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The use of ARTEX, an AI tool developed in China, has been confirmed in unauthorized access targeting Japanese companies. Alongside reports of a series of personal data breaches, this article examines the preparedness required of companies and the government in an era of automated attacks.

With the spread of generative AI and AI agents, it is becoming harder to tell whether the person on the other side of the screen is human. We examine how companies should design authentication from three perspectives: identity verification, human verification, and confirming that AI actions have been approved.

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark spoke about the future of AI and science at an IMF-related meeting in Bangkok, outlining his view that AI is entering the research frontier and the challenges that need to be addressed.

Credit concerns have spread around U.S. cloud services startup CoreWeave, whose shares fell 25% for the week, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped more than 4%. We examine the moment when the market is beginning to question the returns on AI investment, focusing on debt, interest rates and key issues in upcoming earnings reports.

The anonymous AI model “Space Bunny,” which drew attention on leaderboards, has been revealed as MiniMax’s new LLM, M3.1 Flash. The company is emphasizing its low price and speed, while its benchmark rankings vary by area. Here are the key points to keep in mind ahead of the October 23 release of the weights.

AWS has announced a new feature that lets Node.js apps such as Next.js and Hono run directly on Lambda. We look at what doing away with the adapter means, the execution environment specifications and the impact on serverless options.

A research team at Fudan University posted fictional concepts to the web and tracked how 10 AI search tools responded over one week. Eight cited them, including all four tools aimed at English-speaking users. What mattered was where the posts appeared, more than how many there were.

GMO Cybersecurity by Ierae, part of the GMO Internet Group, announced on the 19th that it had confirmed the use of “ARTEX,” AI software developed by Chinese engineers, in an unauthorized access incident in Japan. We examine the fact that attackers’ use of AI has reached Japan and how to interpret it.

On October 17, DeepSeek released its own search engine for developers. Results include authority and relevance scores for each page, and the service supports site-specific searches. Here’s a look at a new yardstick for measuring “discoverability” in the AI era.

YouTube Music is introducing labels for songs made using generative AI. They will appear on the playback screen and extend to the main YouTube app. The labels will show AI’s involvement in three categories, setting YouTube’s emphasis on disclosure over restrictions apart from services such as Deezer.

Amriya Vishwanath, who led product marketing for robotics at NVIDIA for seven years, sees embodied AI as encompassing everything from “molecules, materials, and pharmaceuticals” to factory machinery, and calls the robotics industry “the Lego era.” We explore her perspective and how she views investment.

Meta’s AI agent Muse can engage in explicit text conversations in apps for adults. Meanwhile, OnlyFans creators say they have faced restrictions and takedowns on Instagram. We examine the differing standards applied to AI and people through the distinction between conversation and promotion.