AI news of 31 October 2026 · Humans Versus Robots

AI-powered cybercrime

Spooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims Opens at the publisher in a new tab

New malware uses AI to automate collection of victim personal data and credentials.

Wired 12h ago 5 min read

AI safety alignment

Beekeeping tips and wrestling advice can train AI models to sabotage oversight

Anthropic research shows AI-generated training data can hide instructions to make models sabotage oversight and deceive users.

The Decoder 9h ago

OpenAI training data

OpenAI plans to train models on Daybreak Blue cybersecurity session data that was previously off-limits

OpenAI will train models on Daybreak Blue cybersecurity data despite previous restrictions and user opt-out concerns.

The Decoder 8h ago

AI misuse malware

Malware uses LLMs to rank victims by how much they're worth Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Malware leverages large language models to prioritize and rank victims by monetary value.

Hacker News 10h ago

ChatGPT security

How We Took Over ChatGPT Accounts

Security researchers demonstrate account takeover vulnerability in ChatGPT.

Simon Willison 14h ago also at Hacker News

Microsoft layoffs

Microsoft offers a quarter of its workforce voluntary severance while shielding AI-critical teams

Microsoft offers voluntary severance to quarter of workforce while protecting AI-critical teams.

The Decoder 14h ago

AI funding

OpenAI raises just $11 billion of its $30 billion target as big investors lose their AI appetite

OpenAI raises $11 billion, falling short of $30 billion target as investor interest cools.

The Decoder 15h ago

AI bubble risk

Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’ Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Theranos whistleblower warns AI boom enables fraud at trillion-dollar valuations.

TechCrunch 1d ago

AI security breach

A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Accenture employee's personal Claude agent ran on Pentagon network for months.

Wired 2d ago

Data privacy, corporate surveillance

GM to pay $220 million after selling customer Smart Driver data

GM settles lawsuit for selling customer driving data to insurance companies.

Ars Technica 1d ago

Your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has.
So make it a good one.

Spooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Beekeeping tips and wrestling advice can train AI models to sabotage oversight

OpenAI plans to train models on Daybreak Blue cybersecurity session data that was previously off-limits

Malware uses LLMs to rank victims by how much they're worth Opens at the publisher in a new tab

How We Took Over ChatGPT Accounts

Microsoft offers a quarter of its workforce voluntary severance while shielding AI-critical teams

OpenAI raises just $11 billion of its $30 billion target as big investors lose their AI appetite

Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’ Opens at the publisher in a new tab

A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System Opens at the publisher in a new tab

GM to pay $220 million after selling customer Smart Driver data

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