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VentureBeat ↗
In the past two years, businesses have been trying to fit large language models (LLMs) into support, analytics, development, and internal automation like never before. Along with the increasing adoption of AI technology, another trend is gaining momentum — cybercriminals are taking advantage of the disconnect between assumptions about LLMs and their actual characteristics.In 2025 and 2026, several independent sources have highlighted the same trend: Prompt injection remains one of the most impactful and widely demonstrated attack vectors against LLM systems. The OWASP LLM Top 10 (2025) lists prompt injection as LLM01, identifying it as the most critical category of LLM‑specific vulnerabilities, for the second consecutive edition. OWASP's ranking reflects the fact that LLMs still struggle to reliably separate instructions from data, making them susceptible to manipulation through crafted inputs.CrowdStrike's 2026 Global Threat Report — built on frontline intelligence across more than 280 tracked adversaries — documented that threat actors injected malicious prompts into legitimate generative AI tools at more than 90 organizations in 2025. They then used those injections to generate commands that stole credentials and cryptocurrency. The report stated it plainly: "Prompts are the new malware." AI-enabled adversaries increased their overall attack volume by 89% year-over-year, with prompt injection working as both an entry point and a force multiplier.Real‑wo...
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Axios ↗
Washington is racing to sell the world on American AI just as China's cheap and capable models are becoming harder to ignore.Why it matters: Chinese models don't have to beat OpenAI or Anthropic to reshape the global AI order. They just have to be useful, available and widely adopted.Between the lines: Experts argue that two key things are kneecapping the U.S. government's desire to export American AI: An erratic export controls strategy that involves making decisions about access to advanced models on the fly.Not paying sufficient attention to China's efforts to spread its open-source AI models abroad while deploying AI at scale across manufacturing, health care and other industries domestically.Driving the news: The State Department this week expanded its Pax Silica initiative, an effort to build a U.S.-led AI and chip supply-chain bloc and reduce reliance on Chinese technology.The move came as the AI industry continues to grapple with the fallout of the government's decision to put export controls on Anthropic's newest AI models.Meanwhile, Chinese AI is closing the capability gap, as Axios' Sam Sabin has reported, and the models are much cheaper.What they're saying: "I think we're seeing another example of the Huawei strategy in the context of open-source AI models," Emily Weinstein, a former Commerce Department staffer now at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, told Axios."China is able to offer not even just the models, but often the underlying or ass...
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Bloomberg Technology ↗
Firmus Technologies Pty Ltd. will build its first data center project in Indonesia as part of a partnership with US chip giant Nvidia Corp., which the Australian artificial intelligence infrastructure firm said is expected to win it as much as $30 billion in committed offtake agreements in its first six years.
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Wired ↗
The White House asked OpenAI to delay the rollout of its GPT-5.6 AI models, two weeks after Anthropic had to take its most advanced AI models offline.
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TechCrunch AI ↗
New models are launching in Asia that promise Mythos-like capabilities without fear of an export ban. U.S. AI labs may never recover this enormous market.
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VentureBeat ↗
OpenAI is announcing a limited preview of its newest frontier AI model GPT-5.6 family, which comes in three variants: Sol, Terra, and Luna. Sol is for the hardest problems, such as complex coding and security research; Terra is for high-volume business tasks like customer support, internal tools and document analysis; and Luna is for faster, lower-cost everyday work like summarization, drafting and routine automation. Sol and Terra set new high benchmark scores, while Luna performs near GPT-5.5 levels on several tests despite being positioned as the fastest and lowest-cost model in the GPT-5.6 family.However, the models are being made available initially to a narrow set of approximately 20 total organizations, after OpenAI shared the models and release plans with the U.S. government. A general release is planned for "the coming weeks."The staggered release follows an executive order issued by President Donald J. Trump earlier this month on June 2, 2026, which calls upon various federal agencies to collaborate on a process for benchmarking and assessing capabilities of new AI models to ensure they are safe and appropriate for wide release. While this process remains underway (it was said in the order to take 30 days, so July 2), OpenAI says in its release blog post that it "previewed our plans and the models’ capabilities ahead of today’s launch. At [the U.S. government's] request, we are starting with a limited preview for a small group of trusted partners...
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CNBC Technology ↗
Oracle's surging spending, negative free cash flow and $130 billion debt pile are weighing on the stock.
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CNBC Technology ↗
The pivot into physical AI grows On Semi's addressable market by an additional $30 billion, the company said.
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Financial Times Tech ↗
Weak returns could trigger a sharp pullback in funding for tech companies that threatens the global economy
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Axios ↗
An AI-powered forensic investigations firm says its platform was used as part of the FBI's urgent investigation into the attempted assassination at this year's White House Correspondents Dinner.Why it matters: Law enforcement agencies are turning to AI tools to sift through the growing volumes of digital evidence generated in criminal investigations.They've also started using the tools to jumpstart cold cases, missing persons investigations and trial preparations, as Axios has reported.Driving the news: In this case, digital forensics company Exterro told Axios the FBI used its platform in the frenzied 48 hours between the incident and charges being filed against Cole Thomas Allen.Exterro couldn't share how exactly the bureau used its tool, but executives told Axios that customers often use it to dig through messages on seized devices, social media accounts and other digital trails tied to a case. The FBI declined to comment.The Justice Department previously said investigators reviewed seized devices, cloud and email accounts, travel and financial records, surveillance footage and metadata from the Washington Hilton, where the dinner took place.How it works: Exterro's FTK Suite — which the company said the FBI used — provides an on-premises platform that lets investigators organize evidence from a case in a single repository that authorized users can access simultaneously.The platform is primarily designed to help investigators process and organize large volumes of digital ev...