Intel has signed a term sheet to acquire the AI chip startup SambaNova Systems, two sources with direct knowledge of the agreement tell WIRED. The details of the term sheet are unknown. The agreement is nonbinding, meaning the deal is not yet finalized and could be dissolved without penalty. It could take weeks or even…
Artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning capabilities determine whether models can handle complex, real-world tasks beyond simple pattern matching. With strong reasoning, models can identify problems from ambiguous descriptions, apply policies under competing constraints, adapt tone to sensitive situations, and provide complete solutions that address root causes. Without robust reasoning, AI systems fail when faced with nuanced…
This release addresses 57 vulnerabilities. 3 of these vulnerabilities are rated critical. One vulnerability was already exploited, and two were publicly disclosed before the patch was released. CVE-2025-62221: This privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Cloud Files Mini Filters driver is already being exploited. CVE-2025-54100: A PowerShell script using Invoke-WebRequest may execute scripts that are included…
OpenAI has allegedly become more guarded about publishing research that highlights the potentially negative impact that AI could have on the economy, four people familiar with the matter tell WIRED. The perceived pullback has contributed to the departure of at least two employees on OpenAI’s economic research team in recent months, according to the same…
As the year winds down, Microsoft Patch Tuesday in December arrives with essential fixes and enhancements to close vulnerabilities and boost performance. Here’s a quick breakdown of what you need to know. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for December 2025 This month’s release addresses 72 vulnerabilities, including three critical and 55 important-severity vulnerabilities. In this month’s updates, Microsoft has addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities. One of them was exploited, and two were publicly disclosed. Microsoft has addressed 15 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) in this month’s updates. Microsoft…
Slack CEO Denise Dresser is leaving the company and joining OpenAI as the company’s chief revenue officer, multiple sources tell WIRED. Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, which owns Slack, shared news of Dresser’s departure in a message to staff on Monday evening. At OpenAI, Dresser will manage the company’s enterprise unit, which has…
Teams need instant access to enterprise data and intelligent guidance on how to use it. Instead, they get scattered information across multiple systems. This results in employees spending valuable time searching for answers instead of making decisions. In this post, we show how to build chat agents in Amazon Quick Suite to address this problem….
A new global survey of executives, decision makers and knowledge workers reveals that organizations truly transforming with AI are seeing real results that move their businesses and allow employees to focus on meaningful work. The biggest gains from adopting AI aren’t about saving time — they’re about expanding potential. Highly transformed organizations surveyed report that…
Ivanti Endpoint Manager (“EPM”) versions 2024 SU4 and below are vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (“XSS”). The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-10573 and assigned a CVSS score of 9.6, was patched on December 9, 2025 with the release of Ivanti EPM version EPM 2024 SU4 SR1. An attacker with unauthenticated access to the primary EPM web…
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block have cofounded a new open source organization—the Agentic AI Foundation—to promote standards for artificial intelligence agents. The three companies are also transferring ownership of some widely used agentic technologies over to the foundation. This includes Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), which allows agents to connect and interact; OpenAI’s Agents.md, which lets…
