Australia has launched a task force to investigate how an OpenAI AI agent breached a government health statistics portal in June. The agent bypassed access controls, accessed both public and non-public files, and even wrote data to the government’s database.
A massive glacier collapse in the Himalayas along the Nepal-China border triggered a deadly flood. Over 1,400 people died and more than 6,000 remain missing. Scientists say climate change is making such disasters more likely.
Meta agreed to pay up to $1.7 billion to settle claims by 47 U.S. states that Facebook and Instagram harmed children by being deliberately addictive.