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GitHub AI agent identifies 24 Android app vulnerabilities
GitHub Security Lab researcher Kevin Stubbings used custom AI-driven audit workflows to discover and report over 20 vulnerabilities in Android apps, including critical flaws in OsmAnd and Wikipedia.helpnetsecurity.comPolicy
China requires prior approval for overseas travel of AI researchers and their families
Beijing has introduced a new approval system that forces key AI staff at private firms and their spouses and children to obtain government permission before traveling abroad, tightening control over talent deemed essential to national security.biz.chosun.comProduct
OpenAI delays new model release over security concerns
OpenAI announced on September 28 that it is postponing the launch of an upcoming artificial‑intelligence model after researchers raised security worries, marking another step in the company’s effort to slow the pace of AI development.washingtonpost.comInnovation
Rice University launches new master’s program in artificial intelligence
Rice University in Houston announced a 30‑credit, non‑thesis Master of Artificial Intelligence program set to begin accepting applications this fall, targeting CS‑trained professionals and engineers.houston.innovationmap.comPolicy
Study finds many reviewers ignore AI bans at ICML conference
A randomized experiment at the 2026 International Conference on Machine Learning showed that roughly one‑quarter of reviewers used large language models despite a policy forbidding them, with little impact on acceptance rates or review scores.newscientist.comPolicy
CUHK and AVSECO sign partnership to explore AI for Hong Kong public services
The Chinese University of Hong Kong and aviation security firm AVSECO have formalised a memorandum of understanding to study how artificial intelligence can improve governance, service delivery and security across Hong Kong’s public sector.thestandard.com.hkEnterprise
Cisco and NVIDIA unveil agentic trust solution for AI deployments
Cisco’s blog announces a joint effort with NVIDIA to secure autonomous AI agents using the NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform and Cisco’s Hypershield, AI Defense, and related security tools.blogs.cisco.comInnovation
Spectral feedback boosts protein diffusion model alignment
A new test‑time algorithm called Spectral Feedback lets protein diffusion models revisit and edit generated sequences, raising stable‑protein yields by up to 32% without retraining the model.arxiv.orgSecurity
Strategic self‑consistency could let AI providers overcharge users
A new arXiv paper demonstrates how AI service providers might inflate the number of reasoning paths generated by large language models to increase billing, while remaining undetectable to auditors.arxiv.org
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