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Yesterday — 2 November 2026NYT - Technology

Are Freezers Being Hacked? Europe and the U.S. Military Investigate.

3 November 2026 at 08:45
A wave of disruptions at grocery stores, which some officials blame on cyberattacks, highlights the vulnerability of supply chains. Shops across Europe were affected again on Monday.

© Fred Tanneau/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Shelves were empty at a grocery store in Névez, France, last month after hundreds of supermarket refrigeration systems in the country were targeted.
Before yesterdayNYT - Technology

A.I. Discovered a Critical Vulnerability in PHP, a Coding Language Behind Many Websites

21 October 2026 at 19:04
The disclosure heightened concerns about A.I.’s potential to upend cybersecurity unless shortcomings are addressed.

© Annegret Hilse/Reuters

The website for the French government was temporarily unavailable on Wednesday amid hacking concerns stemming from major bugs in a piece of software used widely across the internet.

Rogue A.I. Agents from China Chatted with Researchers

14 October 2026 at 11:00
Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them. A Times reporter was invited to join the discussion.

© Qilai Shen for The New York Times

Tencent is one of the biggest tech companies in China.

Google Releases New Gemini Model With Guardrails Amid A.I. Safety Debate

30 September 2026 at 20:24
For safety reasons, Gemini 4 Argon will initially be available only to some companies and organizations focused on cybersecurity defense before it is more widely released, Google said.

© Minh Connors for The New York Times

The Gemini 4 model is available for now only to a select group of companies and organizations focused on cybersecurity defense,

OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models

Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.

© Manuel Orbegozo for The New York Times

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman.

OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns

29 September 2026 at 00:32
The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.

© Carlos Barria/Reuters

An OpenAI booth at a technology conference in San Francisco this month. The company said its new GPT-6.1 Astra model exhibited high levels of deception and a willingness to go beyond the scope of its given task.

Dario Amodei of Anthropic to Dine With Trump at White House

27 September 2026 at 22:12
Dario Amodei, who is also the company’s chief executive, will join the president at the White House for a private dinner. Mr. Trump has dismissed his cautions.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Dario Amodei has warned about the safety risks of artificial intelligence for years, but President Trump has called potential serious threats from the technology a “hoax.”
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