As climate change worsens, new research suggests drought could fuel the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Studies of soil microbes have shown that drought favors microbes that survive antibiotics. They also found that some resistance genes from soil-dwelling bacteria were found in samples of antibiotic-resistant pathogens taken from hospitalized patients. Because bacteria can easily exchange large chunks of genetic information (a process called horizontal gene transfer), increased resistance in soil-dwelling microbes […]
Human gives Claude Code more control but keeps it on a leash
For developers working with AI, “vibe coding” at this point means babysitting every action or risking letting the model run unchecked. Anthropic says the latest updates to Claude aim to eliminate that option by allowing the AI to determine which actions are safe to perform on its own, albeit with some limitations. This move reflects […]
Spotify tests new tool to stop AI slops from being attributed to real artists
At a time when AI slop is flooding music streaming platforms, Spotify is beta testing a new “Artist Profile Protection” feature that will allow artists to review releases before making them public on their profiles. The idea behind this new tool is to give artists more control over which tracks are associated with their name […]
Databricks acquires two startups to power new AI security products
With a war chest full of $5 billion in funding that closed last month (not to mention billions in revenue), Databricks is making acquisitions. The company, best known for its cloud data analytics platform, announced Tuesday that it is launching a new security product called Lakewatch. Lakewatch leverages Databricks’ ability to store large amounts of […]
Massive Iron Age deposits discovered in Britain may be from the funeral of a powerful Celtic queen
Two huge caches of burnt Iron Age metal weapons, ships, chariots and carts found in northern England were likely part of a royal funeral for the queen, archaeologists say. Metal detectors discovered the hoard near the Yorkshire village of Melsonby in 2021 and alerted archaeologists. Excavators discovered two separate deposits containing more than 950 artifacts […]
Arm releases first in-house chip in 35-year history
Renowned semiconductor and software company Arm Holdings is starting to manufacture its own chips after nearly 36 years of licensing its designs to companies like Nvidia and Apple. At an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, the company announced the Arm AGI CPU, a production-ready chip built to run inference in AI data centers. The […]
OpenAI’s plan to bring ChatGPT closer to Amazon isn’t going very well
OpenAI’s plan to turn ChatGPT into an e-commerce hub is not progressing as planned, at least not yet. In an announcement Tuesday, the company said it is pivoting away from a recently released feature that allowed users to purchase items directly from the chatbot’s interface. OpenAI originally launched purchasing functionality on ChatGPT last year, positioning […]
TeamPCP backdoor LiteLLM versions 1.82.7 to 1.82.8 Likely due to Trivy CI/CD compromise
TeamPCP, the threat actor behind the recent Trivy and KICS breaches, compromised a popular Python package named litellm and pushed two malicious versions containing a credential harvester, a Kubernetes lateral movement toolkit, and a persistent backdoor. Multiple security vendors, including Endor Labs and JFrog, revealed that litellm versions 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 were released on March […]
Crunchyroll confirms data breach as hackers claim unauthorized access
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has confirmed a data breach involving customer service ticket information following an incident with a third-party vendor after hackers claimed to have accessed user data and internal systems. The streaming site, which Sony acquired from AT&T in 2020 for $1.18 billion, is operated as a joint venture between U.S.-based Sony Pictures […]
Doss raises $55M for AI inventory management that connects to ERP
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are often referred to as the “central brain” of a company because they connect various departments, such as finance, human resources, and inventory, into a single database so everyone shares the same information. In recent years, a number of AI-powered ERP startups, such as Rillet and Campfire, have emerged, hoping […]