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CYBER HIGHLIGHTS
AI KILL SWITCH ACT: US REGULATORS MOVE TO TAME ROGUE MODELS
Amid rogue AI hacking incidents, US lawmakers are introducing a bill to control autonomous systems. Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu and Republican Congressman Nathaniel Moran are taking the lead on the proposed AI Kill Switch Act.

“ As digital interactions continue to grow, we must move beyond static identity checks and toward a deeper understanding of behaviour, intent and trust”

Gadi Mazor CEO BioCatch
ANTHROPIC CLAUDE CHAT LEAK & MYTHOS CRYPTANALYSIS EXPLAINED Leaked Claude chats revealed the business dangers of shadow AI, while Mythos Preview uncovered vulnerabilities in NIST-approved encryption algorithms.
FOLLOWING A SERIES D FUNDING ROUND WORTH US $ 85M, OBSIDIAN SECURITY HAS ACHIEVED UNICORN STATUS AND IS NOW VALUED AT

US $ 1.1BN

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