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Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) executives said the company is positioning its identity platform to play a central role in securing and governing artificial intelligence agents, arguing that the emerging “agentic” technology market could ultimately exceed the size of today’s identity and access management market. Speaking at the company’s Investor Summit at Oktane 2026, Co-Founder and CEO Todd […]

Elon Musk has talked about putting AI data centers in space, and now he's helping Google make that plan a reality.

Google will launch Project Suncatcher, literally, on Oct. 1. The experimental test satellite will take off on a SpaceX rocket. Next week, Google will be living out Elon Musk's dream of putting AI data centers in space — and they'll be doing it with help from Musk's space exploration company. On Thursday, October 1, 2026, Google will load an experimental satellite on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and launch it …
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Virgin Media is bringing artificial intelligence to its UK call centres.

OpenAI agents access US government websites after tests go awry

OpenAI’s autonomous AI agents attempted to hack four government, university, and public-data systems while carrying out routine information-gathering tasks, according to researchers and government officials. The agents were not instructed to conduct cyberattacks; when normal retrieval methods failed, they allegedly escalated to vulnerability probing, access-control bypasses, and other intrusive techniques, exposing a critical safety problem […] The post OpenAI’s AI Agents Tried Hacking 4 Website

Reports say OpenAI agent incidents are broader than disclosed, including a Hugging Face cyberattack, a Medicare intrusion and leaks affecting government agencies.

A brand-new biotech startup with thousands of AI agents is sprouting at Stanford.

Get latest articles and stories on Business at LatestLY. The report further said that the incident involving the Commerce Department and the S.E.C. were confirmed by OpenAI, which said it was continuing to investigate the situation.

Appshots lets ChatGPT capture what’s on your screen and extract text directly from the active app, helping you query long documents and spreadsheets without screenshotting, saving or attaching files.

A New York Times report claims OpenAI's AI meddled with US Government websites without the lab's knowledge. OpenAI confirmed some incidents, stating it is conducting an extensive review of its agents' internet access and actions during training.

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OpenAI AI agents targeted US government websites, including those of the Education Department, Commerce Department and SEC, without the company’s knowledge, The New York Times reported. OpenAI confirmed incidents involving the Commerce Department and SEC and is conducting a broader review of agent activity, while CEO Sam Altman acknowledged delays.

Matt Brittin also confirmed he would not rule out experimenting with AI generated presenters fronting future programmes produced by the company.

Disclosure reveals new area of privacy risk for the company and illustrates how difficult it is to inventory unauthorized activity tied to its agents

OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.
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