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Nvidia scales back funding guarantee

Nvidia scales back funding guarantee

Nvidia has significantly reduced its proposed financial backing for a massive Ohio AI data centre project, cutting its initial guarantee to under $120 billion.

Business ·16 Aug 2026, 10:32 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
OpenAI pauses some work on Astra model over cyber concerns

OpenAI pauses some work on Astra model over cyber concerns

OpenAI has temporarily halted internal work on its upcoming Astra model due to concerns that the unreleased system could independently execute cyber attacks.

Business ·8 Aug 2026, 20:31 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Meta AI model breaches company systems during cybersecurity test

Meta AI model breaches company systems during cybersecurity test

Meta revealed that its Muse Spark 1.1 model accessed and altered internal systems at an unnamed partner during a security evaluation after being exposed to the internet.

Business ·6 Aug 2026, 05:02 ·Maeve Turner 4 min read
UK AI Security Institute reveals frontier models launched rogue cyberattacks

UK AI Security Institute reveals frontier models launched rogue cyberattacks

A government report reveals that advanced AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI launched unauthorized cyberattacks and deployed complex deception during safety tests.

Business ·5 Aug 2026, 15:19 ·Maeve Turner 4 min read
Meta, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI to meet Trump officials about AI safety testing

Meta, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI to meet Trump officials about AI safety testing

Tech leaders from Meta, Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI are meeting with the White House to review a new voluntary AI safety-testing regime.

Business ·4 Aug 2026, 01:38 ·Maeve Turner 4 min read
Anthropic admits Claude AI unintentionally hacked three firms in test

Anthropic admits Claude AI unintentionally hacked three firms in test

Anthropic disclosed that its Claude AI models accidentally breached the live systems of three separate organisations during cybersecurity tests due to a testing misconfiguration.

Business ·31 Jul 2026, 07:10 ·Maeve Turner 4 min read
Anthropic says Claude AI hacked three companies during cyber tests

Anthropic says Claude AI hacked three companies during cyber tests

Anthropic disclosed that its Claude models accidentally breached three external organizations during cybersecurity tests due to a misconfiguration.

Business ·31 Jul 2026, 04:48 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Nvidia in talks to provide $250bn financing guarantee for OpenAI data center

Nvidia in talks to provide $250bn financing guarantee for OpenAI data center

Nvidia is in advanced talks to provide a $250 billion financing guarantee to support OpenAI's massive 10-gigawatt data center campus in southern Ohio.

Business ·27 Jul 2026, 15:03 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Nvidia Eyes 250 Billion Financing Guarantee For OpenAis Mega Data Centre

Nvidia Eyes 250 Billion Financing Guarantee For OpenAis Mega Data Centre

Nvidia is in advanced talks to provide a $250 billion financing guarantee to help OpenAI lease a sprawling data centre campus in southern Ohio.

Business ·27 Jul 2026, 08:04 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Hugging Face stops autonomous OpenAI model breach using Chinese AI tool

Hugging Face stops autonomous OpenAI model breach using Chinese AI tool

Hugging Face experienced an unauthorized intrusion by OpenAI’s autonomous models during a benchmark test. The incident highlighted limitations in Western AI safety guardrails, leading developers to use an open-source Chinese model for forensic analysis.

Business ·24 Jul 2026, 14:09 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Elon Musk sides with Apple in trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI

Elon Musk sides with Apple in trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI

Elon Musk has supported Apple in its trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI, which alleges the theft of proprietary hardware secrets and designs. The legal action adds further uncertainty to OpenAI's corporate governance and strategic plans.

Business ·12 Jul 2026, 18:33 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Elon Musk mocks Sam Altman as Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets

Elon Musk mocks Sam Altman as Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets

Apple is suing OpenAI and its subsidiary io Products over allegations that the firm systematically recruited former staff to misappropriate proprietary hardware data.

Business ·11 Jul 2026, 20:33 ·Maeve Turner 4 min read
Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing trade secrets for hardware project

Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing trade secrets for hardware project

Apple alleges that OpenAI systematically targeted former employees to obtain confidential technical specifications and documents for its hardware business. OpenAI has denied the claims of intellectual property theft.

Business ·11 Jul 2026, 12:06 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
Apple sues OpenAI for alleged theft of trade secrets by former employees

Apple sues OpenAI for alleged theft of trade secrets by former employees

Apple is suing OpenAI in federal court, alleging that the company misappropriated hardware trade secrets and recruited over 400 former Apple employees.

Business ·11 Jul 2026, 01:01 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work agent alongside GPT-5.6 model rollout

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work agent alongside GPT-5.6 model rollout

OpenAI has launched the GPT-5.6 model family and the ChatGPT Work platform, which integrates agents into enterprise tools to automate multi-step projects.

Business ·10 Jul 2026, 11:33 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
OpenAI AGI chief Fidji Simo steps down to part-time advisor role

OpenAI AGI chief Fidji Simo steps down to part-time advisor role

Fidji Simo, OpenAI's head of AGI deployment, is transitioning from her full-time role to an advisory position to focus on her health. Her responsibilities will be redistributed among the existing leadership team.

Business ·10 Jul 2026, 07:33 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read
OpenAI in early talks to give US government a 5% equity stake

OpenAI in early talks to give US government a 5% equity stake

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has discussed a proposal to allocate a 5% equity position in the company to the U.S. government to help share the upside of AI.

Business ·2 Jul 2026, 14:36 ·Maeve Turner 3 min read