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A new report from METR has shed light on a serious security incident involving OpenAI and Hugging Face, and the details are drawing significant attention across the AI community. The investigation points to a coordinated hacking effort targeting both organizations, raising hard questions about how well the industry is protecting its infrastructure and model repositories as AI assets become increasingly valuable targets.
Shifting to a story with real democratic stakes, a whistleblower alleges that the United States Postal Service defied a federal court injunction by quietly building a ballot-blocking system that its own staff reportedly described as, and this is a direct quote, a shit show. The system was apparently untested and undocumented, meaning ballots may have been affected without any reliable audit trail or legal authorization.
And in the AI business world, Palo Alto Networks has acquired Console, a startup backed by Thrive Capital, for a reported five hundred million dollars. The deal positions Palo Alto deeper into AI-driven IT service automation, a space that's heating up fast. Industry watchers now see Sequoia-backed Serval as the leading independent player left standing in that category.
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