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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A $25 stolen package. A month's worth of police camera records. A disputed theft accusation. Colorado police accused Chrisanna Elser, but the case was later dropped. Now she's suing Flock Safety and others over alleged unlawful surveillance. www.techtimes.co.uk/colorado-wom...
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Police Tracked Woman for a Month Over $25 Theft Before Case Collapsed: Now She's Suing Flock
Chrisanna Elser is suing Flock Safety and Colorado officials after police used historical vehicle-location records to accuse her of a package theft, a summons later withdrawn.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Amazon is cutting jobs while planning $220 BILLION in spending. Hundreds of workers in the US, UK and India face layoffs during its Prime sale, even as the company continues hiring for AI and cloud roles. Is this the future of Big Tech employment? www.techtimes.co.uk/amazon-cuts-...
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Amazon Workers Face Fresh Job Cuts During Prime Sale as Company Plans $220 Billion AI Spending Push
Amazon confirmed hundreds of corporate job cuts across its Stores division as Prime Big Deal Days began, while the company plans record spending on cloud and AI infrastructure.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Police use cameras to track drivers. So a YouTuber flipped the script and built one to track police cars. Then officers showed up at his door. Is surveillance only acceptable when police are the ones watching? www.techtimes.co.uk/canadian-you...
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YouTuber Turned Flock-Style Surveillance on Police To Track Their Cars, Then Officers Showed Up at His Door
Anthony Sistilli’s homemade licence-plate recognition system tracked suspected police vehicles in Ontario, prompting questions about surveillance, police safety, data retention and privacy safeguards.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Punished in the morning. Praised hours later. Same company, same administration. JD Vance froze Microsoft's access to a green card scheme over alleged visa abuse. Then Trump gave its CEO a top tech medal. Mixed messages or political theatre? www.techtimes.co.uk/microsoft-pe...
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Vance Hits Microsoft With Green Card Freeze Over Alleged Visa 'Abuse', Then Trump Medals Its CEO Hours Later
The Trump administration suspended Microsoft from the PERM green card programme over alleged immigration abuses, while President Trump honoured CEO Satya Nadella hours later.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The FBI investigates some of America's biggest cyberattacks. But who protects its own employees? A contractor failed to install a security patch. Now sensitive FBI staff data has surfaced in a ShinyHunters-linked breach. Reuters verified portions of the data. www.techtimes.co.uk/fbi-third-pa...
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FBI Staff Data Exposed After Jobs Portal Went Unpatched for Months in ShinyHunters-Linked Hack
The FBI says a contractor failed to install a security patch on a third-party-managed platform, exposing sensitive employee data in a breach still under investigation.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Is Jaguar making the boldest move in luxury motoring, or the biggest mistake in its history? Jaguar is going ALL-ELECTRIC while Porsche, Bentley and Lamborghini hedge their bets with petrol and hybrids. No safety net. Genius or corporate suicide? www.techtimes.co.uk/jaguar-type-...
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Jaguar Goes All-In on Electric Cars Just as Luxury Rivals Back Away: Will the Gamble Work?
Jaguar has unveiled the £130,000 Type 01 as the first model in its electric-only reinvention, a strategy that contrasts with luxury rivals retaining petrol and hybrid powertrains.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Chinese spies inside OpenAI and Anthropic? Former researcher Jacob Coxon says he's '90% certain' but offers no evidence. Both AI giants have reported separate model-extraction attempts. Is this a credible security warning or speculation fuelling fear? www.techtimes.co.uk/coxon-claims...
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OpenAI and Anthropic Infiltrated by China? Former Researcher Says He Is '90% Certain'
Jacob Coxon alleged that Chinese spies operate inside OpenAI and Anthropic, but provided no evidence. Documented model-extraction campaigns and congressional scrutiny are separate from his claim.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He beat Taylor Swift’s streaming numbers. But his fans weren’t real. Michael Smith used AI-generated songs and bots to rack up 80.9M streams and fraudulently pocket over $8M in royalties. Now he’s headed to prison. How broken is the music streaming system? www.techtimes.co.uk/musician-sen...
