General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

ChatGPT may soon require ID verification from adults, CEO says

Chatbot will "default to the under-18 experience" when age is uncertain after teen suicide lawsuit.
Publish Date: 9/16/2025
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Millions turn to AI chatbots for spiritual guidance and confession

Bible Chat hits 30 million downloads as users seek algorithmic absolution.
Publish Date: 9/16/2025
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Modder injects AI dialogue into 2002’s Animal Crossing using memory hack

Unofficial mod lets classic Nintendo GameCube title use AI chatbots with amusing results.
Publish Date: 9/12/2025
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OpenAI and Microsoft sign preliminary deal to revise partnership terms

Companies work to finalize terms as OpenAI pursues for-profit restructuring.
Publish Date: 9/11/2025
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35 percent of VMware workloads expected to migrate elsewhere by 2028

“We are all addicted to hypervisors, and that needs to change."
Publish Date: 9/11/2025
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Senator blasts Microsoft for making default Windows vulnerable to “Kerberoasting”

Wyden says default use of RC4 cipher led to last year's breach of health giant Ascension.
Publish Date: 9/10/2025
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Developers joke about “coding like cavemen” as AI service suffers major outage

Anthropic outage takes down AI tools some developers rely on to create software.
Publish Date: 9/10/2025
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Microsoft ends OpenAI exclusivity in Office, adds rival Anthropic

Microsoft will end OpenAI's exclusive hold on its productivity suite, adding second AI supplier.
Publish Date: 9/10/2025
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Claude’s new AI file-creation feature ships with security risks built in

Expert calls security advice "unfairly outsourcing the problem to Anthropic's users."
Publish Date: 9/9/2025
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SAP warns of high-severity vulnerabilities in multiple products

Users of SAP's S/4HANA and NetWeaver products are at risk and should patch soon.
Publish Date: 9/9/2025
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Why accessibility might be AI’s biggest breakthrough

UK study findings may challenge assumptions about who benefits most from AI tools.
Publish Date: 9/9/2025
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Software packages with more than 2 billion weekly downloads hit in supply-chain attack

Incident hitting npm users is likely the biggest supply-chain attack ever.
Publish Date: 9/9/2025
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Former WhatsApp security boss in lawsuit likens Meta’s culture to a “cult”

Meta allegedly prioritized user growth over security, lawsuit said.
Publish Date: 9/8/2025
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AI will consume all of IT by 2030—but not all IT jobs, Gartner says

AI still threatens entry-level IT jobs.
Publish Date: 9/8/2025
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ChatGPT’s new branching feature is a good reminder that AI chatbots aren’t people

Users can explore multiple paths without losing their original chat thread.
Publish Date: 9/5/2025
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The number of mis-issued 1.1.1.1 certificates grows. Here’s the latest.

Everything to know about the mishap that threatened to expose millions of users' queries.
Publish Date: 9/4/2025
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Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

Historic interpreter taught millions to program on Commodore and Apple computers.
Publish Date: 9/4/2025
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New AI model turns photos into explorable 3D worlds, with caveats

Openly available AI tool creates steerable 3D-like video, but requires serious GPU muscle.
Publish Date: 9/3/2025
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Mis-issued certificates for 1.1.1.1 DNS service pose a threat to the Internet

The three certificates were issued in May but only came to light Wednesday.
Publish Date: 9/3/2025
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OpenAI announces parental controls for ChatGPT after teen suicide lawsuit

Promised protections follow reports of vulnerable users misled in extended chats.
Publish Date: 9/2/2025
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