Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations
The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities.
In Brief
Wing drone delivery might not be a novelty anymore
Wing is expanding into seven more U.S. cities through its partnership with Walmart.
CISA gives US federal agencies three days to fix a VPN bug under attack by a ransomware gang
Check Point said hackers broke into dozens of organizations by exploiting a VPN bug in several of its products used across the government.
As OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman’s eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says
Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman’s identity verification company, is reportedly struggling to generate revenue and will downsize its staff.
Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump
The FTX co-founder is serving a 25-year sentence, doled out in 2024.
Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft’s board to go ‘founder mode’ with startup Manus
After a very profitable decade on Microsoft’s board, Reid Hoffman is stepping down to focus on his AI drug discovery startup Manus.
NSA said to be readying Anthropic’s Mythos for use in cyber operations
The U.S. eavesdropping agency is reportedly preparing Anthropic’s Mythos for use in cyberattacks, despite a federal ban on using the AI model maker.
Airbnb’s Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab
The Airbnb CEO said last year it hasn’t struck an LLM partnership because existing products weren’t quite ready.
Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in four months
Uber’s cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible.
Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout
“The company is experiencing strong demand for its AI solutions and services from enterprises and consumers, at levels that are exceeding the company’s available supply,” Alphabet said in its statement.