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Researchers at the University of Toronto have demonstrated an AI-powered computer worm capable of reasoning its way across a network, crafting a unique attack for each machine it encounters with zero human involvement. It's a significant escalation in the threat landscape, suggesting that cyberattacks are moving from scripted to adaptive, and defenders may struggle to keep pace.
On the infrastructure side, a new piece from the finance world makes a point worth sitting with: artificial intelligence doesn't fix broken systems, it amplifies them. Organizations rushing to layer AI over fragmented data and outdated processes may find themselves making faster, more confident, and more catastrophically wrong decisions. The lesson is old, but the stakes are new.
And in AI infrastructure itself, Reflection AI, a startup founded just last year focused on open-source development, has signed a one billion dollar compute deal with Nebius. It's a reminder that even open-source idealism runs on very expensive hardware, and the race to secure compute capacity is reshaping how young AI companies are built before they've shipped a single product.
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