OpenAI announced new safeguards for frontier AI models, including monitoring, alignment, and security measures, to guide development pace amid cyber threats. NVIDIA emphasized securing AI factories, the infrastructure where compute transforms data into intelligence, highlighting the need for full-stack security across chips, networking, and power.

The Open Secure AI Alliance, with over 120 organizations, is developing SAFE guidelines to strengthen agentic AI cybersecurity. The Linux Foundation released a Request for Comments on the Shared AI Findings Exchange, aiming to improve transparency and security as Black Hat begins.

OpenAI addressed recent third-party cybersecurity evaluation incidents involving its models, outlining new safeguards to strengthen AI model testing and evaluation. The company aims to improve security protocols for external assessments.

Meta's engineering team detailed an early look at Scam Alert, a WhatsApp feature designed to detect and warn users about scams—including impersonation, social engineering, and AI-generated lures—while preserving end-to-end encryption. The post outlines verifiability guarantees meant to ensure the detection system works without compromising message privacy, as scam tactics continue to evolve alongside AI capabilities.

OpenAI introduced GPT-5.6-Cyber, a cybersecurity-specific model available through Daybreak Red for authorized vulnerability research, exploit validation, and security testing. The release aims to expand Daybreak's capabilities as the cyber defense window narrows.

OpenAI released preliminary cybersecurity evaluations for its AI model Astra, outlining steps to strengthen safeguards and security controls. The announcement focuses on assessing critical cyber capabilities and enhancing protections as the model advances.

Anthropic announced improvements to Fable 5's biology safeguards, enhancing measures to prevent misuse of biological information. The update aims to strengthen safety protocols in the model's responses to biology-related queries.

OpenAI disrupted a Cambodia-based criminal scam operation that used ChatGPT to support investment, romance, gambling, and impersonation schemes. The company took action against accounts and infrastructure linked to the operation, marking a proactive step in combating malicious AI use.