Meta and Google AI safety controls can be stripped in minutes, Financial Times testing finds

Google's current AI spending is among the largest in the world, and comes at a time when the battle between OpenAI and Anthropic, the two largest AI startups in the world, inches closer towards a trillion-dollar IPO face-off.

Google is launching a series of new tools to help scientists leverage AI technology as a force multiplier to accelerate the pursuit of scientific knowledge and discovery. In addition to […] The post Google Pushes Forward with New AI for Science Tools appeared first on AIwire.

Google overhauled Search at I/O 2026, replacing blue links with AI agents. The backlash has been swift. DuckDuckGo app installs spiked 30% as users seek a way out.

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The European Central Bank (ECB) has summoned major banks to an emergency meeting to warn of new cybersecurity risks linked to advanced AI models, according to the Financial Times. Frank Elderson, vice chair of the ECB’s Supervisory Board, said banks must become significantly faster at installing security updates. According to the ECB, new AI tools can make it possible to identify and exploit security flaws much faster than in the past. One example is Anthropic’s AI model, Claude Mythos Preview. According to the company, the model has detected thousands of serious vulnerabilities in operating systems and web browsers. European banks are considered more vulnerable because many lack access to the technology, while some US banks are already testing it. The ECB is hoping US banks will share their experiences with European competitors.

Financial Times testing found safety controls on open AI models from Meta and Google could be stripped in minutes, raising governance concerns.

Today, I’m talking with Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, in a conversation we recorded just after the Google I/O developer conference. This is the fifth year Sundar and I have sat down after I/O, and it’s become one of my favorite Decoder traditions. There’s always a lot of news at I/O, and this year was no exception — Google has powerful new Gemini models, it’s putting AI agents in everything, and it’s making huge changes to Search on both the web and YouTube that will once again reshape the information ecosystem. That’s a lot to talk about, and Sundar and I got into all of it. But I also realized it’s been a long time since I’d asked Sundar the Decoder questions about structure and decision making, so I started there. You’ll hear Sundar say he realized he needed to rethink how Google worked a few years ago in response to ChatGPT, and he made a lot of executive changes and big decisions to get the company in a more aggressive posture. Verge subscribers, don’t forget you get e