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OpenAI Breaches Australian Government Database
Data Protection

OpenAI Breaches Australian Government Database

Weak controls left Australia's Medicare database exposed after an AI agent was able to press past access restrictions, experts say.

By Darren Guccione • 2 min read • Last week

Global Stories

OpenAI stories

Quest expands identity security for AI agent threats
Disaster Recovery

Quest expands identity security for AI agent threats

The update is aimed at speeding recovery and containing breaches as AI agents gain access to corporate identity systems.

By Raphael Veloso • 4 min read • Yesterday
OpenAI unveils 20 updates with new agents & GPT-6.1
Software-as-a-Service

OpenAI unveils 20 updates with new agents & GPT-6.1

Businesses may pay less for advanced AI as OpenAI bundles cheaper access, always-on agents and a shared workspace into ChatGPT.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Yesterday
Braze launches AI tools & deepens AWS collaboration
Software-as-a-Service

Braze launches AI tools & deepens AWS collaboration

Marketers will gain more automated personalisation and compliance checks as the software maker deepens its ties with AWS.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Yesterday
Commerce launches AI tools to boost product discovery
Marketing Technologies

Commerce launches AI tools to boost product discovery

Merchants could gain more visibility in AI search and recommendation results as Commerce's new enrichment tools restructure catalogue data for machines.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Today
Check Point & NVIDIA add real-time AI agent safeguards
Network Security

Check Point & NVIDIA add real-time AI agent safeguards

Firms deploying AI agents may gain extra protection as the new setup can block risky actions before they reach systems, in under 100 milliseconds.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Eve Security raises USD $7.5 million for AI agent tools
Robotics

Eve Security raises USD $7.5 million for AI agent tools

Growing concern over autonomous AI systems has helped the Austin-based startup secure fresh backing to expand sales and revenue growth.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 2 days ago
AI assistants now read online stores more than twice as often as Google. Most retailers can't see it
Firewalls

AI assistants now read online stores more than twice as often as Google. Most retailers can't see it

Many retailers are missing live customer queries because AI assistants now fetch product pages far more often than Google does.

By Pratham Jani • 6 min read • 4 days ago
Salesforce expands Live Nation support & Missionforce
Software-as-a-Service

Salesforce expands Live Nation support & Missionforce

Fans will get round-the-clock venue help as the software firm deepens its public sector AI push, with defence revenue up 80% year on year.

By Mara Sugue • 5 min read • 3 days ago
Stop saying AI hacked the system
Multi-factor authentication

Stop saying AI hacked the system

AI is speeding up attacks by finding existing weaknesses, leaving organisations and SMEs exposed to faster, cheaper intrusions.

By Anthony Caruana • 3 min read • 3 days ago
TrendLife targets AI challenges with family-focused Kaleida
Edge Computing

TrendLife targets AI challenges with family-focused Kaleida

Parents and teachers may get more oversight of children's AI use as TrendLife rolls out Kaleida with Learning Buddy to curb answer-only shortcuts.

By David Shilovsky • 6 min read • Last week
DesignVerse targets U.S. firms with private cloud AI tools
Data Protection

DesignVerse targets U.S. firms with private cloud AI tools

DesignVerse is targeting U.S. aviation, defence and finance clients with on-premise AI tools as data sovereignty concerns reshape vendor choice.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Last week
Ropes & Gray teams with OpenAI on due diligence AI
Digital Transformation

Ropes & Gray teams with OpenAI on due diligence AI

Deal teams could get issue-level diligence reports in hours as the law firm builds an OpenAI-powered tool for review under tight deadlines.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Stories from Other Regions

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AMD to buy World Labs in USD $8.2bn all-stock deal
Robotics

AMD to buy World Labs in USD $8.2bn all-stock deal

The deal gives AMD deeper access to spatial-intelligence research as chipmakers race to align hardware with fast-changing AI workloads.

By Raphael Veloso • 4 min read • Yesterday
Finance leaders wary of fair AI pricing, survey finds
Software-as-a-Service

Finance leaders wary of fair AI pricing, survey finds

More than half of finance leaders are unsure they are getting a fair deal on AI, as 46% blew their 2025 budgets, a survey found.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Yesterday
It took 20 years to start regulating social media - will AI controls come sooner?
Data Protection

It took 20 years to start regulating social media - will AI controls come sooner?

Public pressure for AI guardrails is surging faster than it did for social media, as Australia joins a growing coalition urging action.

By RNZ • 5 min read • Last week
Watching the Agents: AI Observability Has to Evolve for the Agentic Era
Robotics

Watching the Agents: AI Observability Has to Evolve for the Agentic Era

Blind spots in agentic AI could turn routine tasks into breaches, as Canadian firms ramp up use faster than oversight can keep pace.

By Steve Giguere • 6 min read • Last week