22 Jun 2026
Daybreak: Tools for securing every organization in the world
We’re expanding Daybreak to help democratize patching vulnerable software at machine speed. For example, we’ve applied our models to discover and generate patches for critical vulnerabilities (opens in a new window) in major browsers, network infrastructure, and operating systems such as FreeBSD and the Linux kernel.
22 Jun 2026
Patch the Planet: a Daybreak initiative to support open source maintainers
We are introducing Patch the Planet, a Daybreak initiative built with Trail of Bits to help maintainers strengthen the critical open-source software the world relies on. We’re pairing AI-assisted security research using our most cyber-capable models with expert human review to not only identify vulnerabilities, but help patch them.
22 Jun 2026
OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic's Mythos
As fears about AI hacking capabilities grow, OpenAI on Monday made a slew of cybersecurity-focused announcements, including an improved version of its limited-access security-specialized model GPT-5.5-Cyber, expanded international work with governments and other institutions to give them “trusted access” to the company's latest cybersecurity-focused models, and releasing its Codex Security…
22 Jun 2026
AI May Push Wealth Managers to Focus on Ultra Rich
Wealth managers keen to stay relevant in the age of artificial intelligence may soon find that clients with a mere $1 million in liquid assets are no longer worth spending human hours on. “The mass-affluent client now gets something close to private-banking quality from AI,” said Debasish Patnaik, senior partner McKinsey & Co. That not only “strips the value from the advisor whose role was…
22 Jun 2026
L’Oréal brings Maybelline virtual try-on to ChatGPT
L’Oréal has announced a collaboration with OpenAI that will bring Maybelline New York’s virtual makeup try-on feature into ChatGPT. The announcement was made at VivaTech 2026.
22 Jun 2026
Copilot Statistics 2026: Users, Adoption, Revenue and Market Share
Microsoft 365 Copilot reached 20 million paid enterprise seats by the end of Q3 FY26, up from 15 million one quarter earlier, per Microsoft’s earnings disclosures. The Q3 figure was disclosed on April 29, 2026. The productivity add-on grew by 5 million paid seats in a single quarter. That is the fastest three-month growth Microsoft has reported since launch. The developer-focused sibling product,…
21 Jun 2026
Anthropic's new privacy policy adds biometric checks to Claude accounts
Anthropic published an updated privacy policy on June 8, 2026, with an effective date of July 8, 2026, introducing biometric identity verification, expanded third-party data sharing rules for agentic sessions, and new provisions covering research participation. The changes apply exclusively to consumer accounts - Claude Free, Pro, and Max plans - and mark the most substantive revision to the…
21 Jun 2026
Robots pour cocktails, run marathons, but still can’t multitask
A Unitree Innov8 Robotics robot lies on the ground after falling during the VivaTech technology startups and innovation fair at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, in Paris on Friday. | AFP photo
21 Jun 2026
Claude Identity Verification Starts July 8: What Facial Data Anthropic Collects
Starting July 8, 2026, Anthropic can legally demand a government-issued photo ID, a live selfie, and a facial geometry scan from consumer Claude users before granting or maintaining access to the platform — the first time a major US frontier AI lab has codified this level of biometric identity collection in its consumer privacy policy.
