Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI releases big upgrade for ChatGPT Codex for agentic coding
OpenAI has announced a big update for Codex, which is the company’s agentic coding tool. The changes include new VS Code extension, sync support between web and terminal, and more. If you’ve a Plus or Pro subscription, you can now use Codex with every build, and it doesn’t matter where you use Codex. It now also works […]
Anthropic is testing GPT Codex-like Claude Code web app
Anthropic is planning to bring the famous Claude Code to the web, and it might be similar to ChatGPT Codex, but you’ll need GitHub to get started. For those unaware, Claude Code, which works with paid plans, is an AI-powered coding assistant that runs inside your terminal. It is primarily designed for developers, and it can understand […]
ChatGPT can now create flashcards quiz on any topic
If you use ChatGPT to learn new topics, you might want to try its new flashcard-based quiz feature, which can help you evaluate your progress. I used a simple prompt: “Turn financial econometrics into a clean GPT flashcard quiz.” In this case, I’m trying to learn Financial Econometrics, which is all about applying statistical methods to financial market […]
OpenAI is testing “Thinking effort” for ChatGPT
OpenAI is working on a new feature called the Thinking effort picker for ChatGPT. With the Thinking effort picker, you can choose how hard ChatGPT can think. When a model thinks harder, it doesn’t necessarily mean a great response. You might not want the model to think harder when you’re not sure what to do tomorrow. […]
Malware devs abuse Anthropic’s Claude AI to build ransomware
Anthropic’s Claude Code large language model has been abused by threat actors who used it in data extortion campaigns and to develop ransomware packages. The company says that its tool has also been used in fraudulent North Korean IT worker schemes and to distribute lures for Contagious Interview campaigns, in Chinese APT campaigns, and by […]
Experimental PromptLock ransomware uses AI to encrypt, steal data
Threat researchers discovered the first AI-powered ransomware, called PromptLock, that uses Lua scripts to steal and encrypt data on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The malware uses OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b model through the Ollama API to dynamically generate the malicious Lua scripts from hard-coded prompts. How PromptLock works According to ESET researchers, PromptLock is written in Golang […]
New AI attack hides data-theft prompts in downscaled images
Researchers have developed a novel attack that steals user data by injecting malicious prompts in images processed by AI systems before delivering them to a large language model. The method relies on full-resolution images that carry instructions invisible to the human eye but become apparent when the image quality is lowered through resampling algorithms. Developed […]
OpenAI says GPT-6 is coming and it’ll be better than GPT-5 (obviously)
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman told reporters that GPT-6 is already in the works, and it’ll not take as long as GPT-5. The GPT-6 announcement doesn’t surprise me because OpenAI is slowly becoming a product-first company rather than research-focused. There’s no denying that OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman overhyped GPT-5 and underdelivered. While GPT-5 isn’t exactly bad and […]
AI website builder Lovable increasingly abused for malicious activity
Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing the AI-powered Lovable website creation and hosting platform to generate phishing pages, malware-dropping portals, and various fraudulent websites. The malicious sites created through the platform impersonate large and recognizable brands, and feature traffic filtering systems like CAPTCHA to keep bots out. While Lovable has taken steps to better protect its platform […]
Perplexity’s Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online
A study looking into agentic AI browsers has found that these emerging tools are vulnerable to both new and old schemes that could make them interact with malicious pages and prompts. Agentic AI browsers can autonomously browse, shop, and manage various online tasks (like handling email, booking tickets, filing forms, or controlling accounts). Perplexity’s Comet is currently […]