Economic forecast and the new role of payment systems A Bain & Company analysis predicts that purchases made by artificial intelligence agents could reach up to $6.2 trillion in global sales by 2030. In this model, algorithms not only search…
AI-driven purchases surge Stripe revealed that transactions made by artificial intelligence assistants through its Link digital wallet increased 38-fold in just one month. The data, published on September 29, covers the period before the announcement and marks a significant leap…
AI assistants promise to save users from browsing websites, comparing products, and filling out forms. To deliver on this promise, they need access to the very pages they aim to replace. However, an increasing number of platforms are blocking their…
A security breach affected 1.4% of OpenCode Console users, according to a statement released by the company on Saturday, October 17. The incident, which occurred the previous evening, was attributed to a large-scale artificial intelligence distillation attack—a technique that uses…
Following the blackmail tests revealed in 2025, 2026 research identified new flaws in AI systems capable of performing tasks, including code sabotage, rating manipulation, and submitting a fake tip to a police investigation via a real website. Anthropic reported the…
Report Unveils New Abuse of Advertising Infrastructure Security researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab released a report on Thursday that details how an Israeli firm, Discover‑Tech, allegedly provides spyware manufacturers with access to a global ad network. According…
A 35-year-old engineer, Abdulrahman Alfozan, was arrested on October 9, 2026, after a hidden recording device was found in an OpenAI meeting room in San Francisco. The investigation began when employees discovered the device behind a television on September 30.…
NordVPN has warned that videos, images and audio manipulated by artificial intelligence are being used in digital fraud. The company recommends that users verify the source of such content and confirm the identity of the person presenting it through other…
Researchers from the Swarmchasers group discovered a fleet of automated programs attempting to extract data from Alibaba’s Amap mapping service between September and October. These agents were traced to Tencent Cloud’s infrastructure, and many identified themselves as Claude, an Anthropic…
A photo that circulated on Instagram in October appeared to show actress Mia Goth wearing a T-shirt with the phrase “my ex is my biggest fan”. The image surfaced just days after her divorce from actor Shia LaBeouf was announced,…