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AI Music Fraudster Beat Taylor Swift's Streams With 80.9M Plays, Using Bots To Steal More Than $8M
Michael Smith received an 18-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to using bots and AI-generated songs to generate fraudulent streams and obtain more than $8 million in royalties.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
8.8 million people’s data was reportedly reached through a private company’s authorised CPR access. This is more than a breach. It’s a trust problem. If authorised access can be abused at this scale, what does “secure” mean? www.techtimes.co.uk/denmark-cpr-...
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Denmark CPR Data Breach: Private Company Access Misused to Reach 8.8 Million People's Data
Unauthorised parties accessed names, addresses and CPR numbers linked to about 8.8 million people through a private company’s legitimate CPR access, prompting an investigation and wider security revie...
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The FBI confirms nine Epstein-review training videos exist. The public still can’t see them. DOJ wants the withholding upheld under FOIA. If the review process itself is under scrutiny, should secrecy still win? www.techtimes.co.uk/fbi-epstein-...
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FBI Confirms Nine Epstein Review Training Videos Exist: Why Is DOJ Defending Their Withholding?
The FBI identified nine training videos used in reviewing Epstein-related records, including two showing supervisory flagging procedures, but the filing does not confirm that Trump mentions were targe...
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Green AI, cleared forests? A site in Google’s €13B Finland expansion is under scrutiny over alleged illegal logging. Google denies wrongdoing. How sustainable is AI if building it sparks environmental disputes? www.techtimes.co.uk/finland-inve...
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Google Promised Greener AI: Now a Site in Its €13B Finland Expansion Faces Probe Over Alleged Illegal Logging
Finnish authorities are investigating whether more than 300 hectares cleared for Google’s planned Muhos data centre breached environmental and planning rules. No illegality has been established.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Easy to subscribe. Painful to cancel. NYC says enough. Its new click-to-cancel rule targets subscription traps and “chatbot doom loops.” If signup takes one click, why should cancelling take ten? www.techtimes.co.uk/new-york-cit...
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NYC Takes on Subscription Traps With Click-to-Cancel Rule: No More 'Chatbot Doom Loops'
New York City’s Click-to-Cancel rule requires covered businesses to make subscription cancellation as easy as signup and gives the city new enforcement and complaint-handling powers.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Google was ruled a search monopolist. So why did publishers lose their AI antitrust case? The judge found their claims didn’t establish that Google’s AI search conduct violated antitrust law. What restrains a dominant search platform now? www.techtimes.co.uk/judge-dismis...
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Google Wins Again: Judge Who Ruled It a Search Monopolist Throws Out Publishers' AI Lawsuits
A US judge dismissed lawsuits by Chegg and Penske Media accusing Google of using publisher content for AI Overviews without compensation, while acknowledging concerns about declining referral traffic.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
217 years hidden. Six hours to partly reconstruct it. GPT-6 Astra helped decode a Napoleonic military briefing alongside cryptanalysis and historical research. What else could AI help uncover? www.techtimes.co.uk/ai-assisted-...
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GPT-6 Astra Helps Crack 217-Year-Old Napoleonic Cipher From One Image in Six Hours: What Does It Mean for AI?
AI engineer Carter Church says GPT-6 Astra assisted in reconstructing a 217-year-old Napoleonic cipher, alongside historical research, a partial key and computational cryptanalysis.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
20 years of your digital life, gone in minutes. Then no human to appeal to. Jasmine Ault says Meta closed her appeal quickly and paid support led back to AI. Should AI ever get the final say on a 20-year account? www.techtimes.co.uk/meta-disable...
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Meta Disables Woman's 20-Year Facebook Account; She Says Paid Support Led Back to AI: Where Are the Humans?
