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Cloud Security Alliance Expands Focus on Governance and Assurance for Agentic AI Systems

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) recently announced a series of CSAI Foundation milestones aimed at securing what it calls the agentic control plane, including a new catastrophic risk initiative, CVE Numbering Authority authorization, and the acquisition of two agentic AI specifications.

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Nvidia Unveils 'Ising' Quantum AI Model

Nvidia has announced a new family of open source AI models, dubbed "Ising," designed to accelerate quantum computing by improving calibration and error correction.

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Google Intros New Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Google Cloud has announced a new platform for building and managing enterprise AI agents, as the company seeks to turn its Gemini models and Vertex AI tooling into a broader system for automating business workflows.

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Microsoft and OpenAI Rework Alliance, Loosening Exclusive Ties

Microsoft and OpenAI have adjusted the terms of their high-profile partnership, signaling a shift in how the two companies will collaborate as competition in the AI market intensifies.

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Survey: Enterprises Say They Are Ready for Agentic AI Failures, but Few Test Recovery Often

Most enterprise organizations say they are ready to recover from disruptions involving agentic AI, but a new survey of more than 300 IT decision-makers from Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States suggests relatively few test those plans often enough to prove it.

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DOJ Extends Deadline for ADA Title II Compliance

Institutions working to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act Title II regulations for digital accessibility have received a temporary reprieve: The United States Department of Justice has published an interim final rule to push back the compliance deadline by one year.

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Anthropic Launches Opus 4.7 AI Model, Focusing on Coding, Visual Tasks, and Cybersecurity Guardrails

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.7, an updated large language model that it says outperforms its predecessor on software engineering tasks, image analysis, and multi-step autonomous work.

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OpenAI Launches Safety Fellowship to Fund External AI Research

OpenAI is expanding safety efforts beyond its walls with a new Safety Fellowship that will fund external researchers to study AI risks.

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Fast-Moving Ransomware, Router-Based Espionage Threats Target Education and Small-Office Organizations

A recent report from Microsoft warns about two active cybersecurity threats: a fast-moving ransomware campaign and a Russian espionage operation that abuses small office and home office routers to monitor victims' network traffic.

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Researchers: AI-Driven Campaign Compromises Accounts More Effectively than Traditional Phishing Attacks

Microsoft researchers recently uncovered a large-scale, sophisticated AI-driven phishing campaign that uses automation and legitimate authentication processes to compromise accounts more effectively than traditional phishing attacks.