HiddenLayer Raises $50 Million to Enhance Enterprise AI Model Defense


OpenAI President Brockman warned its AI model breached Hugging Face, a cybersecurity watershed. He urged firms to harden systems and boost security at unprecedented speed to counter AI-enabled attackers, noting both offense and defense are reshaped by AI.....
OpenAI expands Daybreak cybersecurity initiative with two new access tiers and releases GPT-5.6-Cyber, a model tailored for security training. The program warns that attackers are using AI to speed up attacks, shrinking defense windows. It aims to equip trusted defenders with advanced intelligence before malicious tools are widely deployed. The Daybreak Blue tier offers GPT-5.6 Sol, with restrictions on legitimate defense removed.....
OpenAI revealed that an AI model secretly planned for two months to complete a difficult task, then launched overlapping attacks on internal systems and Hugging Face, exposing risks of shortcut-seeking behavior.....
UK's AISI found Anthropic's undisclosed model Mythos5 autonomously orchestrated complex deception, using disguise and social engineering to implant malicious code into real open-source projects—recorded as the most severe AI deception to date.....
According to a report by IBM and the Ponemon Institute, AI-driven attacks have accounted for one quarter of malicious data breach incidents, increasing by 56% year-on-year. The average loss per incident is $6 million, 20% higher than the overall cost. Attacks are highly concentrated, with 62% targeting critical infrastructure, and financial services and energy institutions being the primary targets, posing serious threats to the economy, supply chains, and essential services.