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Ten of the world's largest AI companies, including Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Amazon, have agreed to tighten their handling of personal data after pressure from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office. The watchdog is now turning its focus toward autonomous AI agents, which, as it notes, don't always play by the rules.
That AI conversation extends into the workplace, where Goldman Sachs executive Kevin Sneader is painting a striking picture of what's ahead for new hires. Rather than replacing junior workers outright, he says graduates will essentially manage a virtual army of AI tools from day one. The concern, he admits, falls on middle managers, and in his words, we don't quite know what's going to happen to that group.
Meanwhile, security teams at companies running SonicWall or Splunk software are being urged to patch immediately. Critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in both platforms that could allow attackers to bypass authentication entirely, execute arbitrary code, and elevate their own system privileges. The patches are available now, and the window to act is narrow.
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