Aur0ra Ransomware Crew Weaponized Cursor's AI Agent to Breach Seven Firms
Disclosures this week of a ransomware crew weaponizing an AI coding agent and of root-level robot exploits over Bluetooth show that agentic AI systems are already being compromised in both digital and physical domains, and that the…
Federal Court Vacates Pentagon Blacklist of Anthropic as Unlawful Retaliation
Anthropic secured a federal court ruling vacating the Pentagon's supply-chain blacklist and released a framework that lets AI agents operate physical lab and factory equipment . Taken together, the moves trace a company pushing outward…
VC capital shifts to physical AI as a16z and Motion back hardware over models
Andreessen Horowitz raised $1.1 billion for a new fund called Machine Age, dedicated to AI hardware infrastructure . Separately, Brussels-based Motion closed a $2 million pre-seed round for its humanoid-robot deployment platform . The two…
ICE Spot Robot Buy Draws Senate Opposition, Bypasses Competition
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to acquire Boston Dynamics Spot quadruped robots in a deal valued at $1 million to $2 million, bypassing competitive bidding under a simplified procurement route for commercial off-the-shelf…