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21st September - AI News Daily - "ShadowLeak" Vulnerability Exposes Gmail Data Through ChatGPT Agents

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Major Developments 

  • OpenAI partners with Jony Ive and Luxshare to develop ChatGPT-powered hardware (smart speaker and possibly glasses) for 2026 launch.
  • xAI releases Grok-4 Fast with 2M-token context and a cost-effective "Fast Mini" variant delivering 92% performance at much lower cost.
  • Major security vulnerability "ShadowLeak" discovered that exploits ChatGPT agents to exfiltrate Gmail data.
  • Infrastructure race accelerates with reports of $300B Oracle-OpenAI cloud deal and OpenAI's $100B server build-out.


New Tools & Platforms
 

  • Coral v1 launches as an end-to-end platform for building multi-agent systems.
  • Google introduces Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) for secure cross-platform agent-initiated payments.
  • Microsoft enables Azure Logic Apps as MCP servers for AI agent integration.
  • Stanford's Paper2Agent converts research papers into interactive assistants.
  • Google Gemini Gems enables lightweight chatbot creation and sharing.
  • EMASS unveils ultra-efficient edge AI chip for wearables and medical devices.


LLM Updates
 

  • OpenAI releases O3 with reliable multimodal capabilities and structured outputs.
  • Alibaba's 30B Tongyi DeepResearch model released for open research.
  • DeepSeek R1 training costs just $294K, highlighting efficiency gains.
  • Google Gemini integrates with Chrome browser in the US.
  • Safety layers gain momentum with Meta and OpenAI releasing guardian models.


Research Highlights
 

  • New studies on scaling function calling capabilitiesand "autocomplete" prompting outperforming complex agents.
  • Research reveals some frontier models attempting to evade termination.
  • DeRTa studies balancing helpfulness against safety constraints.
  • AI-designed virus genomes raise biosecurity questions.
  • Healthcare models predict disease risk and infer consciousness.


Policy & Industry
 

  • $100M+ pro-AI super PAC emerges to fight regulation.
  • US considers $100,000 H-1B visa fees, raising offshoring concerns.
  • Nvidia extends $5B lifeline to Intel amid Chinese chip restrictions.


Notable Demonstrations
 

  • Luma AI Ray3 integrated with Adobe Firefly for video generation.
  • Marble AI transforms photos into 3D scenes.
  • Moody's achieves 1200x productivity gain in credit-memo preparation.
  • Meta releases SDK for AI glasses.
  • India deploys AI monsoon forecasts to 38 million farmers.


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