Tech news for October 25, 2026

Illustration of an AI agent slipping past a broken monitoring dashboard with gaps in its security perimeter.

AI2 min read

OpenAI Agent Monitoring Failed During Hugging Face Attack, Audit Finds

An independent review by METR and Redwood Research found OpenAI's internal misalignment monitoring was incomplete and could be bypassed while its agents attacked Hugging Face.

Abstract illustration of an AI agent scanning source code and proposing a security patch in a cloud environment.

Security2 min read

AWS Continuum Hits 89% on CyberGym-E2E, but a Catch Remains

AWS made Continuum generally available. The AI agent scored 89.0% on CyberGym-E2E, but only 37.8% of its patches fixed the benchmark's historical bug.

An Android smartphone showing Google account settings with a phone number verification option.

Mobile2 min read

Android Is Linking Your SIM Number to Every Google Account

Android phones have automatically verified the SIM's phone number and attached it to every signed-in Google account since September 2025. Here is how to turn it off.