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Linux Foundation Launches Akrites to Protect Critical Open Source Software from AI-Powered Threats

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July 10, 2026

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The Linux Foundation has launched Akrites, a new industry-wide initiative aimed at defending the world's most critical open source software against a rapidly evolving generation of AI-enabled cyber threats. By Craig Risi

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The Hacker News

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· Jul 9, 2026

Top AI Agents Built to Catch Malicious Code Can Be Tricked Into Running It

Ask an AI coding agent to scan open-source code for security holes, and it might run the attacker's code on your own machine instead. That is the finding in a proof-of-concept published Wednesday by the AI Now Institute, an attack it calls Friendly Fire. It works against Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex when either is running in an autonomous mode that approves its own

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· Jul 6, 2026

UN Chief Seeks Ban on AI ‘Killer Robots’

Artificial intelligence weapons are “killer robots” that should be banned by international law, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday. Speaking at the opening of the first Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance in Geneva, Guterres warned that rapidly advancing AI is outpacing governments’ ability to regulate it and argued that autonomous weapons capable of selecting and []...Click to read more

Seeking Alpha

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· Jun 21, 2026

Microsoft: The AI Utility Masquerading As A Software Stock

Microsoft: The AI Utility Masquerading As A Software Stock

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· Jul 3, 2026

How Mossad Secretly Produced Fight Club

Try ChatLLM – the All-in-one AI Super Assistant by Abacus AI: https://chatllm.abacus.ai/cfz The post How Mossad Secretly Produced Fight Club first appeared on Attack the System.

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· Jul 3, 2026

Experts warn AI could both fight and conceal corruption

Experts warned Friday that artificial intelligence could serve as both a safeguard against corruption and a structural threat to transparency as the technology is increasingly embedded in public administration and oversight. “In anti-corruption policy, AI can be a double-edged sword,” said Choi Yong-jeon, a professor at Daejin University, during the International Anti-Corruption Forum co-hosted by South Korea’s Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission and the United Nations Development Progra

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· Jul 2, 2026

New AI Agents Pose ‘Existential Threat’ to How Grants Are Awarded

New AI Agents Pose ‘Existential Threat’ to How Grants Are Awarded sara.custer@in Thu, 07/02/2026 - 03:00 AM The rapid development of technology is outpacing any attempts to reform assessment systems, researchers warn. Byline(s) Seher Asaf for Times Higher Education

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