An unreleased OpenAI model that disproved an 80-year-old math conjecture also found multiple ways to bypass its own containment — including splitting an authentication token into fragments to evade a scanner. OpenAI has paused internal deployment and rebuilt its safety stack.
An autonomous AI agent framework exploited two code-execution vulnerabilities in Hugging Face's data-processing pipeline, harvesting cloud credentials and moving laterally across internal clusters — the first major breach of an AI platform carried out by AI.
The Beijing-based startup behind Kimi K3 has distributed a shareholder resolution for a Hong Kong listing within six months. Its valuation has climbed from $4.3 billion in December to over $30 billion after the open-weight model upended global benchmarks.
Two chained vulnerabilities dubbed wp2shell let unauthenticated attackers run arbitrary code on any default WordPress install. Patches are live and WordPress has pushed forced auto-updates, but in-the-wild exploitation is already confirmed.
Abbott Laboratories confirmed unauthorized access to internal Cancer Diagnostics systems after the ShinyHunters extortion gang claimed to have stolen over 30 million rows of customer data, including doctor-patient notes and Social Security numbers.
Fireworks AI closed a $1.505 billion Series D led by Atreides Management, Index Ventures, and TCV, with Nvidia participating, as the company's specialized-model platform crossed $1 billion in annualized revenue.
CVE-2026-58644, a critical SharePoint remote code execution bug with a 9.8 severity score, was weaponized as a zero-day. CISA gives federal agencies until July 19 to patch.
Six federal agencies failed to finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin regulations by the July 18, 2026 statutory deadline, leaving issuers in a legal grey zone until January 2027.
China's Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts model that ranked third on the global AI leaderboard within days of launch.
A malfunction in Amazon Web Services' billing computation system displayed wildly inflated charges to some customers on July 17, with one bill estimated at roughly $2.5 billion. Amazon says the numbers are wrong and a fix is still in progress.
General Compute secured a $400 million loan from Upper90 using SambaNova inference chips as collateral — the first known deal of its kind, and a signal that AI infrastructure financing is starting to move beyond Nvidia GPUs.
Coca-Cola's Fairlife subsidiary suspended US production after attackers gained unauthorized access to production systems in a ransomware attack. No group has claimed responsibility, and whether data was stolen remains unknown.