Microsoft blocked $4 billion in AI-powered fraud, thwarting 1.6 million bot sign-ups hourly. The Cyber Signals report exposes rapid scam evolution—fake stores, deepfake phishing, and job fraud—and recommends adaptive, AI-based defenses.

OpenAI’s new lightweight Deep Research feature, powered by the o4-mini model, is now available to all ChatGPT users. It provides concise yet comprehensive web-sourced reports at lower cost and automatically succeeds the full model once quotas are met.

Google’s A2A protocol standardizes secure, real-time communication between AI agents across vendors, while HyperCycle’s Node Factory and Layer 0++ blockchain create a scalable, decentralized network—together enabling the “internet of AI.

OpenAI will soon let ChatGPT users shop directly in chat by integrating Shopify’s native checkout flow, as indicated by newly uncovered code strings. This move follows similar in‑chat commerce features from Microsoft and Perplexity, and promises a seamless conversational shopping experience.

Red Hat advocates responsible AI through compact SLMs, optimized by Neural Magic’s sparsity and vLLM runtimes, and aligned via the InstructLab community project. This open‑source, hybrid‑cloud approach controls costs, preserves data sovereignty, and supports domain‑specific customization.

OpenAI’s latest reasoning models, o3 and o4‑mini, hallucinate up to 48% on PersonQA, outpacing older versions. Enterprises must temper performance benefits with robust validation and model selection strategies.

Huawei’s CloudMatrix 384 Supernode outperforms Nvidia’s 180 PFLOPs NVL72 with 300 PFLOPs, higher memory bandwidth, and sanction‑proof design, fueling China’s AI infrastructure ambitions.

Attackers weaponized the Gamma AI presentation tool in a living‑off‑trusted‑sites campaign, using multi‑stage redirects and real‑time credential validation. Behavior‑based email security and multi‑factor authentication are key mitigations.

OpenAI has released o3 and o4‑mini, its most advanced reasoning models yet, featuring integrated web, code, and image tools. Available today to ChatGPT Pro and Plus users, they pave the way for GPT‑5 and next‑gen AI agents.