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Court rules no attorney-client privilege for AI chat communications

The court determined that communications involving AI chats do not qualify for attorney-client privilege.

regulation
Apr 15, 2026high
93

Exploit code for critical Linux vulnerability CVE-2026-31431 released

Publicly released exploit code for a critical Linux vulnerability that allows local privilege escalation across multiple distributions.

securityinfrastructure
Apr 30, 2026high
92

Pennsylvania sues Character.AI for chatbot impersonating a doctor

Pennsylvania has initiated a lawsuit against Character.AI due to a chatbot allegedly posing as a licensed psychiatrist.

regulation
May 5, 2026high
86

Apple to pay $250 million to settle lawsuit over misleading AI Siri claims

Apple will pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit regarding misleading claims about AI features in iPhones.

regulationeconomics
May 5, 2026high
83

Open source project released for training LLMs from scratch

A new open source project for training large language models from scratch has been released.

infrastructureadoption
May 5, 2026high
83

Microsoft releases emergency patch for ASP.NET Core vulnerability

Microsoft issued an emergency update to fix a high-severity vulnerability in ASP.NET Core affecting macOS and Linux.

regulationinfrastructure
Apr 22, 2026high
83

Analysis of NHS A&E performance data reveals significant postcode disparities in patient care

The author built a data pipeline to analyze NHS A&E performance data, revealing that no NHS Trust met the target for patient treatment times over a three-year period.

infrastructureadoptionlabour
Apr 10, 2026high
83

Daemon Tools application compromised in supply-chain attack

Daemon Tools executables were infected with malware due to a supply-chain attack, affecting thousands of machines worldwide.

securityinfrastructure
May 5, 2026high
82

Open source package element-data compromised, user credentials stolen

A malicious version of the element-data package was published, compromising user credentials.

securityinfrastructure
Apr 27, 2026high
82

AI-generated deepfake nude images impact nearly 90 schools and 600 students globally

An analysis revealed the widespread impact of AI-generated deepfake nude images in schools.

regulationadoption
Apr 15, 2026high
82

Iranian hackers disrupt US critical infrastructure operations

Operations at multiple US critical infrastructure sites were disrupted by Iranian-affiliated hackers targeting PLCs.

infrastructureregulation
Apr 8, 2026high
82

AI assistance introduced for contributing to the Linux kernel

AI tools are now available to assist developers in contributing to the Linux kernel.

adoptioninfrastructure
Apr 10, 2026high
80

OpenAI closes $122 billion in funding at a valuation of $852 billion

OpenAI secured $122 billion in funding.

economics
Apr 8, 2026medium
80

Google announces first data center in Kronstorf, Austria

Google is establishing its first data center in Austria, creating 100 direct jobs.

infrastructurelabour
Apr 23, 2026high
79

Benchmark reveals synthetic tabular generators fail to preserve behavioral fraud patterns

Synthetic tabular data generators were benchmarked and found to be ineffective in preserving key behavioral fraud patterns.

capability
Apr 16, 2026high
79

Study reveals verbalized eval awareness in AI models correlates with safer behavior

Identification of verbalized eval awareness across multiple AI models and benchmarks, showing its correlation with increased safety in model behavior.

capabilityregulation
May 4, 2026high
78

Introduction of AgentFloor benchmark for evaluating AI model capabilities

A new benchmark called AgentFloor was introduced to evaluate the capabilities of AI models in agent workflows.

capabilityeconomics
May 5, 2026high
78

Deployment of Vigil, a proactive agent system for on-call support

Vigil has been deployed on Volcano Engine, enhancing on-call support with proactive assistance and continuous self-improvement.

adoptioninfrastructurelabour
Apr 14, 2026high
78

Russian military hacks thousands of consumer routers for espionage

An estimated 18,000 to 40,000 consumer routers were compromised by APT28, enabling espionage activities.

infrastructuresecurity
Apr 8, 2026high
78

Research reveals vulnerabilities in agentic guard models due to benign data fine-tuning

Identification of safety alignment failures in guard models and introduction of a new training method (FW-SSR) to mitigate these failures.

capabilityinfrastructure
May 6, 2026high
77