In brief The Linux Foundation launched Akrites on Thursday with 19 founding members to coordinate the remediation of critical open source vulnerabilities before AI-enabled attackers can exploit them. Fewer than 5% of the thousands of open-source vulnerabilities surfaced by AI in recent months have been patched, according to Endor Labs CEO Varun Badhwar. Akrites is…
Uber president and chief operating officer Andrew Macdonald says the company’s fast‑growing AI costs are getting harder to justify, largely because he can’t identify a clear link between AI use and real productivity gains. In a new interview with the YouTube channels Rapid Response and Masters of Scale, Macdonald points out that while some internal…
For Singapore’s legal profession, artificial intelligence is not an issue that lurks in the distance. The disruption is already here and the sector is trying to come to grips with the impact of generative AI. In his 2026 Committee of Supply speech, Minister for Law Edwin Tong touched on topics that the legal profession faces:…
The national spy watchdog is reviewing the use and governance of artificial intelligence by Canada’s security agencies. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency has written to key federal ministers and organizations to inform them of the study. Here’s a look at how some federal organizations are putting AI tools to work to support national…
