OpenAI CEO warns that ‘societal misalignments’ could make artificial intelligence dangerous

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said Tuesday that the dangers that keep him awake at night regarding artificial intelligence are the “very subtle societal misalignments” that could make the systems wreak havoc. Sam Altman, speaking at the World Governments Summit in Dubai via a … Read more

Accused Russian spy worked for U.K. intelligence, met with prime ministers and princes

LONDON — In a semi-secret courtroom in an overheated basement, a three-judge tribunal this week heard testimony about an alleged Russian spy who may have burrowed deep into Britain’s top intelligence agencies, gaining access to secret documents and meeting with prime ministers and British royalty when they traveled to Afghanistan. The British security services allege … Read more

Zelensky replaces top commander, Zaluzhny, with military intelligence chief

correction An earlier version of this article included a photograph and headline visible in web searches stating incorrectly that Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, would become Ukraine’s new commander in chief. The new top general is Oleksandr Syrsky, former commander of Ukraine’s ground forces. The article has been corrected. KYIV — Oleksandr Syrsky will … Read more

Israeli intelligence prompted U.S. to quickly cut Gaza aid funding

Early last week, Israel’s Foreign Ministry summoned a senior United Nations official to its office in Jerusalem and presented him with a startling allegation: Twelve of his agency’s workers had taken part in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, transporting weapons, raiding Israeli villages, and participating in the kidnapping of a soldier and a civilian. … Read more

HPE hacked by same Russian intelligence group that hit Microsoft

Antonio Neri, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, speaks during the HPE Discover CIO Summit in Las Vegas on June 19, 2018. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hewlett Packard Enterprise said Wednesday that its cloud-based email system was compromised by the Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Midnight Blizzard or Cozy Bear. The enterprise … Read more

Meta is going all in on artificial general intelligence, says Zuckerberg. Here’s why it matters

Getty Images/peterhowell Meta has kept up in the AI race, releasing new generative AI models, features, and research constantly. However, the company is now positioning itself to dive into artificial general intelligence (AGI).  On Thursday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to Threads to post an almost two-minute video updating the public on the company’s AI … Read more

Microsoft executive emails hacked by Russian intelligence group

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. CNBC Microsoft said in a Friday regulatory filing that a Russian intelligence group accessed some of the software maker’s top executives’ email accounts. Nobelium, the same group that breached government supplier SolarWinds in 2020, carried out the attack, which Microsoft detected last week, according to the company. It isn’t the … Read more

Agile Intelligence: AI gives tech and business collaboration a much-needed boost

pixdeluxe/Getty Images The Agile movement — which encourages close, iterative work between technology and business teams — is taking an intriguing turn. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the promise to step in, help keep everyone in sync, and free up developers and IT professionals, so they can spend more time running the business.  The impact of … Read more

Russia fires North Korean missiles into Ukraine, says U.S. intelligence

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Russia has begun firing ballistic missiles provided by North Korea into Ukraine, the latest sign of cooperation between two of Washington’s archnemeses, the White House said Thursday. Russia’s deployment of North Korean-supplied ballistic missiles, first reported by The Washington Post, indicates North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s … Read more

Russia may attempt to attack Europe next winter, European intelligence source says

European intelligence suggests that Russia may launch an attack on Europe during the winter of 2024-2025 if the United States finds itself “without a leader” following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the German tabloid Bild reported on Dec. 23, citing an anonymous European intelligence source. The intelligence service source contends that a potential Russian strike … Read more