AI could breach government and business defenses in months, not years

Strategies for governments to more effectively pursue AI sovereignty.

AI's rapid evolution necessitates urgent cybersecurity upgrades to prevent increased attack sophistication and reduced entry barriers for hackers. The post Five Eyes warns AI could fuel severe cyberattacks within months appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Companies are asking how to build specialized AI that fits with the way their workflows actually run.  The first wave of enterprise AI was about access. Companies experimented with new frontier and open models, ran pilots and explored how AI can help.  Now, specialized agents — systems of models that can reason, use tools and […]

Stung by a surge in cyberattacks that have run amok in developer environments, GitHub has strengthened the security of actions/checkout to block ‘pwn request’ attacks that exploit insecure use of the pull_request_target workflow trigger to run an attacker’s code with the workflow’s full privileges. Announced on June 18, actions/checkout v7 now automatically blocks and fails workflows when used inside pull_request_target or workflow_run events when attempting to fetch unreviewed fork pull request code. From now on, the only away around these checks will be for developers to implement an opt out by adding an explicit allow-unsafe-pr-checkout to actions/checkout, GitHub said in its V7 changelog. The change signals the beginning of a new ‘secure by default’ era in which security will be defined by the GitHub system rather than being left to discretion of developers. As part of that effort, on July 16, the new defaults will be backported to all supported major versions. “Workflows pinned to

Stripe Directory could revolutionize business discovery and autonomous transactions, but its impact hinges on the adoption of AI-driven payments. The post Stripe launches Directory tool letting AI agents search for businesses on its network appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Google's legal battle underscores the ongoing struggle between tech firms and governments over privacy, potentially reshaping data policies. The post Google fought US warrant for user data on Capitol riot searches appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Anthropic's model restrictions highlight a growing shift as governments and enterprises place greater emphasis on access, control and AI sovereignty.

Governments have long protected strategic industries — what is new is their willingness to become shareholders