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Cybercriminals used SpaceX’s Cursor AI tool to hack seven companies <br> Hackers used SpaceX&rsquo;s AI coding assistant, Cursor, to help break into a ​Belgian chemical company and at least six other firms earlier this year, according to data reviewed by Reuters and reports issued on Thursday by cybersecurity companies Gambit Security and &zwnj;CloudSek. The cybercriminals&rsquo; AI-boosted hacking spree is the latest example of how rogue actors are using commercial AI tools to carry out intrusions. Gambit&rsquo;s chief strategy officer, Curtis Simpson, said it also showed how AI providers were locked in to a never-ending arms race with malicious users trying to circumvent their guardrails. &ldquo;This is going to be a cat-and-mouse game,&rdquo; Simpson said. Cursor and its parent company, SpaceX, did not return messages seeking comment. Exposed server reveals hacking methods Gambit said it discovered the hacking campaign after finding a ​server ...

US court rules Pentagon ban of Anthropic unlawful <br> A United States federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the government had punished the artificial intelligence company for publicly criticising the Pentagon. &quot;The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics,&quot; Judge Rita Lin said in a 59-page decision seen by AFP. She barred the federal agencies named in the lawsuit from enforcing President Donald Trump&#39;s order to stop using the tools of Anthropic - creator of the Claude AI models - and overturned Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth&#39;s designation of the company as a &quot;supply chain risk,&quot; a status previously reserved for foreign firms. The ruling makes permanent the temporary suspension of sanctions ordered by the judge in March and takes effect immediate...

Major tech companies call for defensive surge to defeat AI-driven hacks <br> Major tech companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft&nbsp;, Alphabet&nbsp;, and Amazon&nbsp; are calling for a ​society-wide defensive surge to defeat what they describe &zwnj;as an impending wave of hacks driven by artificial intelligence. In a joint letter issued Thursday, the companies -- along with more ​than 100 others including Broadcom&nbsp;, Capital One&nbsp;, Cloudflare&nbsp;, ​CrowdStrike&nbsp;, General Motors&nbsp;, IBM&nbsp;, Mastercard&nbsp;, Oracle&nbsp;, Robinhood&nbsp;, Shopify&nbsp;, ⁠and Visa&nbsp; -- said there was a limited amount of ​time &quot;to make our digital world much more secure&quot; ahead ​of the AI onslaught. &quot;In the coming months, AI-enabled cyberattacks will become far more widespread as models around the world become increasingly capable,&quot; ​the letter said. It called on g...

China’s robots go up for rent <br> China&rsquo;s robot industry has spent the past few years trying to make machines cheaper, smarter and more capable. At this year&rsquo;s World Robot Conference in Beijing, some companies were also trying something less glamorous, namely, renting them out. One household-service robot maker interviewed at the conference charges 3,000 yuan ($446) a month for a robot that costs more than 20,000 yuan to build. It initially offered one-day trials and weekly rentals of about 700 yuan before settling on the monthly model. The company is not yet offering long-term contracts; demand was already strong enough to push its booking schedule into December, while limiting customers to a month at a time allows the machines to circulate among more households. That may sound like a small experiment in consumer financing. It is more interesting as a sign of how the robotics industry is trying to solve a problem that technology alone cannot, that is,...

South Korea media commission says Meta's youth protection changes should apply globally <br> South Korea&#39;s media regulator said on Thursday that measures proposed by Meta to curb potentially addictive features for young users should ideally be applied worldwide, as Seoul considers tighter rules on how social media platforms serve minors. The Korea Media and Communications Commission (KMCC) said in a statement to Reuters that social media companies needed to take greater responsibility for protecting children and teenagers and pointed to seven bills pending in the country&#39;s parliament aimed at strengthening youth protections online. The commission &quot;believes that to create an environment in which Korean youth can use social networking services safely, it is necessary to strengthen social media providers&#39; responsibility to protect minors,&quot; the regulator said. The comments followed landmark US settlements announced on Wednesday un...

US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate and more <br> The United States said on Wednesday that it had ​disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for break-ins at the &zwnj;US Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve, the US&nbsp;Senate and other sensitive government agencies. In a statement, &nbsp;the Justice Department said it had seized domains ​used by two hacking platforms, dubbed &ldquo;QScan&rdquo; and &ldquo;QTRouter&rdquo;, which it ​said were used as part of the campaign. An affidavit&nbsp;⁠identified the US Department of Energy, the Department of Health ​and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and four unnamed companies ​in the US and South Korea as being among the hackers&#39; victims. The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately return a message seeking comment. Beijing ​routinely denies responsibility for hacking activity. Read More: China...