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OpenAI Launches $100 ChatGPT Pro to Rival Claude

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Pro, a $100 monthly subscription that goes head-to-head with rival Claude's similarly priced offering, sparking a new phase in the generative-AI arms race. This move puts the spotlight on what factors will ultimately drive user choice: features, performance, or price?

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CrowdStrike Tests Anthropic's Claude Mythos for Accelerated Vulnerability Detection

Imagine slashing the time between discovering a software flaw and fixing it - a new breed of large language models, like Anthropic's Claude Mythos, may hold the key. Early tests with CrowdStrike suggest that AI-powered vulnerability detection can accelerate discovery and bring broader situational awareness to cybersecurity operations.

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Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview Bolsters Cybersecurity Leaders

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview is giving select cybersecurity giants a powerful edge, and we're exploring what this exclusive rollout means for the industry. By granting early access to this cutting-edge AI model, Project Glasswing is poised to reshape the cybersecurity landscape.

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Apple Intelligence Exposed to Hijacking Risk via Prompt Injection

Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Apple Intelligence, allowing hackers to manipulate the AI system into producing malicious output, including profanity, through a technique called prompt injection. This raises serious concerns about user safety and the effectiveness of current security safeguards.

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CISOs Face Shadow AI Surge as Gen AI Deployments Stall

CISOs Face Shadow AI Surge as Gen AI Deployments Stall

The alarming gap between AI pilot programs and enterprise-wide deployments has CISOs and IT leaders scratching their heads - while 60% of businesses are testing productivity AI tools like M365 Copilot, only 6% are successfully scaling them. What's holding them back, and how can organizations bridge the gap between experiment and enterprise?

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Unified Platforms Fortify Recovery Against Ransomware, AI Threats

Unified Platforms Fortify Recovery Against Ransomware, AI Threats

As ransomware attacks intensify and AI-powered threats accelerate, consolidating infrastructure and automating recovery can be a game-changer for organizations, enhancing safety while slashing costs. By fortifying defenses with unified platforms, IT leaders and senior managers can meaningfully reduce risk and stay ahead of evolving cyber threats.

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CISOs Confront the Decline of the 'Doctor No' Era

CISOs Confront the Decline of the 'Doctor No' Era

The traditional security team's knee-jerk "No" is no longer a safe bet - in fact, it's becoming a liability as businesses evolve with AI, cloud collaboration, and hybrid work. It's time for CISOs to shift from gatekeeping to enablement, finding a balance between security and productivity.

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AI Fuels Alarming Rise in Amplified Cyber Threats

AI Fuels Alarming Rise in Amplified Cyber Threats

The alarming rise of AI-fueled cyber threats is not about new attacks, but about their explosive speed and scale - enabling hackers to mass-produce threats overnight that were once modest exploits. This forces security teams to rethink their defense strategies and keep pace with the rapidly evolving threat landscape.

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AI Reshapes Cybersecurity with Alarming New Threats

AI Reshapes Cybersecurity with Alarming New Threats

As AI revolutionizes the tech landscape, a burning question remains: can we wield its power without falling prey to its darker side? Government agencies are sprinting to harness AI's potential, but this bold move also unleashes alarming new threats to cybersecurity.

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AI Assistants Exclusive Shift, Best Security Tactics

AI Assistants Exclusive Shift, Best Security Tactics

AI assistants can act as intern, coder and courier all at once—automating emails, scripts and cloud actions with near-total access. That convenience is collapsing old defenses, so organizations must rethink trusted access and adopt smarter security tactics before automation becomes an attack vector.

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AI Stunning Threat: Breakout Time Falls to Four Minutes

AI Stunning Threat: Breakout Time Falls to Four Minutes

Breakout time can now fall to about four minutes as AI automates reconnaissance, exploit crafting, and data exfiltration — meaning the cozy breathing room defenders once relied on is gone and its time to rethink detection and response.

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Russian Cyber Threat Actor Stuns in Severe Fortinet Breach

Russian Cyber Threat Actor Stuns in Severe Fortinet Breach

A Russian-speaking attacker leaned on generative AI to rapidly stitch together scripts and workflows that breached multiple FortiGate devices. The incident shows how AI can lower the skill barrier for complex attacks — and how those same AI-driven patterns can leave forensic fingerprints defenders can use to rebuild the adversary’s playbook.

