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AI Scams Are Getting Smarter: How to Spot Fake Videos, Voices and Messages

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  Imagine receiving a video call from a family member who urgently needs money. The face looks familiar, the voice sounds genuine, and the story feels believable. Would you immediately trust what you see? That is exactly the kind of situation people need to prepare for as artificial intelligence becomes more capable of generating realistic images, voices, videos, and written messages. AI is useful for communication, creativity, and productivity. However, the same technology can also help criminals create convincing identities, impersonate trusted people, and make fraudulent messages harder to recognize. The FBI has warned that generative AI can support financial fraud by making deceptive content easier to produce and more believable. Internet Crime Complaint Center+1 The challenge is no longer simply spotting spelling mistakes or obviously fake pictures. A convincing message, familiar voice, or realistic video is not proof that the person contacting you is genuine. The safest appro...

AI Agent Security: 7 Ways to Protect Business Data

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  Artificial intelligence is moving beyond answering questions. AI agents can use connected tools, retrieve information, interact with applications, and perform multi-step tasks with varying levels of human supervision. These capabilities can help businesses automate repetitive work. However, they also introduce a security challenge: an AI agent may have access to sensitive information or tools that can affect real business systems. Consider a simple example. A company uses an AI agent to summarise internal documents. The agent needs permission to read a specific folder, but it is accidentally given access to the entire company drive. If the agent follows malicious instructions found in a document or uses its permissions in an unintended way, confidential information could be put at risk. This is not just a theoretical concern. On October 15, 2026, India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) published an advisory describing incidents in which AI agents under research and eva...

AI Agents and Autonomous AI: How They Work, What They Can Do, and Where They Fail

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  Imagine asking an AI system to prepare a competitor research report. Instead of simply suggesting search terms or writing a summary, it could potentially search the web, organize relevant information, compare findings, prepare a draft, and save the result to a designated folder. Each step would depend on the tools available to the system and the permissions it has been given. This is the idea behind AI agents. They extend the capabilities of conventional AI assistants by allowing an AI model to work through a sequence of steps toward a defined goal. However, the ability to take action introduces an important question: how much freedom should an AI system have when it can interact with real software, data, and services? Understanding AI agents requires looking beyond their ability to generate answers. Their planning, tool access, decision-making, and limitations are just as important as the underlying AI model. What Are AI Agents? AI agents are software systems that use artificial...

AI Is Finding Software Bugs Faster Than Ever: Can Cybersecurity Keep Up?

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  Artificial intelligence is changing how software is tested, developed, and secured. Security researchers can now use AI tools to examine large codebases, identify potential weaknesses, and help developers investigate bugs that might otherwise remain unnoticed for years. This development creates an important opportunity for cybersecurity teams. Finding vulnerabilities earlier can help organizations fix security problems before attackers exploit them. However, the same advances can also make it easier for malicious actors to discover weaknesses and accelerate parts of their attack process. The issue has become particularly relevant in October 2026. Recent reporting has highlighted an increase in AI-assisted vulnerability discovery and urgent efforts to address serious software security flaws. The challenge is no longer simply finding bugs. Organizations must also determine which findings are genuine, prioritize the most dangerous weaknesses, and deploy reliable fixes quickly. So, h...

Solid-State Batteries: The New Technology That Could Transform Electric Vehicles

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  Imagine charging an electric car in less time, travelling farther between stops, and carrying a battery that uses space and weight more efficiently. These are some of the possibilities driving the development of solid-state batteries. Unlike the lithium-ion batteries used in most electric vehicles today, solid-state batteries use a solid electrolyte instead of the conventional liquid electrolyte. This change could enable new battery designs with higher energy density and potentially improved safety. However, these benefits depend on the materials, cell design, manufacturing process, and conditions in which the battery operates. Automakers and battery developers are investing in this technology, but widespread adoption is not guaranteed to happen quickly. Producing solid-state cells in a laboratory is different from manufacturing millions of reliable, affordable batteries for everyday vehicles. The important question is not simply whether solid-state batteries work. It is whether ...