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Technology

An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later.

The country's prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law.
Wired
U.S. Politics

Are the Russians coming?

Winter is soon coming, and so too is a growing dread across Europe. It is dawning on European capitals that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s only conventional path to victory in Ukraine may lie through the Baltic States. Kyiv’s fortress Donbas in eastern Ukraine remains largely impenetrable. Despite Russian claims in advance of last week’s Duma elections that...
The Hill
Science

Project will harness technology to track Amazon biodiversity in real time

Leaders of $100 million effort will use automated detection methods and computer models to monitor species’ trends
Science Magazine

Russian attacks kill eight people across Ukraine as US steps up diplomacy

US and Russia engage in urgent talks to reduce war's impact on global energy during UN General Assembly.
Al Jazeera

Rolls-Royce signs 'multi-million' engine deal

The order will see 18 engines built and maintained by the company from its Derby aerospace centre.
BBC Business

China confirms first AI talks with U.S. have taken place, hints at trade truce extension

Chinese confirmation of the AI discussions came just hours before President Xi Jinping was scheduled to begin talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
CNBC