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Russian Cyber Threat Stunning Severe GenAI Fortinet Breach

Russian Cyber Threat Stunning Severe GenAI Fortinet Breach

What began as a routine probe of FortiGate appliances turned into a forensic goldmine when telemetry revealed a Russian‑speaking operator leaning on generative AI to craft and adapt attack steps. Their slip transformed a stealthy intrusion into a clear warning: GenAI can supercharge low‑skill attackers — and leave the very traces that expose them.

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Russian Cyber Threat Actor: Exclusive Critical GenAI Breach

Russian Cyber Threat Actor: Exclusive Critical GenAI Breach

You wont believe how a low-skilled Russian operator leaned on generative AI to cobble together a FortiGate VPN attack — and how detailed telemetry turned that stumble into a forensic roadmap exposing the AI-powered playbook. The episode shows GenAI is democratizing offensive tools while high-fidelity telemetry is becoming defenders secret weapon.

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AI: Exclusive Look at Dangerous Effects on Democracy

AI: Exclusive Look at Dangerous Effects on Democracy

What if the generative AI tools meant to strengthen public debate are quietly corroding democracy? Cheap, hyper‑local, hard‑to‑trace influence campaigns are blurring the line between human and machine speech, slipping past platform defenses and eroding the shared facts our institutions depend on.

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Palo Alto CEO Exclusive: AI Risky for Business, Yet

Palo Alto CEO Exclusive: AI Risky for Business, Yet

Nikesh Arora of Palo Alto warns AI is irresistible—but also a new form of enterprise risk. Companies are racing to deploy LLMs and coding assistants, yet boards and CISOs must pair ambition with guardrails to prevent model poisoning, data leaks and costly failures.

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AI-Generated Text Exclusive: Best Defense in Arms Race

AI-Generated Text Exclusive: Best Defense in Arms Race

Imagine being an editor who cant tell whether a submission was written by a person or a prompt—thats why Clarkesworld hit pause in 2023. Now creators and curators are locked in an arms race as generative AI floods the inbox faster than anyone can reliably verify authenticity.

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OpenAI Exclusive: Controversial Ads in U.S. Free ChatGPT

OpenAI Exclusive: Controversial Ads in U.S. Free ChatGPT

OpenAI is adding ads to free and low-cost ChatGPT for logged-in U.S. users, insisting your conversations won’t be sold. Still, that bargain—wider access for ad revenue—raises real questions about privacy, transparency and what happens when adtech meets powerful generative AI.

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AI Tips: Must-Have Best Practices for Federal Impact

AI Tips: Must-Have Best Practices for Federal Impact

Generative AI pilots have become a craze across federal agencies, but with roughly 95% failing to reach mission-ready production, excitement alone isn’t enough. It’s time to replace novelty with pragmatic, secure deployments that actually improve services, protect privacy, and deliver measurable outcomes.

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World Economic Forum Exclusive: Critical Deepfake Threat

World Economic Forum Exclusive: Critical Deepfake Threat

Imagine your CEO’s voice authorizing a transfer — but it’s fake. New World Economic Forum research shows off‑the‑shelf commercial deepfake tools have turned believable impersonations into a routine weapon for fraud, extortion and disruption.

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AI-Powered Truman Show Stuns With Costly Fraud

AI-Powered Truman Show Stuns With Costly Fraud

Think the hand on your shoulder is real? The Truman Show scam uses AI deepfakes, fake regulator pages and paid search ads to trick people into wiring money or handing over credentials, showing how easily deception can be industrialized online.

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AI-Powered Truman Show: Stunning, Dangerous Fraud

AI-Powered Truman Show: Stunning, Dangerous Fraud

Imagine a real‑world Truman Show: AI‑generated videos and voice clones, forged websites, and paid ads all combine to make impostors look and sound exactly like someone you trust. Security researchers warn this industrial‑scale scam turns synthetic media and advertising into a repeatable, high‑yield con that makes the split‑second choice to trust or verify riskier than ever.

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Grok Exclusive: UK Weighs Damaging AI Undressing Ban

Grok Exclusive: UK Weighs Damaging AI Undressing Ban

When UK regulators sounded the alarm over AIs ability to generate photorealistic, non-consensual imagery, X restricted Grok’s image tool — sparking the urgent question: should limits come from the code, the company, or the law? The move shows how quickly experimental tech can become a real-world threat to privacy and safety.

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UK regulators probe X over Grok nudes – Serious, Exclusive

UK regulators probe X over Grok nudes – Serious, Exclusive

Reports that X’s AI Grok produced sexual images of private people without consent have prompted a UK regulatory probe. The Grok nudes case lays bare a tough question: who’s accountable for AI-generated harms — the model, the platform, or the regulators protecting users?

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