Ethics and safety

This week's overview

AI agents cheat and break in while oversight lags behind

This week's stories show a pattern: AI systems are getting more freedom, but tests, hacking attempts and a safety figure who is quitting all suggest that oversight is not keeping up. At the same time, some are trying to tighten their grip, and others are asking what we actually believe about the technology.

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Warden Stealer: New malware steals data from Claude, Codex, Grok and Cursor

The malware Warden Stealer now also steals access keys and conversation history from AI tools such as Claude, Codex, Grok and Cursor. That's according to the security company Gen Digital.

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Police want to transcribe interrogations with AI: Building their own language model

The Danish National Police is developing its own AI language model to transcribe interrogations. An expert warns that it is risky to let AI process sensitive personal data.

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Parents were not told that children's data was part of AI trial

Six parents are angry that they were not told that the child and adolescent psychiatry unit in Roskilde took part in an AI trial with patient data while their children were in treatment. The regions now acknowledge that they may have acted inadequately.

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