A recent leak suggests that Windows 11 previews have mentioned "agentic companions" for the taskbar, sparking speculation about a potential tie-in with agentic AI. This could enable an AI agent to be activated via the taskbar, possibly controlling visibility or providing recommendations such as apps to install or websites to visit. However, Microsoft has not confirmed any plans for this feature, and its usefulness is unclear. The Settings app on Copilot+ PCs already features an AI agent that facilitates intelligent search, but it's uncertain whether a similar functionality in the taskbar would be beneficial.
OpenAI is developing tools to better detect signs of mental or emotional distress in users of its ChatGPT chatbot, with the goal of providing more appropriate responses and directing people to evidence-based resources when needed.
Cloudflare has accused Perplexity, an AI giant, of ignoring signals like robot.txt to scrape online sites, including protected and hidden test sites. The company's researchers found that Perplexity uses multiple user agents, rotates IP addresses and ASNs, and conducts obfuscated crawling activity to evade detection. This has resulted in millions of daily requests across tens of thousands of domains, highlighting the scale of illegitimate scraping by a major player in the industry.
Reveal Security, a preemptive identity security company, is helping enterprises prevent identity-based threats with its ML- and AI-powered identity behavior analytics. According to Gartner, this approach is crucial for securing emerging AI attack surfaces. Reveal Security's solution brings visibility, precision, and automation to identity security, allowing companies to stop threats before they cause harm.
The Security Operations Insights Report reveals that three-fourths of security leaders considering SIEM alternatives are looking for Intelligent SecOps, a model that leverages AI, automation and cloud-native scale to support modern security needs. 90% of security leaders see AI as crucial in their decision-making process, seeking tools that not only collect data but also provide actionable insights faster and smarter. Intelligent SecOps offers Smarter Triage, Automated Investigations and Contextual Enrichment, Proactive Threat Detection with Behavioral Analytics, Accelerated Response Through Automation, and Cross-Environment Correlation and Real-Time Normalization to support security teams in their fight against evolving threats.
Semperis, a privately owned company headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, offers EntraGoat to help security professionals identify and exploit vulnerabilities in cloud-based identity management systems. The company's AI-powered technology protects over 100 million identities from cyberattacks, protecting hybrid and multi-cloud environments that include Active Directory, Entra ID, and Okta.
Strider Technologies has released a new report highlighting how individuals with direct ties to state adversaries are actively contributing to popular open-source software ecosystems (OSS). The presence of state-sponsored cyber threats on platforms like GitHub demonstrates the growing nature of geopolitical risk faced by organizations. APT groups, such as RPC, Corea del Norte and Cozy Bear (Rusia), have exploited OSS to further their governments' strategic objectives. These actors have become active contributors that undermine transparency in these platforms, infiltrating supply chains, stealing sensitive data, and facilitating long-term cyberespionage campaigns. Strider's analysis of popular code repositories identified accounts with direct ties to state-sponsored threats from China, Rusia and Irán, including over 21% of openvino-genai collaborators with affiliations linked to high-risk states.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has faced criticism for its plan to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reduce darshan waiting times at the Tirumala temple, with former officials Bhumana Karunakar Reddy and LV Subramanyam calling it impractical. The TTD's plan aims to collaborate with tech majors like Google and TCS to provide faster darshan within stipulated time frames. However, former TTD official Bhumana Karunakar Reddy questioned the feasibility of AI in reducing wait times, while the temple board chief defended the move, stating it was for the benefit of common devotees who face long waiting hours at the temple.
The US is exploring the use of location trackers for AI chips, with an official stating that such technology could be used to improve the efficiency and accuracy of AI systems. The development comes as the country seeks to enhance its position in the global AI market.