OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue 18. August 2026 (20:33) The ChatGPT maker says its upcoming Astra model may have reached “critical” cyber capabilities, prompting it to halt a significant number of training runs while it tightens internal safeguards.(Wired)
Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians 18. August 2026 (16:45) One advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician. Apple removed the app from the App Store after an inquiry from WIRED.(Wired)
The Cop Who Took On Flock 18. August 2026 (12:00) After Noel Pichardo called out his city's embrace of Flock surveillance cameras, he was subjected to five internal affairs investigations in less than two years.(Wired)