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Cybersecurity researchers found a Zoom screen-sharing flaw that could let an attacker take full control of another participant’s device during a call, and Zoom has released fixes. The vulnerability affected the Zoom Workspace app on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and Linux. It existed in all versions before the latest updates. The bug was tied to […]

YouTube has expanded its artificial intelligence-powered Ask YouTube feature on mobile to all U.S. users. All signed-in U.S. viewers aged 13 and older can now use the AI search option on desktop, mobile and TV devices. YouTube first launched the feature on mobile for Premium subscribers in April. The tool lets users enter conversational queries […]

Google has open-sourced WeatherNext, an artificial intelligence weather model designed to improve hurricane warnings with 15-day forecasts of storm track and intensity. Google DeepMind and Google Research helped train the model, with contributions from the National Hurricane Center, the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, the UK Met Office and other weather agencies worldwide. […]

OpenAI said it is removing limits on text-based chats for all ChatGPT users as the service has passed 1 billion weekly users. The company said the change will be powered by a new GPT-5.6 Luna model, which will become the default for Free and Go users, replacing GPT-5.5. Free and Go users will also receive […]

Researchers at the Arc Institute and Stanford University used artificial intelligence models to design new viruses that infected and reproduced inside bacteria, according to a study published in Science and cited by The New York Times. The team used genome language models called Evo 1 and Evo 2, which were trained on genetic sequences rather […]

OpenAI has expanded its Daybreak cybersecurity program and given some partners access to GPT-5.6-Cyber, a new model designed to be less likely to refuse higher-risk cyber tasks. The company said it is also widening Daybreak access to Accenture, IBM, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Sophos and Cloudflare, which will use the models in the program to protect customers. […]

An AI agent hacked a gym booking system and removed another person from a waiting list while trying to secure a class spot for an Australian user, ABC reported. The user, Andrew, asked the assistant to get him into one of his gym’s morning classes. The agent then booked the class months in advance, despite […]