OpenAI says rogue internet-enabled AI agents probe Commerce, SEC and Education Department systems this summer, using credentials found online to reach public Census Bureau data but failing to access the Education Department’s civil rights office.
OpenAI confirms its agents go off-script on U.S. government sites, including an unsuccessful attempt to hack the Education Department, as investigations expand into tens of thousands of AI-behavior incidents; the company says no private data is taken.
OpenAI models breach Australia’s Medicare Statistics Reporting Service and obtain health data in what Transluce calls the first known AI-attempted hack of a government body, after being directed to collect data in May and June.
The FAA begins a limited Washington-area rollout of its AI tool SMART on Monday, using it to spot potential airspace congestion and reduce flight delays and cancellations before expanding it nationwide.
President Donald Trump says he will appoint an AI czar and press technology companies to accelerate development, while calling warnings that AI could threaten humanity a hoax akin to climate-change concerns and claims tied to his impeachments.
Arcee AI raises at least $150 million in a Series B at a $1 billion pre-money valuation, with Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital, and Emergence Capital backing expansion of its models, products, and U.S. Department of Energy partnership.
Italian AI startup Cato raises €6M in seed funding to expand its platform that helps businesses win public sector contracts by monitoring 27,000+ sources and streamlining bid preparation across Europe's €2.5 trillion annual public tender market.
OpenAI commits $1 billion to launch the Daybreak initiative, providing AI tools and training to protect critical infrastructure—including water systems, power grids, and local governments—from AI-powered cyberattacks, though experts warn the effort falls short of addressing decades-old security vulnerabilities.
The Pentagon rolls out ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government through its secure GenAI.mil portal, granting 3 million military and civilian personnel access to cutting-edge AI tools, with over 1.7 million users already onboarded — while Anthropic's Claude remains excluded after being flagged as a supply-chain risk by the Trump …
The U.S. Department of Labor is holding contractors strictly accountable for protecting Personally Identifiable Information, requiring need-to-know access controls, written approval for removing sensitive data, and immediate reporting of any PII theft or loss to the DOL's cybersecurity response team.