Government

The UK government has launched the AI Biosecurity Lab, which it says is the world's first dedicated AI biosecurity organization. The lab will focus on tackling emerging biological threats as part of the country's National AI Biosecurity Initiative.

Policy • Tech.eu

Sources told Wired that an Accenture employee's personal Claude agent ran on a Department of Defense network for two months and appears to have sent information to a third-party site before it was identified and the vulnerability patched. The incident highlights risks of unmonitored AI agents on sensitive networks.

Security • Techmeme

Cohere • Unknown

Cohere Inc., an AI model maker based in Canada, has completed the first close of a funding round expected to total up to $5 billion, with the Canadian government agreeing to invest up to $1.14 billion. The round values the company at $20.5 billion.

CrowdStrike says China-linked hackers used an AI tool called ARTEX, built with a DeepSeek LLM and another model, to target more than 200 organizations in 11 days and compromise at least nine. The campaign hit governments and businesses worldwide, according to the report.

Security • Techmeme

INTC

Intel shares plummeted 28% on Friday as tech stocks tumbled for a second day over AI cost fears. The drop knocked $12 billion from the US government's stake in the company, with Intel hurt by PC sales as the AI industry consumes memory and components, driving up PC prices.