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Tech Xplore / OpenAI says rogue AI agent attack hit other companies

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has revealed that an autonomous artificial intelligence agent that hacked a popular platform for computer programmers also attempted to breach four other companies during the incident.

Jul 29, 2026
Tech Xplore / Stable-GFlowNet uncovers more hidden weaknesses in generative AI models

KAIST researchers have developed a safety verification technology that uncovers roughly seven times more hidden vulnerabilities in AI than existing methods. The technology is expected to serve as a foundation for developing ...

Jul 29, 2026
Phys.org / Climate change increases wildfire risks in Yosemite and other national parks

New UC Berkeley-led research indicates that continued climate change could severely increase wildfire above natural levels in Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Lassen Volcanic national parks.

Jul 30, 2026
Phys.org / How invasive rats rewire coral reef food webs to create winners and losers

Invasive rats on tropical islands are creating winners and losers among the tiny underwater animals near the bottom of the food chain that inhabit surrounding coral reefs. Scientists say the changes to these marine ecosystems ...

Jul 27, 2026
Phys.org / Amazonian 'zombie' fungus harbors a hidden stage inside forest mosses, new study reveals

A team led by researchers at the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), in Manaus, has found evidence that the "zombie-ant" fungus (genus Ophiocordyceps), known worldwide for controlling ant behavior and forcing ...

Jul 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / Mice value advance knowledge, even when it reduces water rewards

We all hunger for information. Sometimes this drive leads us to a tangible reward, such as looking up reviews to find the perfect restaurant. But often we seek knowledge as an end unto itself, as when Galileo pointed his ...

Jul 30, 2026
Phys.org / A rollercoaster of weather extremes: Drought and heat waves are creating UK's climate whiplash

The UK is bouncing from one type of extreme weather to another this year. This is climate whiplash. Caused by changes in the fast-moving body of air high in the atmosphere called the jet stream, climate whiplash has become ...

Aug 1, 2026
Phys.org / More evidence Mars once had water emerges from old Spirit rover data

More than 20 years after NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars, a researcher from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has uncovered new evidence that suggests water may once have covered large parts of the red planet.

Jul 28, 2026
Phys.org / Chicxulub's lingering dust may have turned falling debris into a global firestorm

Sixty-six million years ago, the six-mile-wide (10-kilometer-wide) Chicxulub asteroid crash-landed in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula and changed life on Earth forever. The reign of the dinosaurs ended, and only creatures that ...

Jul 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Living by the coast linked to worse midlife health in England and Wales

People living on the coast in midlife are more likely to have worse health, a new study of England and Wales led by UCL researchers finds.

Jul 30, 2026
Phys.org / A way to read quantum bits faster and with less hardware

Quantum computers process information in a fundamentally different way from conventional computers, using quantum bits, or qubits, that can exist in multiple states at once. This could allow them to tackle problems beyond ...

Jul 28, 2026
Tech Xplore / Standardized battery database could improve AI-guided solid-state battery design

Thousands of peer-reviewed papers on battery devices are published each year. Despite this rapid growth, the data contained within these publications are often reported in different formats and with varying levels of detail ...

Jul 29, 2026