24 May 2026
NZ at wild frontier of AI superhacking
The rise of artificial intelligence is a growing threat to cyber security Photo: 123RF New Zealand's cyber watchdog says it is learning from the US companies who are testing superhacking AI models that have sent US banks rushing to plug holes, and sparked briefings with the Department of Homeland Security.
24 May 2026
The AI Stock I'm Buying for My Retirement Portfolio -- and Why It Has Nothing to Do With Hype
At 35, I'm still a couple of decades from retirement. I hope all the stocks in my portfolio are worth keeping for the next 30 years and beyond. But a lot can change over that much time, so I can't be sure every company will end up part of my retirement portfolio. I'm reasonably confident in a few of them, and the company at the top of the list is my favorite artificial intelligence (AI) stock:…
23 May 2026
OpenAI is paying up to $445,000 for AI safety judgment
OpenAI is offering up to $445,000 for a researcher focused on recursive self-improvement preparedness.
23 May 2026
Anthropic Says Mythos Has Already Found More Than 10,000 Vulnerabilities
The company has published an update about Project Glasswing, a month after its launch.
23 May 2026
View / Why SpaceX defies valuations
The thing about becoming a publicly traded company is that bankers have to figure out how to value businesses that often don’t fit into a neat box. But assessing how the rocket and satellite maker stacks up against other companies right now is ultimately a pretty silly exercise — and one that isn’t rooted in the actual promise of what buying shares in SpaceX today will yield in the future.
23 May 2026
Sketchy Imbalances In Data Training Are Distorting AI-Generated Mental Health Guidance
We must overcome the imbalance that occurs when AI is initially trained, especially when it comes to the AI providing mental health guidance. getty In today’s column, I examine a crucial weakness in most of the contemporary generative AI and large language models (LLMs) concerning the data and knowledge they are being trained on, especially in the mental health domain. Here’s the deal. AI makers…
23 May 2026
The end of free compute is the beginning of better engineering
I guess we all knew this day was coming. Here are two stories to illustrate what I mean. Tell me if you spot the pattern. Let’s start with Uber: Uber Technologies, Inc is learning the hard way that scaling AI isn’t just about speed—it’s about cost. Despite spending $3.4 billion on research and development, the company has already exhausted its planned AI budget just months into 2026. According to…
23 May 2026
Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview Uncovers 10,000+ 0-Days in Project Glasswing
Anthropic has revealed the staggering initial results of Project Glasswing, a collaborative cybersecurity initiative designed to secure critical infrastructure using advanced AI before malicious actors can exploit it.
22 May 2026
WordPress 7.0 Ships AI Agent Infrastructure: API Key Theft Risk Surfaces on Launch Day
WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong," released May 20, 2026, arrived without the real-time collaborative editing feature that had been its stated centerpiece for months — and within two days of launch, a security researcher was warning that the AI infrastructure it shipped in place of that feature has given hackers a new category of target: paid API credentials worth thousands of dollars now stored in…
