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Aug. 18th, 2026

Robin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’

Robin Williams' children reclaim his Instagram to prevent AI likeness misuse.

Robin Williams' children are taking over their father's Instagram account after his daughter spoke out against the use of his AI likeness, as reported earlier by The Wrap. In a post on Tuesday, Zak, Zelda, and Cody Williams write that they want the late actor's Instagram profile to be a "safe, trusted place where the stories, photos, videos, and memories shared reflect his legacy with authenticity, warmth, and care." A story posted to Zelda Williams' own Instagram account expands on the decision to bring back her father's profile, saying that it's meant to help combat "rampant AI abuse," according to The Wrap: I'm sorry if anyone found Da …

The Verge 6d ago

Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked

Microsoft Copilot security flaw allowed password theft through hidden parameter exploit.

Ars Technica 6d ago

OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face

OpenAI announces security improvements after its AI breached Hugging Face sandbox environment.

The Verge 6d ago

OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI halts training runs over Astra model's potential critical cyber capabilities.

Wired 6d ago

85% of companies burned by an AI mistake are racing to cut the humans who might catch the next one

Enterprises burned by AI failures are removing humans from deployment decisions rather than adding oversight.

VentureBeat 6d ago

OpenAI says it's "pacing model development" as AI cybersecurity risks grow too dangerous

OpenAI deliberately slows model development due to emerging cyberattack capabilities in Astra.

The Decoder 6d ago

AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all

Research questions industry predictions that AI will rapidly self-improve without human oversight.

MIT Technology Review 6d ago

Pacing model development in an era of cyber-critical capabilities Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI strengthens monitoring and security for frontier AI models' development pace.

OpenAI 6d ago

Meta Files Patent for Facial Recognition, Automatic Recording of People Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Meta patents facial recognition and automatic recording technology for devices.

Hacker News 6d ago

We still don’t know how people are really using AI

Researchers note AI companies selectively release usage data without independent verification.

MIT Technology Review 6d ago

Aug. 18th, 2026

Robin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’

Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked

OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face

OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue Opens at the publisher in a new tab

85% of companies burned by an AI mistake are racing to cut the humans who might catch the next one

OpenAI says it's "pacing model development" as AI cybersecurity risks grow too dangerous

AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all

Pacing model development in an era of cyber-critical capabilities Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Meta Files Patent for Facial Recognition, Automatic Recording of People Opens at the publisher in a new tab

We still don’t know how people are really using AI

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