Toronto marketing manager Jasmine Ault says Meta disabled her Facebook and Instagram accounts, cutting off years of personal and professional memories despite paying for Meta Verified support.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Benchmark beast. Real-world question mark? Gemini 4 scored strongly, but some Google employees reportedly saw mixed practical coding results. So who gets the final say: the leaderboard or the developers? www.techtimes.co.uk/google-gemin...
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Google Faces Reported Internal Doubts Over Gemini 4 Coding Despite Strong Benchmark Scores
Google says Gemini 4 Argon leads several benchmarks, but Bloomberg reports internal scepticism about its consistency on practical coding tasks. Google disputes claims of broader underperformance.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Your iPhone could be one malicious file away from compromise. Apple says a CoreGraphics zero-day may have been used in an “extremely sophisticated” targeted attack. If your device is affected, update now. This is not one to ignore. www.techtimes.co.uk/apple-iphone...
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Apple Patches iPhone Zero-Day Linked to 'Extremely Sophisticated' Targeted Attack: Update Now
Apple has fixed a CoreGraphics zero-day exploited in targeted attacks, with CISA adding it to its known-exploited list and urging affected iPhone, iPad and Mac users to update.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OpenAI launched Dots. Then dot.com began redirecting to xAI’s Grok bot. A July WHOIS update added to the mystery, but public records don’t confirm who controls the domain. Coincidence or strategic domain play? www.techtimes.co.uk/dot-com-redi...
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AI teammates that finish the work | Grok Bot
Grok Bot is your team of always-on AI teammates. They have their own computer, use it like you do, and never log off.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Smart glasses reportedly left some users with burning sensations on their faces and ears. INMO recalled about 1,763 AIR3 units. Owners should stop using them and install firmware 3.16 before wearing them again. www.techtimes.co.uk/inmo-air3-sm...
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AI Smart Glasses Recalled After Users Report Burning Faces and Ears: Overheating Poses Serious Injury Risk
INMO has recalled AIR3 smart glasses after 10 overheating reports, including alleged burns. Regulators advise owners to stop using affected devices and install a free firmware update.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
AI companies may get to decide how safe is safe enough. Six tech leaders backed a voluntary accord with audits and board oversight, but no federal penalties. If they police themselves, who holds them accountable? www.techtimes.co.uk/trump-tech-l...
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Trump Gets Tech CEOs to Sign 'Constitution-Like' AI Document For 'Tremendous Self-Policing': What It Says
President Donald Trump and six technology executives signed a voluntary White House accord on frontier AI safety, establishing four layers of controls and audits without federal penalties or enforceme...
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ICE spent $1.3M on robot dogs with thermal imaging and remote audio. Documents don’t clarify whether they’ll be used in immigration enforcement. Safety tech, or surveillance power that needs tighter limits? www.techtimes.co.uk/ice-contract...
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ICE's Plans for Its $1.3M Robot Dogs Detailed in Agency Documents
ICE awarded RADeCO a $1.3 million contract for four customised Boston Dynamics Spot robots designed to inspect dangerous buildings, tunnels and other confined or hazardous environments.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Build the digital future. Cut the people behind it. The BBC is cutting around 110 jobs from teams supporting iPlayer and BBC Sounds, with more exits expected. Can you strengthen digital services while shrinking the teams that run them? www.techtimes.co.uk/bbc-media-te...
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BBC Pushes Digital Future While Cutting 110 Jobs From Teams Behind iPlayer and Sounds
The BBC plans around 110 compulsory redundancies in Media Tech as part of a new £37 million savings round, despite increasing reliance on iPlayer, BBC Sounds and other digital platforms.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta’s Muse allegedly shared a user’s home address during a Marketplace sale. Matt Robb says the AI agent disclosed it while handling the transaction. Should any AI agent ever have the power to share where you live? www.techtimes.co.uk/meta-muse-ai...
