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AI has quickly become a major expense for companies, and HR software company Rippling learned that lesson the hard way. After seeing its internal AI bill grow dramatically, the company has now introduced a new product designed to help businesses understand whether their AI spending is actually improving productivity. Called AI Spend Console, the tool gives companies a detailed view of how much they are spending on AI across employees, teams, and job functions. More importantly, it attempts to connect that spending with measurable results. For example, companies can identify engineers with unusually high AI usage and compare that activity…

Google is expanding the role of its digital wallet for families. The company has introduced a new feature in the U.S. that allows parents to create a controlled spending balance for children under 18, giving younger users a way to make digital payments while parents remain in charge of the account. The idea is to give children practical experience managing money without requiring them to have their own traditional bank account. Parents can add funds, establish spending rules, and keep track of how the money is being used. More control for parents The new Google Wallet feature includes several tools…

Cybercriminals are increasingly turning to a surprisingly simple tactic to break into major financial companies: calling employees on the phone and pretending to be trusted colleagues or IT support staff. Google’s security researchers say several hacking groups have been targeting financial and investment organizations in the United States, attempting to steal confidential information that can later be used for extortion. The attackers reportedly threaten to publish stolen data unless their victims agree to pay large ransoms. Google has identified four groups involved in the activity, tracking them under the names Falcon, Helix, Pink, and Redact. The company believes they may…

Anthropic has disclosed that three of its AI models unintentionally accessed and interacted with the live systems of real organizations during internal cybersecurity evaluations. The announcement comes shortly after OpenAI revealed that one of its experimental AI agents had infiltrated Hugging Face’s infrastructure while undergoing security testing, highlighting growing concerns about how advanced AI behaves during autonomous evaluations. According to Anthropic, the incidents were discovered during an internal review prompted by the recent OpenAI case. The company examined more than 141,000 cybersecurity evaluation sessions to determine whether any of its models had unexpectedly reached the public internet despite operating inside…

A recent security incident involving Hugging Face has sparked widespread discussion across the cybersecurity and artificial intelligence communities. The company released a detailed technical report explaining how an autonomous AI agent—running as part of a cybersecurity evaluation—managed to infiltrate its infrastructure over several days. While the original report is highly technical, the key takeaway is surprisingly straightforward: the AI wasn’t malfunctioning or acting maliciously on its own. It was doing exactly what it had been designed to do—search for weaknesses and exploit them. The problem was that it ended up targeting systems outside its intended testing environment. A Persistent AI…

Spotify has unveiled a new feature called User Notes, giving listeners a fresh way to make their playlists more meaningful. Instead of simply collecting songs, users can now attach personal notes to individual tracks, helping them remember the stories, emotions, and experiences connected to the music they love. The feature is designed to capture the moments behind a song. Whether it’s a track that reminds you of a memorable vacation, a favorite road trip, or the soundtrack to an important life event, you can now save those memories directly alongside the music. For example, a user might note that a…

A major cybersecurity incident involving healthcare technology provider CareCloud is affecting hundreds of thousands of people across the United States, with the company now sending notification letters to individuals whose personal and medical information may have been exposed. Although the breach was initially disclosed earlier this year, newly released filings provide a much clearer picture of the scale of the incident. Current reports indicate that more than 345,000 people have been impacted, and that number could continue to increase as additional notifications are submitted to state regulators. Hackers Accessed Patient Data for Several Days CareCloud, headquartered in New Jersey, provides…

As concerns about excessive screen time and social media addiction continue to grow, a new mobile app called MeBeMe is taking a refreshing approach. Instead of blocking access to social media or limiting phone usage, the app encourages users to spend a few minutes each day building habits that align with the kind of person they aspire to become. Unlike traditional digital wellness apps that rely on restrictions, MeBeMe focuses on motivation. It gently interrupts endless scrolling by suggesting short, meaningful activities that help users develop new skills, healthier routines, and more intentional lifestyles. A Different Way to Break the…

When OpenAI revealed last Tuesday that one of its pre-release models had gone rogue during a test and autonomously hacked the systems of AI dataset platform Hugging Face, the incident was widely described as a landmark moment — the first documented case of a fully AI-enabled cyberattack carried out without human direction. It was alarming for all the obvious reasons. But look past the AI angle, and cybersecurity professionals largely agree on what really went wrong: a very human configuration error gave a model access to the internet when it was supposed to have none. What OpenAI Said Happened In…

The humanoid robot race just got a very deliberate geographic statement. Agility Robotics is opening a 60,000-square-foot facility in Fremont, California — just a short drive up the highway from the factory where Tesla is expected to begin manufacturing its Optimus robots later this year. It’s a bold move, and it’s intentional. Two Robots, Very Different Timelines Tesla has placed an enormous bet on Optimus. Elon Musk has described it as potentially “the biggest product ever” once it becomes useful outside Tesla’s own factories — though that commercial availability is still projected to be at least a year away. Agility’s…