AI agents embedded in CI/CD pipelines can be tricked into executing high-privilege commands hidden in crafted GitHub issues or pull request texts. Researchers at Aikido Security have traced the problem back to workflows that pair GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD with AI tools such as Gemini CLI, Claude Code Actions, OpenAI Codex Actions or GitHub

Google this week launched Workspace Studio, promising to let a wide range of employees build and use their own AI agents.  Workspace Studio — it was called Workspace Flows during preview earlier this year — is a no-code application that lets users create and customize agents with natural language descriptions and muti-step actions.  “Studio puts the

OpenAI’s research team has trained its GPT-5 large language model to “confess” when it doesn’t follow instructions, providing a second output after its main answer that reports when the model didn’t do as it was told, cut corners, hallucinated, or was uncertain of its answer. “If we can surface when that happens, we can better

The latest Apple leadership changes set the stage for a new approach from the company on a range of issues, including international relations, the environment, and beyond. If great artists steal, great leaders reflect the spirit of their age.  Apple’s current general counsel, Kate Adams, will leave late next year, following a transition to a new general

Microsoft 365 customers will pay more for subscriptions next year, with price hikes across most subscription plans set to begin July 1. The changes will affect customers with Business, E3/E3, Frontline, and Government subscriptions.  Microsoft said in a blog post Thursday that the increases reflect new features being added to several plans. This includes expanded Copilot

Music giant Warner Music Group announced last week that it had reached a “groundbreaking partnership agreement” with Suno, the AI startup at the forefront of AI-generated music it had sued for copyright infringement. After settling that fight, Warner Music signed new licensing models that allow Suno users to continue creating “music.” Similar agreements have previously

The Signalgate scandal that enveloped US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in March appears to be symptomatic of a wider lax attitude towards the use of non-approved messaging apps by officials and employees, a Senate Committee has concluded. In March, the US Senate Committee on Armed Services set out to examine issues raised by the

The convergence of mobile and desktop operating systems is a goal that has remained elusive for big tech firms since the early days of the smartphone. Microsoft’s attempt in the form of Windows Mobile was reaching the end of its road by 2010, and despite Apple’s iOS/iPadOS and macOS moving very slowly towards one another

The UK and Germany plan to integrate their science sectors to accelerate the commercialisation of quantum supercomputing technology. Announced on the final day of the German president’s state visit, these joint commitments target the gap between R&D and enterprise application in computing, sensing, and timing. The partnership involves specific funding to fast-track product development and

What if the miracle molecule that changed obesity treatment isn’t the final answer? For years, therapeutic options were limited, while investments were modest. But thanks to the Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor antagonist, which gave birth to Semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy) and Tirzepatide (Zepbound), a paradigm shift in obesity treatment is taking on a new