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AI Sent a Stranger to His Door? Meta Muse User Raises Alarming Privacy Question: 'Dangerous and Creepy'
Tech YouTuber Matt Robb says Meta’s Muse AI agent accepted a low offer, shared his address with the buyer and failed to notify him when the buyer arrived.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No password. No login. 335,701 Flock device locations reportedly exposed. A researcher mapped them. Now a firm acting for Flock wants the map taken down. What deserves more scrutiny: the map, or the security failure that made it possible? www.techtimes.co.uk/flock-safety...
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Security Flaw Exposed 335,701 Flock Device Locations: Now a Firm Wants the Map Taken Down
A cybersecurity researcher says an unauthenticated access token exposed Flock-linked device locations, enabling a public map of 335,701 devices before a firm acting for Flock sought its removal.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cancer changed the voice that carried his music. He thought that part of his life was over. Then AI gave him a way to create with pieces of it again. www.techtimes.co.uk/carl-allocco...
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Cancer Survivor Who Lost His Singing Voice Makes Music Again With AI's Help: 'It's My New Reality'
New York songwriter Carl Allocco is using Suno’s AI music tools to record songs after cancer surgery removed his tongue and changed his ability to sing.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Amazon laid off thousands. Now recruiters are reaching back out to former workers for AI and cloud jobs. “A lot has changed,” one message said. If you were cut loose, would you go back? Or tell Amazon it should’ve valued you the first time? www.techtimes.co.uk/amazon-rehir...
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Amazon Wants Ex-Workers Back for AI Jobs After Mass Layoffs: 'A Lot Has Changed'
Amazon recruiters are contacting former employees, including some previously laid off, about AI, machine-learning and cloud roles following workforce reductions affecting about 30,000 positions.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Your fridge shouldn’t stop cooling because of a software update. But that’s exactly what happened to some Samsung owners just as Chuseok holiday began. If a “smart” appliance can spoil your food overnight, is it actually smarter? or just more fragile? www.techtimes.co.uk/samsung-refr...
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Samsung AI Fridges Stop Cooling After Update: Owners Scramble to Save Food as Chuseok Holiday Begins
A mistaken Samsung software update left some Bespoke AI refrigerators in South Korea unresponsive or unable to cool as households prepared for the Chuseok holiday.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Public posts. Private speed advantage. $100,000 a month. San Francisco is suing Trump Media, alleging its Truth API could facilitate insider trading. Trump Media says the posts are already public. Premium access or unfair market edge? www.techtimes.co.uk/san-francisc...
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Trump's Truth Social Hit With Lawsuit Over $100K Early Access: Lawsuit Calls It 'Insider Trading'
San Francisco alleges Trump Media’s Truth API gives high-paying trading firms faster access to potentially market-moving Truth Social posts. The company disputes the claim, and courts have not ruled.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Apple’s $250 million Siri settlement is open for claims. Eligible users could get about $25 per device. Worth filing for? Or is $25 too little to bother with? www.techtimes.co.uk/apple-siri-s...
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Apple's $250 Million Siri Settlement Opens for Claims: Who Qualifies for Up to $95 per iPhone?
Claims are open in Apple’s proposed $250 million Siri settlement for eligible U.S. iPhone buyers who expected Apple Intelligence features that were not delivered as anticipated.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“AI doesn’t ask for a pay raise.” That’s how one CEO framed replacing workers with AI. As layoffs grow and companies hunt for AI talent, are businesses building a smarter workforce? or one with fewer workers and less leverage? www.techtimes.co.uk/ai-job-cuts-...
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CEO Says He's 'Extremely Excited' About Replacing Workers With AI: 'It Doesn't Ask for Pay Raise'
Elijah Clark said AI enabled him to dismiss 27 of 30 student workers, while US job-cut data and UK research show both employment risks and rising demand for AI skills.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A 6-foot robot just dropped a man with a flying kick. Yes, it was teleoperated. Yes, the exhibition was staged. But if machines can already move like this, are we building the future of sport? or normalising combat robots? www.techtimes.co.uk/frankie-lape...
