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1. Critical WordPress plugin vulnerability under active exploit threatens thousands

   Vulnerability with severity rating of 9.8 out of possible 10 still live on >8,000 sites.

2. OpenAI introduces “Santa Mode” to ChatGPT for ho-ho-ho voice chats

   An AI version of old St. Nick arrives as a seasonal character in popular chatbot app.

3. Russia takes unusual route to hack Starlink-connected devices in Ukraine

   Secret Blizzard has used the resources of at least 6 other groups in the past 7 years.

4. Google goes “agentic” with Gemini 2.0’s ambitious AI agent features

   Google barrels ahead with a push into AI systems that take action for you.

5. AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying “stop hiring humans”

   Company boasts "AI workers" that never complain about work-life balance.

6. AMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack

   Attack bypasses AMD protection promising security, even when a server is compromised.

7. Reddit debuts AI-powered discussion search—but will users like it?

   "Reddit Answers" will answer questions with AI-generated summaries of user content.

8. Ten months after first tease, OpenAI launches Sora video generation publicly

   It's a big launch, but AI video-synthesis competition has heated up over the past 10 months.

9. Your AI clone could target your family, but there’s a simple defense

   The FBI now recommends choosing a secret password to thwart AI voice clones from tricking people.

10. Broadcom reverses controversial plan in effort to cull VMware migrations

    Broadcom will only hog 500 of VMware's biggest customers instead of 2,000.