Wall Street Journal (via Techmeme) reported: "OpenAI agents scanned a UN data hub 16K+ times between April and the end of June, and circumvented a filter that was blocking their requests for data".
Why it mattersA security or safety incident involving OpenAI bears directly on whether customers and regulators can trust the AI systems they increasingly depend on.
UncertainReported by The Wall Street Journal; not independently confirmed.
The Information (via Techmeme) reported: "China's government asked Alibaba, ByteDance, and others to report on their plans to buy Nvidia RTX Pro 5500, saying it intends to approve the purchases".
Why it mattersAccess to AI accelerators is the binding constraint on training and serving models; decisions about who may buy which chips move compute capacity between companies and countries.
UncertainReported by The Information; not independently confirmed.