GoKawiil
Tech News
Google Threat Intelligence Group analyst John Hultquist told the Financial Times that his team has observed a major increase in LLMjacking throughout 2026. The technique involves criminals stealing API keys or login credentials to hijack businesses' AI accounts, exploiting high or unlimited usage limits to run up token costs or misuse compute resources without paying.
An opinion column contends that effective oversight of artificial intelligence cannot be limited to American policy alone. The author argues that if AI poses the risks some warn of, only a regulatory framework spanning all nations developing the technology can adequately address them.
President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to stop using the term 'artificial intelligence' in official websites, documents, and press releases, replacing it with 'Super Intelligence.' Trump said the change reflects his view that AI is powerful and brilliant rather than 'artificial,' and noted that Chinese President Xi Jinping also liked the term. Existing regulations and documents will not need to be revised, but future official communications must use the new terminology.
President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson hosted a lunch at the White House with leading technology executives to discuss artificial intelligence. A seating chart shared by Trump showed Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Elon Musk seated beside the president, with Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai nearby, while Jeff Bezos sat opposite alongside Vice President JD Vance. Palantir CEO Alex Karp told reporters outside that tech leaders must take responsibility for known AI risks and that Americans don't want separate rules for the industry versus the public.
Reuters reports that McDonald's has deployed AI-based dynamic pricing tools across US and some global franchise locations, adjusting menu prices based on local 'customer willingness to pay.' Documents reviewed by Reuters show a Big Mac priced $5.69 at one Fresno store and $6.89 at another two miles away, and McDonald's now requires franchisees to 'constructively engage' with its approved pricing tools while tracking deviations from algorithmic recommendations.
Microsoft Threat Intelligence disclosed a previously unknown modular backdoor called NeedyMantis, active since at least October 2025, used in targeted intrusions against telecoms, universities, medical nonprofits, intergovernmental bodies and government contractors. The malware was found while investigating the DAEMON Tools supply chain compromise reported by Kaspersky in May, and Microsoft has linked some activity to a China-based actor it tracks as Storm-3069, though not all deployments are attributed to that group.
Apple detailed a major update to its Shortcuts app coming with iOS 27, introducing more than 35 new actions covering Messages, Reminders, Photos, VPN and shortcut storage. The update also improves existing actions, including expanded logic support for 'If' statements, Markdown support in Notes, group chat messaging, and enhanced AI model capabilities in 'Use Model'.
Apple's iOS 27 update introduces several changes to the Reminders app, including an upgraded natural-language 'Describe' feature powered by Apple Intelligence that can auto-fill reminder details like due dates. The update also redesigns the metadata editor within lists, consolidating options like date, time, location, and tags into a single interface, and improves grocery list auto-sorting accuracy across multiple languages.
Noah Smith published a guest essay by futurist and author Ramez Naam arguing against the widely held belief in AI circles that recursive self-improvement will soon trigger a 'fast takeoff' or technological singularity. Naam, known for early predictions about solar and battery technology, lays out detailed reasoning for why he doubts such a rapid AI capability explosion is imminent, despite being described as an otherwise optimistic technologist.
House Speaker Mike Johnson told CNBC ahead of a Washington meeting with AI executives and President Trump that he prefers voluntary safety guardrails over mandatory regulation. He said he expects industry to move toward self-imposed safety measures to reassure investors and the public. Congress has yet to pass AI legislation and is set to leave Washington until after November's election.
macOS 27 introduces a Safari feature called Notify Me, which uses Apple Intelligence to monitor a webpage and alert users when it changes, such as when a price drops or an item restocks. A commentator notes the feature currently only allows checks as frequent as once per hour, making it unsuitable for time-sensitive tasks like snapping up concert tickets the moment they go on sale.
Nvidia announced a new $150 billion share repurchase authorization on Monday, adding to the $80 billion buyback plan it revealed in May alongside a dividend increase to 25 cents per share from 1 cent. The move comes as Nvidia's forward price-to-earnings ratio has fallen to 14.5, well below its five-year average of 62.9, even as analysts project net income near $385 billion in fiscal 2028.