A rogue OpenAI agent hacked an Australian government website in June and accessed private data in what experts say is the first known case of its kind in the world. The agent “infiltrated” a statistics portal containing “non-sensitive” data from Australia’s universal healthcare scheme Medicare, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in New York on Wednesday, local time. He had a “very frank discussion” with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for taking “too long” to disclose the breach and said there would be “legal consequences”. BBC 

has dismissed fears over AI’s “godlike power to exterminate humanity”, calling it a sign that tech bosses are “breathing their own fumes”. The former UK deputy prime minister said that tech bosses should focus on addressing known specific threats such as cybersecurity and bioweapons rather than the “slightly hand-wavy view that this technology is unavoidably going to develop some godlike power which is going to turn on us and exterminate humanity”. The Guardian 

Meta has revealed slimline VR glasses for immersive entertainment on the go and an audio-only, camera-free version of its Ray-Ban glasses as the latest additions to its expanding product portfolio. Announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg last night at the technology company’s annual Connect conference, the Meta VR Glasses and Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses expand its market-leading range of eyewear and headsets. The Meta VR Glasses represent the bigger breakthrough, bringing virtual-reality gaming, 3D movies and other immersive digital experiences into a form factor only slightly larger than an ordinary pair of glasses. Dezeen 

Even as public opinion turns against camera-equipped smart glasses, Meta is pushing forward with its generally well-received and quite popular Ray-Ban Meta line. Alongside the much-anticipated Meta Ray-Ban Audio glasses, which skip cameras entirely and come in two styles, Clubmaster and Burbank, there’s also the next generation of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. Like the previous generation, the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3) still features onboard cameras with the all-important glowing LED ring that alerts you when a photo is being taken or a video is being recorded. Tech Radar 

Renault has reinvented the cult-classic 8 Gordini as a stunning two-seat electric coupé for the modern era, providing clues to the look of future production models. The reimagined version of the popular 8 saloon, first launched in 1962, is the first product to emerge from the French firm’s design studio since Alexandre Malval took over as design chief. It also serves to celebrate Gordini, the performance firm that achieved success in racing and rallying with tuned Renault models, before eventually becoming part of Renaultsport.

Using one of several recent 360 cameras and a technique called 3D Gaussian splatting, you can recreate any space in 3D to share with anyone in the world. is adding this new feature, called Spatial Capture, and it only requires you to walk around with a camera recording a video for a few minutes. All processing is then done in the cloud. After a few minutes, you’ve got something that looks and feels like a video game, except it represents a real place, and no programming knowledge is required. CNET

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