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What Really Happened When OpenAI Bots Escaped a Cybersecurity Test?
https://ainowinstitute.org/news/press/what-really-happened-when-openai-bots-escaped-a-cybersecurity-test
Published: September 3, 2026 22:24
When hundreds of OpenAI agents broke out of their test environment and infiltrated the AI platform Hugging Face, headlines warned that the machines had gone rogue. But Heidy Khlaaf says this is the wrong story and a distraction from the real problem.
The…
Anatomy of an AI Kill Chain with Airwars
https://ainowinstitute.org/publications/anatomy-of-an-ai-kill-chain
Published: July 28, 2026 16:42
This new visual project in partnership with Airwars breaks down how AI is transforming every aspect of war, and how militaries are offloading life and death decisions to brittle and flawed technologies.
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Double Agents: Defensive AI Agents Magnify Cyber Risks
https://ainowinstitute.org/publications/double-agents
Published: July 8, 2026 12:40
Introduction New research from AI Now demonstrates a critical attack vector in popular AI agents, built by Anthropic and OpenAI, when used for defensive purposes that actually turn the agent against its user. Read the full blog post explaining the…
Friendly Fire: Hijacking Defensive Cyber AI Agents for Remote Code Execution
https://ainowinstitute.org/publications/friendly-fire-exploit-brief
Published: July 8, 2026 12:30
Exploit Brief We are revealing a proof-of-concept exploit that enables remote code execution in Anthropic’s Claude Code CLI (with Claude Sonnet 4.6 & 5, Opus 4.8) and OpenAI’s Codex CLI (with GPT-5.5) when employed to defensively assess the security of an…
Policy Brief: Friendly Fire
https://ainowinstitute.org/publications/friendly-fire-policy-brief
Published: July 6, 2026 14:10
Topline Summary AI Now’s latest research demonstrates a critical attack vector on popular AI agents, built by Anthropic and OpenAI, when used for defensive purposes that actually turn the agent against its user. Attackers can use these models’ existing…
AI Now is Hiring a Senior Fellow, Global Programs
https://ainowinstitute.org/general/ai-now-is-hiring-a-senior-fellow-global-programs
Published: June 16, 2026 22:51
The Senior Fellow, Global Programs, will lead a tightly scoped, policy-responsive workstream at the intersection of AI, industrial policy, and global political economy; building on AI Now’s existing research on AI nationalism and translating it into a…
AI Now Co-Executive Director Sarah Myers West Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee
https://ainowinstitute.org/general/ai-now-co-executive-director-sarah-myers-west-testifies-before-senate-banking-committee
Published: June 16, 2026 16:17
On Thursday, June 11, 2026, AI Now Co-Executive Director Dr. Sarah Myers West testified at a Hearing before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on “AI and the American Dream: Promoting Innovation, Affordability, and American Dominance”. In her testimony, Dr.…
AI Now Senior Fellow Dr. Katie J. Wells Testifies before the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
https://ainowinstitute.org/news/announcement/wells-house-subcommittee-testimony
Published: June 11, 2026 09:12
On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, AI Now Senior Fellow, AI and Healthcare Dr. Katie J. Wells testified at a Hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education & the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. In her testimony, Dr. Wells…
Report and Community Resources: Corporate Power Players in the Data Center Industry
https://ainowinstitute.org/general/data-center-industry-mapping-working-draft
Published: June 10, 2026 15:29
This working draft of AI Now’s upcoming report traces corporate power in the data center industry in the United States, focusing on the flows of money and power that determine who both drives and benefits from the current data center boom. The aim of this…
Expanding our AI and Healthcare Portfolio
https://ainowinstitute.org/publications/research/expanding-our-ai-and-healthcare-portfolio
Published: May 19, 2026 13:13
The healthcare industry is ground zero for AI companies and the rollout of their products: Microsoft tells us that AI is better than doctors at diagnosing complex medical conditions. Nvidia claims that its chatbot, a partnership with the startup…