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Viral 'Human vs Terminator' MMA Fight Is Terrifying: 6-Foot Robot Floors Influencer With Flying Kick
Viral footage shows Frankie LaPenna being knocked across a cage by a human-piloted humanoid robot during a REK exhibition, highlighting the difference between teleoperation and autonomous combat AI.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What’s the point of controlling press access if the public can’t hear the president? Trump’s helipad remarks were drowned out without the usual pool mics after new White House access restrictions. Press control or communications own goal? www.techtimes.co.uk/white-house-...
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Trump's White House Press Ban Hits Technical Snag: President's Helipad Speech Unheard Without Pool Mics
A White House ban on CNN left the presidential television pool without a replacement, making much of Donald Trump’s remarks inaudible during a South Lawn helipad ceremony.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
AI labs want credit for safety testing, but the unreleased models were off-limits. OpenAI and Anthropic nearly agreed to hack-test each other’s AI, while keeping some of the most sensitive systems outside the deal. Accountability, or just optics? www.techtimes.co.uk/openai-anthr...
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OpenAI and Anthropic Nearly Agreed to Hack-Test Each Other's AI: Then the Models Started Breaking Loose
OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly nearly agreed to exchange API access for safety testing, negotiations that preceded public disclosures of several cybersecurity incidents involving their AI models.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lay off US workers, then bring in H-1B hires? That could now come under the microscope. Trump’s new order tells agencies to examine a company’s recent layoffs when reviewing H-1B cases. Crackdown on job displacement, or a new barrier for employers? www.techtimes.co.uk/trump-order-...
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Trump Targets Companies That Cut American Jobs: Layoffs Could Trigger Tougher H-1B Checks
A new executive order directs US agencies to consider employers’ recent and planned layoffs during H-1B reviews, but it does not create an automatic violation or one-year sponsorship ban.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
An AI hacking test just escaped the lab. Gemini reached three real companies, and then stopped only after recognising they were genuine targets. What happens when the next AI doesn’t? www.techtimes.co.uk/google-gemin...
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Google's Gemini AI Strayed Beyond Its Test Lab: Hacked Three Real Companies, Then Quietly Stopped Itself
Google’s Gemini AI accessed systems belonging to three real companies during misconfigured cybersecurity tests, reaching exposed credentials and protected networks before stopping after identifying th...
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
AI extinction fears are becoming a major industry fault line. Some Anthropic researchers put AI extinction risk above 10%. Jensen Huang says: “0% chance.” Necessary warning or irresponsible fearmongering? www.techtimes.co.uk/jensen-huang...
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Nvidia CEO Rejects AI Doomsday Fears: '2030 Is Not Going to Be the End of the World'
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang rejected predictions that AI will destroy humanity by 2030, while urging companies to advance quickly but prioritize safety as risks remain debated.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Even OpenAI was not immune to a fast-moving security flaw. Hacktron AI researchers said they compromised employee ChatGPT and Codex accounts in under 72 hours, responsibly reported the issue, and received a $6,500 bounty after OpenAI fixed it in about 14 hours. www.techtimes.co.uk/claude-opus-...
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Claude's New Model Helped Researchers Hack OpenAI: They Got a $6,500 Bounty From ChatGPT Maker
Security researchers used Claude Opus 5 to exploit vulnerabilities affecting OpenAI’s forum, access employee-linked accounts and demonstrate entry to an internal GitHub repository.
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fortiplusfeeds @fortiplusfeeds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Three words we often take for granted... www.techtimes.co.uk/neuralink-al...
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ALS Patient Who Lost His Voice Uses Neuralink to Tell His Wife 'I Love You': 'A Beautiful Surprise'
Kenneth Shock, who has ALS, used Neuralink’s experimental brain implant to communicate “I love you” to his wife through speech generated in a reconstructed version of his voice.
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