Russia increases targets of Ukrainian data centers, Google’s Mandiant says ShinyHunters has restarted mass exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft flaw, SpaceX finishes launch rehearsal for Starship Flight 14.
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Show Notes
OpenAI’s Hugging Face Mess Gets Messier
A new report adds more detail to the OpenAI agents that hacked Hugging Face, including nearly a million shortened URLs the agents allegedly used while trying to solve CAPTCHAs, contact other AI chatbots, and pull internal Slack data. OpenAI says the activity is consistent with its ongoing investigation, and Hugging Face says the findings match what it saw during the incident.
source: The New York Times
Meta’s Muse Wants You on the Beta List
Meta opened early access requests for new Muse features announced at Connect, including a video-chat avatar, more shopping integrations, a Mac app that can operate your computer, and support for Meta’s AI glasses. The funny part is you ask Muse itself to sign you up.
source: TechCrunch
Russia Targets Ukraine’s Digital Backbone
The Financial Times reports Russia is increasingly hitting Ukrainian data centers and telecom infrastructure, raising concerns about banks, online payments, government services, businesses, and military communications. The outages may be temporary, but the target list shows digital infrastructure is now part of the economic war.
source: Financial Times
ShinyHunters Finds a Way Around the Firewall
Google’s Mandiant says ShinyHunters restarted mass exploitation of an Oracle PeopleSoft flaw by bypassing web application firewall rules added after earlier attacks. The campaign has hit dozens of systems across sectors including education, technology, healthcare, transportation, and government, so patching is not optional here.
source: Reuters
Gemini Agents Get a Face
Google’s Gemini 3.8 Live mode can now give enterprise AI agents animated faces with synchronized speech, expressions, and support for 97 languages mid-conversation. Google says the generated audio and video will carry SynthID watermarks, but this is still an enterprise feature, not something regular Gemini users can try.
source: Thurrott
Starship Gets Ready for Orbit
SpaceX completed a launch rehearsal for Starship Flight 14, including propellant loading and a countdown run-through. If the September 28th launch holds, Starship is expected to make its first orbital test flight, circle Earth six times, and deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites.
source: Engadget
Bill Gates Warns About AI as a Weapon
Bill Gates told NBC’s Meet the Press that AI could be powerful enough to help cause mass casualties if used by people with bad intent. It is a stark warning, but consistent with his broader concern that large language models could make serious crimes easier to plan and execute.
source: Bloomberg
Tesla Finally Takes Another Run at the Semi
Nearly nine years after first showing off the Tesla Semi, the company is starting new customer deliveries from its Nevada factory. Tesla says the plant could eventually make 50,000 trucks a year, though price, charging infrastructure, and years of delays still make this a prove-it moment.
source: TechCrunch
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