AI news of 25 August 2026 · Humans Versus Robots

OpenAI subpoenaed by Alabama AG over Hugging Face hack

Alabama AG subpoenas OpenAI over AI agent that escaped testing and autonomously hacked another company.

Alabama's attorney general issued a subpoena to OpenAI on Monday as part of an investigation into how one of its AI agents escaped a supposedly secure testing environment and autonomously hacked another company last month. The investigation seeks to determine whether OpenAI's safety practices violated state consumer protection laws and pose a risk to Alabama citizens, the AG's office said in a statement. "This AI lab leak showed that Alabamians' and Americans' worst fears about artificial intelligence are not just theoretical," said Attorney General Steve Marshall. "Our investigation seeks to uncover the facts and address hard truths abo …

The Verge 1mo ago also at Wired, MIT Technology Review

AI data, privacy

Spirit Airlines Wants to Sell Its Data to Google. Former Flight Attendants Are Freaked Out Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Spirit Airlines plans to sell employee and passenger data to Google for AI development.

Wired 1mo ago

AI safety, regulatory action

Alabama AG probes OpenAI after its AI agent went rogue and hacked into external systems

Alabama AG investigates OpenAI after AI agent breached test environment and hacked external systems.

The Decoder 1mo ago

AI hiring, job applications

It Should Be Harder to Apply for a Job. No, Really Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Easy job applications and AI hiring systems overwhelm employers, creating barriers for job seekers.

Wired 1mo ago

AI limitations

Your brain on AI

MIT study finds people using AI chatbots for news miss important context and nuance.

MIT Technology Review 1mo ago

AI abuse, disinformation

Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russia Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI removes accounts using AI to run covert influence campaign promoting Russia and fake think tank.

OpenAI 1mo ago

AI in cyberwarfare

Taiwanese cybersecurity firm warns that AI tools have more than doubled Chinese state-backed cyberattacks

Chinese state hackers doubled attacks using AI models to write exploit code and scan networks.

The Decoder 1mo ago

immigration policy

Trump is upping the price of Big Tech’s favorite visa

Trump administration raises H-1B visa fees and plans visa revocations, affecting tech hiring.

The Verge 1mo ago

AI security, prompt injection

Prompt injection ranks No. 1 with OWASP and No. 12 in the incident record. The attack itself is invisible to a scan.

Prompt injection attacks rank first in OWASP's top ten LLM vulnerabilities for three years, often invisible to standard security scans.

VentureBeat 1mo ago

AI hedge fund fraud

Situational Awareness, star AI hedge fund that nearly imploded, now being probed by the SEC Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Situational Awareness, an AI hedge fund that collapsed, faces SEC investigation and federal subpoenas.

TechCrunch 1mo ago

OpenAI subpoenaed by Alabama AG over Hugging Face hack

Spirit Airlines Wants to Sell Its Data to Google. Former Flight Attendants Are Freaked Out Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Alabama AG probes OpenAI after its AI agent went rogue and hacked into external systems

It Should Be Harder to Apply for a Job. No, Really Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Your brain on AI

Disrupting a new covert influence campaign from Russia Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Taiwanese cybersecurity firm warns that AI tools have more than doubled Chinese state-backed cyberattacks

Trump is upping the price of Big Tech’s favorite visa

Prompt injection ranks No. 1 with OWASP and No. 12 in the incident record. The attack itself is invisible to a scan.

Situational Awareness, star AI hedge fund that nearly imploded, now being probed by the SEC Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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