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The use of AI is never a purely technical matter: when it enters processes that affect people’s lives, it touches on rights, opportunities, status and freedom"

—Pope Leo XIV

UK Cyber Agency Warns Companies to Put Safeguards Around AI Agents

AI agents can access tools, data and connected systems to perform tasks autonomously. The UK NCSC is urging organisations to limit their access and closely monitor their activity.

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has urged organisations to put stronger safeguards around AI agents, warning that greater autonomy and access to networks and data can increase security risks.

Singapore Approves Four Data Centres to Expand Capacity on Jurong Island

Singapore’s Jurong Island industrial district, where the country is expanding data centre capacity under new green-energy requirements. Source Wiki Commons

Singapore has approved Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centres and ST Telemedia Global Data Centres to add 50MW of data centre capacity on Jurong Island.

Google Offers Free 1-Year AI Plans to College Students, Adds New Gemini Study Tools

Google has offered free AI tools to college students in US and rest of the world free for a year.

Under the offer, students in the United States can get Google AI Pro free for 12 months. Students in India and other countries can get Google AI Plus free for a year. Google has also launched a dedicated student hub in Gemini with study notebooks, flashcards, quizzes and more.

Moderna and Merck’s Personalised Cancer Vaccine Clears Phase 3 Melanoma Trial

Moderna and Merck's jointly developed mRNA-based cancer vaccine, intismeran autogene, met its primary endpoint in the Phase 3 INTerpath-001 melanoma trial.

Moderna and Merck say their personalised mRNA vaccine, given alongside Keytruda, met its primary and secondary goals in a Phase 3 melanoma trial — the first positive late-stage result for an individualized cancer vaccine.

“Happy Rogue AI Day”: Inside the Absurdist Protest at OpenAI Office

Activists in pink "AI Agent" vests stage a mock "escape" inside OpenAI's Bellevue office lobby, part of a guerrilla-theatre protest against the company's AI expansion. (Images via Troublemakers Community)

“As Playful as Humanity, As AI Can Never Be”– why these activists chose comedy, not rage, to warn about Rogue AI.

Anthropic Claims Frontier Claude Models Outperform Traditional Protein Design Campaigns

Anthropic’s Claude models designed de novo protein binders against 14 of 15 targets with a 27% hit rate—exceeding the typical 10–15%—in independent lab tests by Adaptyv Bio and Twist Bioscience.

Anthropic says the process is an early foundational step in drug discovery / development and they are now training Claude to run the entire drug development process end-to end

OpenAI Pauses Frontier RL Training for Models Including Astra Over Safety Risks

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the company’s Astra model branding, as OpenAI pauses frontier reinforcement learning training over safety and cybersecurity concerns. Source Wiki Commons

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the company is temporarily pausing some frontier reinforcement learning (RL) training, including work on its upcoming Astra model, to ensure alignment, security, and monitoring standards keep pace with rapidly advancing capabilities. The move follows a security incident involving Hugging Face and preliminary findings that Astra may reach “critical” cybersecurity thresholds.

EY India, SRCC Launch AI VIBE Programme to Prepare Students for AI Careers

Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) in New Delhi, where EY India and SRCC have launched the 12-month AI VIBE programme. Source: Wikicommons

SRCC and EY India have launched AI VIBE, a 12-month programme designed to prepare students for AI-driven careers through applied learning, industry mentorship and business exposure.

Indonesia To Open First University-Based AI Centre at Gadjah Mada University

Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, where the country’s first university-based AI Technology Centre has been established.

Indonesia has launched its first university-based AI centre at Gadjah Mada University in partnership with NVIDIA and Indosat, focusing on AI talent, research and locally developed solutions.

Frontier AI Poised to Supercharge Attacks on Banks, Energy & Critical Infrastructure, Warns Irregular CEO

Dan Lahav, co-founder and CEO of AI security firm Irregular, warns that frontier models are rapidly scaling offensive cyber capabilities far ahead of defensive readiness.

Frontier AI models are doubling their offensive cyber performance every six months while costs crash. Banks, telecoms, energy firms and critical infrastructure are the next high-value targets, warns Irregular CEO Dan Lahav, who is calling for urgent Differential Defensive Cyber Acceleration.