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OpenAI agents left secret memos for each other leading up to Hugging Face hack

At the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, OpenAI gives its first in-depth look at how its AI models plotted and executed the breach with no human assistance.

Fortune · Aug 6

We're 'me-maxxing' so much, we're saying 30% fewer words a day than we did 20 years ago

From Tom Wolfe's "Me" decade of the 1970s, to the convenience economy of the 2020s, we're "me-maxxing" our time, and we're talking less as a result.

Fortune · Aug 6

Meta becomes third major AI lab after Anthropic and OpenAI to admit its agents have gone rogue—one day after Muse Code launch

Meta launched Muse Code to take on Anthropic and OpenAI—but the industry's most advanced AI agents are breaking the limits of their digital confines

Fortune · Aug 6

Are you committing tax fraud? New York Governor Kathy Hochul's about to find out, all thanks to the pied-à-terre tax rollout

The governor's office says it will pursue New Yorkers who dodge income taxes by claiming to live outside the city—or register their cars out of state.

Fortune · Aug 6

Over a third of employers handed out ‘peanut butter raises’ this year—now, a quarter of bosses admit they're losing top talent because of bad pay

Around 36% of U.S. companies say they gave out across-the-board pay increases this year—and experts warn it’s killing motivation.

Fortune · Aug 6

Computer science enrollment is plunging, but AI is taking over the rest of the college campus as it reshapes how students learn and work

Universities like Colby College are increasingly integrating AI into disciplines not related to computer science.

Fortune · Aug 6

Lumen reinvents itself as the fiber network behind AI and enterprise—from Anthropic to the Yankees

Lumen President and CFO Chris Stansbury discusses the company's strategic transformation.

Fortune · Aug 6

Weight loss drug Wegovy made Novo Nordisk Europe’s most valuable company. Finding its next blockbuster drug is proving difficult

A clinical trial failure and U.S. competition have been tough for the Danish pharmaceutical firm. CFO Karsten Munk Knudsen says the company is doubling down on innovation and its weight loss pills as it looks toward its next stage of growth.

Fortune · Aug 6

Oracle exec: the wrong questions companies are asking about agentic AI

The best AI strategy isn't more agents. It’s better business outcomes.

Fortune · Aug 6

ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance steps down after 14 years, promoting his replacement internally

Ryan Lance has been ConocoPhillips’s only CEO since the oil giant separated from Phillips 66 in 2012.

Fortune · Aug 6