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Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Wiz's Red Agent team up to protect hospitals, public transit, and tech

The hackers claim they have every agent's name, role, badge number and personal details including home address, phone numbers and spouse information.

Despite promises to make safe AI, examples of bots behaving badly are now coming at us thick and fast.

Qualcomm has launched a new chip that will enable AI features on small audio devices.

Researchers and the Prime Minister of Australia have revealed more instances of OpenAI's agents going rogue.

An OpenAI agent hacked the Australian government's healthcare system, gaining access to non-public information and writing files to the server.

Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.

The BBC’s North America technology correspondent Lily Jamali explains how the Medicare breach happened, and why it matters.

Software product development industry shrinks a little, but if AI has dented prospects, it’s not in these numbers

Meta Connect 2026: Muse AI, camera-free audio glasses, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3, new VR glasses, Muse Charm, and more.

First LLM to pass test did it in a parking lot at snail's pace, at considerable expense, but it still counts for something

Meta's Muse Charm is a small, always-on handheld for talking to its Muse AI without glasses.

Meta's Muse Charm is a Tamagotchi-like device with Muse AI.

Somewhere, a contractor just breathed a sigh of relief.

Meta spotlighted Muse AI and mascot Jolly at Connect 2026, outlining shopping partnerships, computer access, and plans to expand to more countries.

Meta outlined upcoming privacy features for Muse AI and smart glasses, including Muse Confidential VM and private processing for translations.

Have your virtual assistant book a flight while you're jogging.

OpenAI's Sam Altman has called for risk evaluation standards, as have Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Hugging Face's Clement Delangue.

See how people are using Meta’s Muse AI agent for flight refunds, shopping, recipes, and more, with suggested prompts to try yourself.

Patreon co-founder Sam Yam is joining OpenAI with two former executives to develop creator products, with a preview expected at its Sept. 29 DevDay.

Microsoft has announced the Surface Laptop 13-inch (2nd edition) and Surface Pro 12-inch (2nd edition) with the Snapdragon X2 Plus chip, out Oct. 13.

Microsoft's smaller Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 13 are getting a much-needed chip upgrade.

A Gallup-Microsoft survey finds positive feelings about AI outweigh negative ones in 34 of 37 countries, with the U.S. as an outlier.

As the debate around AI and screens in classrooms reaches its peak, basic tech skills are being left behind.

YouTube announced all new creator tools at this year's Made on YouTube event.

Netflix turned 'Willy Wonka' into a game show and resurrected Gene Wilder via AI to host it.

Save on the 2026 Samsung 55-inch M70H Series Mini LED 4K Smart TV at Amazon. It consists of Vision AI, Pure Spectrum Color, and 120Hz DLG motion for $299.99.

Save $600 on the 14-inch Apple M5 Max MacBook Pro at Amazon. Features an 18-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB unified memory, and a 2TB SSD.

ZDNET Exclusive: A new Workera report shows businesses and employees aren’t on the same page about AI upskilling. Here’s what organizations need to know.

Ukraine will get access to OpenAI's advanced GPT 5.6 Sol model under the deal - a rival to Anthropic's Mythos and Fable

Explore Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 mobile processors, built for agentic AI compute power and gaming upgrades.

Donald Trump continued his quest to rename artificial intelligence in his U.N. speech, and "Daily Show" host Desi Lydic has thoughts.

The Ultimate AI Assistant Masterclass shows you a better way to use AI, and it's only $16

Save $269 on a Grade A refurbished Apple iPad 9th Gen, now $209.99 with an A13 Bionic chip, Retina display, Center Stage, and all-day battery life.

Developers test what they can build with TypeSafe's fast, typed decision model

Kids can learn why BGP matters in a semester, but that won’t leave them ready to implement it

Meet ‘superintelligence’ and the ‘globalist scheme’ – probably a polite diplomatic letter – to control it

Under the draft laws, tech firms face fines if they do not give users the option to switch off algorithms.

Anthropic and OpenAI debut Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Sol and Luna

The BBC visits Inner Mongolia, an unlikely frontier in Beijing's AI race with Washington.