OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter

Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft was replacing some of OpenAI’s software with its own in-house models in ...
Decrypt

OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 Sol: Here’s How It Stacks Up Against Other AI Models

OpenAI has released GPT-5.6 Sol, alongside the cheaper Terra and Luna, ending a two-week preview the Commerce Department kept ...

Your Mac Already Has a Free AI Model Built in: Here’s How to Unlock It with Apfel

Learn how to use Apple’s built-in Foundation Model with Apfel. Run AI locally on your Mac with no API keys, no cloud fees and ...
CNN

Anthropic suspends all access to Mythos model after US government bans foreign nationals use

AI company Anthropic has disabled customer access to its most capable systems after the US government ordered it to suspend all use by foreign nationals, Anthropic said in a statement Friday evening.
Bleeping Computer

Chinese APT deploys new malware to keep access to hacked networks

A Chinese espionage group tracked as UNC5221 has been accessing Microsoft 365 environments using the Brickstorm backdoor and previously undocumented malware named Plenet and AgentPSD. An investigation ...
JournalofAccountancy

Use Excel to automate financial statement analysis

Q. I often perform horizontal, vertical, and trend analysis for clients. Each time revised financial statements arrive, I find myself recreating formulas, rechecking ranges, and confirming that ...
ZDNet

Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use them

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JD Supra

Agencies Overhaul Model Risk Management Guidance for Banks: Here’s What Changed

Banks and their service providers have relied heavily on the prior guidance, originally a joint OCC-Fed issuance from 2011 that was later adopted by the FDIC in 2017, in developing and deploying ...
Bleeping Computer

New GopherWhisper APT group abuses Outlook, Slack, Discord for comms

A previously undocumented state-backed threat actor named GopherWhisper is using a Go-based custom toolkit and legitimate services like Microsoft 365 Outlook, Slack, and Discord in attacks against ...
CNET

Anthropic Says Its New AI Model Is So Good at Finding Security Risks, You Can't Use It

With its new Claude Mythos Preview model, the company is pulling together tech giants for a new cybersecurity consortium, Project Glasswing. Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital culture and ...
CNBC

Anthropic limits Mythos AI rollout over fears hackers could use model for cyberattacks

Anthropic announced Claude Mythos Preview, which it said is an advanced AI model that excels at identifying weaknesses and security flaws within software. Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, CrowdStrike, Palo ...