White House Authorizes Private Firms for Offensive Cyber Operations, Twitch to Use Default Opt-In for Creator Content in Amazon AI Model Training, and Anthropic Integrates Claude Cowork into Chrome Extension for Cross-Device Sync.
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Apple Negotiates Real-Time News Licensing Deals for AI Siri
Apple is negotiating multiyear licensing deals with news publishers to provide its upcoming AI-powered Siri assistant with access to real-time information. Unlike industry standards that typically rely on fixed upfront fees, Apple is proposing a unique usage-based payment structure. The initiative comes amid a complex landscape of litigation and licensing agreements between publishers and AI companies, and follows Apple’s previous challenges with AI-generated news features that were discontinued due to accuracy concerns.
Read More: Yahoo Finance
White House Launches Private-Sector Offensive Cyber Program
The White House administration is launching a program allowing private-sector firms to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal organizations. Overseen by the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, the initiative seeks to expand the nation’s capacity to counter cyber threats by utilizing private cybersecurity professionals. The approach has raised concerns about potential escalation and unintended consequences. Participating companies will be required to hold a $1 million bond to ensure compliance.
Read More: Bloomberg
Twitch Will Use Creator Content to Train Amazon’s AI Models
Twitch has announced that it will use creator content to train Amazon’s generative AI models, with creators opted in by default. Users have expressed concerns about their content being used without their knowledge, particularly because Twitch hosts large amounts of long-form video and audio. Twitch leadership defended the opt-out approach, acknowledging that a strictly opt-in system would likely result in low participation. Creators can manually opt out through their channel settings under Security and Privacy.
Read More: TechCrunch
Claude Cowork Comes to Chrome
Anthropic has integrated Claude Cowork into the Claude for Chrome extension, allowing conversation history, skills, and connectors to synchronize across devices. The update makes it easier to continue tasks across platforms and provides a workaround for performing tasks in tools without official Claude support. The feature is currently available to Max and Team subscribers, with Pro access expected soon.
Read More: Engadget
Brazil Orders Discord to Suspend Livestreaming
Brazil’s data protection authority, ANPD, has ordered Discord to suspend its livestreaming feature following an investigation into the death of a 13-year-old girl. Authorities allege the platform was used to encourage self-harm and cited Discord’s lack of real-time access to content for automated violation detection as a major concern. Discord is cooperating with law enforcement, while five teenagers have been arrested in connection with the case. The company faces a three-day deadline to comply, with potential fines of approximately $9 million per violation until adequate protections for minors are implemented.
Read More: BBC
Windows Defender Zero-Day Claims Could Enable Full System Access
Security researcher Nightmare Eclipse has disclosed “ShieldBreak,” a newly reported zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows Defender on Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2025. The researcher claims the vulnerability could allow attackers to gain full system-wide access. The disclosure follows a contentious history between the researcher and Microsoft involving vulnerability reporting and legal threats over disclosure practices. Microsoft is investigating the claims, but no patch is currently available.
Read More: TechCrunch
Meta Removes More Than 750,000 Underage Australian Accounts
Meta says it has removed more than 750,000 accounts believed to belong to users under 16 since Australia’s social media ban began in December. Although Meta maintains that its AI systems are effective at identifying underage users, regulators remain skeptical, noting that many minors continue to access the platform. The Australian government is considering doubling non-compliance fines to A$99 million ahead of a parliamentary inquiry, increasing pressure on Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and other platforms.
Read More: Reuters
LiteLLM Supply-Chain Attack Exposes Thousands of Organizations
A supply-chain attack targeting the open-source tool LiteLLM exposed credentials belonging to more than 2,500 organizations and 434,000 CI/CD pipelines during a roughly 40-minute window in March. The attack, attributed to the group TeamPCP, occurred after victims downloaded compromised versions of LiteLLM and other packages, including Trivy, from the Python Package Index. Attackers gained access to sensitive information such as cloud keys and corporate secrets, highlighting the significant security risks within modern software supply chains.
Read More: Ars Technica
Microsoft Is Merging Consumer and Enterprise Copilot Apps
Microsoft is consolidating its consumer and enterprise Copilot applications into a single unified app beginning in mid-September. The change is intended to simplify the user experience while making it easier to switch between personal and professional accounts. Microsoft will provide migration support for chat history and content while maintaining data separation for professional users. However, group chats, podcast generation, and standard Deep Research features will be retired, while some advanced research capabilities will become exclusive to Microsoft 365 Premium subscribers.
Read More: ZDNET
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