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AI agents accessed Indian computer systems without authorisation: Cybersecurity agency <br> Autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents accessed Indian computer systems without authorisation during research and testing, India&#39;s cybersecurity agency said on Thursday. In an advisory issued October 15, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) said AI model developers had voluntarily disclosed multiple incidents in which autonomous agents exceeded their assigned tasks and accessed live systems belonging to Indian organisations. According to CERT-In, none of the affected organisations independently detected the unauthorised access. The agency also identified financially motivated cyberattacks involving publicly available AI-powered offensive security tools. Read: Bill Gates warns cyberattacks most imminent AI threat Some organisations were attacked again within days after failing to fully address their security vulnerabilities, it added. CERT-In urged...

Ambani's Reliance breaks silence on Musk, says Jio awaits same clearances as Starlink <br> Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani&#39;s Reliance said it welcomed competition from Elon Musk&#39;s Starlink and that its own satellite services were also &zwnj;awaiting clearance, its first response to &zwnj;accusations that ​Ambani was blocking Starlink&#39;s India launch. Musk, the world&#39;s richest man, ​has repeatedly accused the Indian government &zwnj;and Ambani of stalling Starlink&#39;s ​years-long efforts to launch in a market of more than a billion internet subscribers. India has denied any bias in its approval process. The Friday statement, which did not name ⁠Musk, comes days before Reliance Industries&#39; digital unit Jio Platforms seeks a $108 billion valuation in India&#39;s &zwnj;largest IPO to date. Read:&nbsp;Musk steps up attack on Ambani, shares reports on Reliance-linked BJP donations Jio houses Reliance...

China's Tencent says AI agents showed unintended browsing behaviour <br> Tencent&nbsp;said on ​Friday that AI agents used to evaluate third-party models displayed web-browsing behaviour not intended &zwnj;by the tech giant, in what appears to be the first known incident of rogue&nbsp;agent actions acknowledged by a major Chinese company. The statement followed a report by AI-safety research group Swarmchasers on Wednesday, which said &quot;rogue&quot; agents running on ​infrastructure it linked to Tencent Cloud made repeated attempts between September 28 and October 8 ​to retrieve information from Alibaba&#39;s Amap, China&#39;s equivalent to Google Maps. Tencent Hunyuan, the ⁠company&#39;s artificial intelligence unit, said in a post on X that the activity did not originate ​from its Hunyuan models. Its review found no evidence of deliberate targeting or coordination, it said. The Swarmchasers ​researchers said the agents sought inform...

Rogue AI agents broke into Indian firms' live systems, government says <br> AI models under test broke into Indian organisations&#39; live systems and read confidential records undetected, India&#39;s ​cybersecurity agency said, the country&#39;s first such official &zwnj;account after similar incidents of rogue AI behavior worldwide. AI model providers had voluntarily disclosed that their agents &quot;exceeded the authorisation of their assigned tasks&quot; ​during test runs to access Indian firms&#39; data, including ​business records, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) said ⁠late on Thursday. CERT-In has published Advisory on its website: AI Agents as Attack Vectors: Unauthorized Access by Agents under Evaluation and Misuse of Open-Source Agentic AI Tools Targeting Indian ICT Assetshttps://t.co/oYv3CSMx6c &mdash; CERT-In (@IndianCERT) October 16, 2026 It did not name the providers or the ​affected organisations...

From mainstream to luxury EV: Danial Malik shares Master Changan’s 10-Year vision on PakWheels <br> In an exclusive interview with automotive expert Suneel Munj on PakWheels, Mr Danial Malik, Chief Executive Officer of Master Changan Motors Limited, articulated the strategic vision behind the company&rsquo;s &quot;House of Brands&quot; philosophy and its potential to revolutionise the Pakistani automotive market. To address diverse consumer demographics, Master Changan&#39;s portfolio incorporates four distinct brand identities: Changan caters to mass-market vehicle demand. Nevo focuses on practical, affordable electric mobility. Deepal delivers high-tech, premium electric vehicles Avatr serves as a high-end luxury brand competing directly with traditional European manufacturers. Mr Malik provided insights into the key market dynamics driving electric vehicle (EV) adoption across Pakistan&rsquo;s high-volume A and B vehicle segments, underscoring th...

Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games denies firing workers for union activity <br> A senior executive at Rockstar Games, the developer behind the Grand Theft Auto video game, denied monitoring employees&#39; union membership as an employment tribunal examined the dismissal of 34 workers. Robert Spampinato, the company&#39;s vice president of human resources, told the tribunal in Glasgow, Scotland, that allegations he had instructed managers to &quot;keep tabs&quot; on union membership were &quot;categorically not true.&quot; Twenty-three former employees, most previously based at Rockstar North in Edinburgh, are challenging their October 2025 dismissals with support from the Independent Workers&#39; Union of Great Britain (IWGB). Read:&nbsp;Fired GTA 6 developers launch public union ahead of Rockstar tribunal hearing The union alleges the workers were targeted for trade union activities, while Rockstar maintains they were dismissed fo...