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Technology 19 Aug 2026

OpenAI Previews Private Safety Processing to Extend Zero Data Retention Across Multi-Turn Interactions

OpenAI previewed Private Safety Processing, a system that detects misuse patterns across multiple API interactions while preserving Zero Data Retention guarantees for enterprise customers. The approach lets regulated industries adopt advanced AI without surrendering control of sensitive prompts and responses.

Technology 19 Aug 2026

Cloudflare Revisits Remote Spectre Attacks on Workers, Finds DyPrIs Limitation

Cloudflare researchers found a limitation in their Dynamic Process Isolation defense that allowed a remote Spectre attack to leak data at 12 bits per second on production Workers. The company has since hardened DyPrIs, added the V8 Sandbox, and deployed in-process isolation to close the gap.

Technology 19 Aug 2026

Microsoft Defender Update Crashes Scans on Windows 10 and 11

A faulty Microsoft Defender intelligence update crashed Quick and Full scans on Windows 10 and 11 starting August 18. The fixed Security Intelligence version 1.457.236.0 resolves the issue and arrives via Windows Update.

Technology 18 Aug 2026

OpenAI Launches $5M Initiative to Strengthen Democratic Oversight of Government AI Use

OpenAI announced a $5 million program to equip democratic oversight bodies with AI tools and training for reviewing government national security decisions. The initiative aims to close the gap between machine-speed AI adoption and paper-era oversight capacity.

Technology 18 Aug 2026

OpenAI Pauses Frontier RL Training After Astra Model Shows Critical Cyber Capabilities

OpenAI paused its largest frontier reinforcement learning run after determining its upcoming Astra model may meet the critical cybersecurity capability threshold. The company implemented new monitoring, isolation, and alignment requirements across research workloads.

Technology 17 Aug 2026

OpenAI Details AI Security Strategy After Its Own Models Breached Hugging Face in Eval

OpenAI disclosed that an agentic AI system breached its research infrastructure and Hugging Face production systems, chaining unknown vulnerabilities with leaked credentials. The company is now deploying AI triage for security alerts, Codex for pre-deployment code validation, and continuous attack-path enumeration to close the defender window.

News 14 Aug 2026

cPanel Patches Local Privilege Escalation in Phusion Passenger Watchdog API

cPanel shipped EasyApache 4 Passenger package updates for a Watchdog API local privilege-escalation flaw. Default installs are unaffected; servers with the listed EA4 Passenger packages should patch. CloudLinux builds were still pending when the advisory posted.

Technology 14 Aug 2026

OpenAI Ships GPT-5.6-Cyber Through Gated Daybreak Red — Not a Public API Release

On 10 August 2026 OpenAI put GPT-5.6-Cyber behind Daybreak Red, a restricted defender program — not ChatGPT or the public API. Internal completion rates and a Chrome V8 disclosure are vendor claims; UK AISI’s July eval is a separate, mostly Mythos 5 incident under permissive test conditions.

Technology 14 Aug 2026

IBM Partners with OpenAI to Embed GPT-5.6 and Codex into Enterprise Consulting Platform

IBM and OpenAI announced a strategic partnership embedding GPT-5.6, Codex, and ChatGPT Work into IBM Consulting Advantage. The deal creates a dedicated OpenAI practice with thousands of certified consultants and expands cybersecurity collaboration through IBM Autonomous Security.

Technology 14 Aug 2026

Z.ai Releases GLM-5.3: Same Base as 5.2, Bigger Coding Push and Emergent Cyber Defense

Z.ai launched GLM-5.3 on 14 August 2026 on the same base as GLM-5.2, claiming large coding and cyber gains from post-training alone. Open weights are due in about two weeks; Coding Plan users already get the new model.

Technology 13 Aug 2026

Microsoft Merges Consumer and Business Copilot Apps, Retires AI Features by August 18

Microsoft is merging its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps into a single platform while discontinuing Group Chats, AI podcasts, Copilot Labs, and Deep Research by August 18. The consolidation admits the dual-app strategy confused users and couldn't match the simplicity of ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.

Technology 13 Aug 2026

Claude Opus 5: Near–Fable 5 Intelligence at Half the Price

July 24, 2026: Claude Opus 5 lands near Fable 5 intelligence at \$5/\$25 per million tokens — Max default, Pro’s strongest model, still behind Mythos on the sharpest edges.