,000 jobs. (Guardian)
+ AI is making online crimes easier. (MIT Technology Review)
3 The Pentagon has cleared the DHS to test a heat ray weapon
It could be used for crowd control at the southern US border. (CNN)
+ It uses invisible energy beams to produce a burning sensation. (Axios)
4 A startup says AI-designed viruses have treated their first patient
The experimental treatment targets drug-resistant E. coli. (NYT $)
+ But the company has not published peer-reviewed results. (Futurism)
+ AI-designed viruses are already killing bacteria. (MIT Technology Review)
5 Japan hopes to return the first samples from Mars’s moons
Its spacecraft is now on its way to Phobos. (Guardian)
+ It aims to reveal whether Mars was once habitable. (Economist $)
6 Meta faces a $25 billion penalty over the Cambridge Analytica scandal
The company says it will appeal the New Mexico ruling. (CNBC)
+ A Meta share deal has convinced Mark Zuckerberg to stay in California. (WSJ $)
+ Until the company remade its stock structure to help him pay it. (NYT $)
7 A new antimatter experiment could open the door to new physics
Scientists hope to spot differences between matter and antimatter. (Nature)
8 China’s Unitree is pitching its latest humanoid as a robot bodyguard
A promotional clip shows the H2-X disarming attackers. (SCMP)