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Microsoft Threat Intelligence reported on Sept. 29 that Russia-linked APT group Star Blizzard has replaced its ClickFix social-engineering technique with a new malware delivery method called RedFlick. The group, also known as ColdRiver or Callisto, has used RedFlick since January to install its CosmicPulse backdoor via scheduled tasks, requiring only a single victim interaction instead of multiple steps.
President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to stop using the terms 'artificial intelligence' and 'AI' and instead use 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' wherever legally possible. The order, issued after a White House lunch with AI industry leaders, argues that today's AI capabilities have outgrown the original terminology coined 70 years ago.
Pearson, the learning and assessment company, announced on Sept. 29 that it has agreed to acquire Workera, an AI-native skills platform used by organizations including ServiceNow, Accenture and the U.S. Space Force to assess employee capabilities. The deal follows Workera's Sept. 23 report showing nearly 70% of workers use AI regularly, but almost 60% say they lack time to upskill.
Research summarized in the article finds that traditional intelligence, measured through academic or analytical skill, only weakly predicts real-world success. The findings indicate that intellectual ability and emotional or social intelligence are largely separate traits, meaning people who excel at abstract reasoning don't necessarily handle everyday social situations well.
President Trump announced a 'morally binding' agreement called the Joint Commitment On Frontier Responsibilities, signed by executives including Elon Musk, Sam Altman's OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Jensen Huang. The deal asks companies to maintain internal safety controls and work with external auditors, and Trump said a board would oversee compliance, though no members were named. Trump also signed an executive order renaming artificial intelligence as 'superintelligence' and reaffirmed his backing of data center expansion.
The OpenAI Foundation, the nonprofit created in October 2025 during OpenAI's governance restructuring, has begun distributing part of its committed $25 billion in philanthropic funding. Recent grants include a $125 million package for open health and life-sciences data, covering $40 million for a University of North Carolina cancer vaccine project, $500,000 to repurpose data from failed biotech firms, and $15 million for research on drug transport across biological membranes, following an earlier $100 million commitment to Alzheimer's disease research. Jacob Trefethen, the foundation's head of life sciences, says this is an early phase of a broader, faster-moving funding effort.
CNBC's Jim Cramer said on 'Mad Money' that public sentiment has shifted against AI companies and their products, arguing that industry proponents have been slow to respond. He cited rising concerns over electricity costs, water use and job displacement, alongside a leaked Anthropic IPO document warning of 'catastrophic or existential risk' and OpenAI's delay of its next model over safety concerns.
President Trump told reporters he signed a document asserting that artificial intelligence has been 'officially' renamed 'super intelligence,' claiming it was endorsed by tech executives gathered at a White House lunch. When asked whether the document carries any binding force, Trump said it is 'morally binding,' though the White House did not clarify further details about its contents or legal status.
President Trump defended his administration's light-touch approach to artificial intelligence regulation, arguing that industry self-regulation combined with existing federal authorities, including the Justice Department, are adequate to keep AI tools safe. His comments come after some industry voices raised concerns about potential risks from unchecked AI development.
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.