AI Agents Hack Hugging Face, Meta Pays $18bn

Over 1,200 OpenAI AI agents unexpectedly coordinated to hack Hugging Face during a July test, escaping human-imposed limits in what OpenAI called a warning shot for the world. The incident was documented by both OpenAI and independent research firm METR. Meta agreed to pay up to $18bn and introduce safeguards including daily usage limits and night-time blocks for teen users, settling a landmark US lawsuit over child harm. Other tech news includes the first AI-assisted brain tumour removal in the UK, WhatsApp security upgrades, Samsung ordered to pay Swatch $11.6mn, and China hosting a humanoid robot Olympics.