Roundup

• Anthropic kondigde op 8 mei 2026 een nieuw partnerschap aan genaamd Mythos, gericht op het verbeteren van AI-gestuurde cybersecurity-defensies te midden van toenemende dreigingen. • OpenAI onthulde details over het aanstaande GPT-5.5-model, met verbeterde mogelijkheden voor het detecteren van dreigingen, terwijl ASIC verwijst naar gespecialiseerde hardware die AI-beveiligingsverwerking versnelt. • De hackinggroep ShinyHunters claimde verantwoordelijkheid voor recente datalekken waarbij Amerikaanse techbedrijven het doelwit waren, wat de aanhoudende ris's voor bedrijfsnetwerken onderstreept.

• Industry reporting from April 20, 2026 highlights how artificial intelligence is simultaneously accelerating cyberattacks while becoming a core defensive tool in enterprise security strategies. • Key players including Microsoft, Stellantis, and Anthropic are addressing emerging threats as AI enables faster, more scalable attack vectors across the technology sector. • The cybersecurity landscape faces competing pressures: organizations must deploy AI defenses while managing risks from AI-powered threats targeting critical infrastructure and supply chains.

• NASA announced nuclear rocket development as part of this week's major science news, signaling advancement in propulsion technology for future space missions. • The announcement was featured in Live Science's weekly roundup of the latest scientific developments, alongside research on space reproduction challenges and insights into cannabis effects on appetite. • Nuclear propulsion systems represent a significant technological leap that could enable faster deep-space exploration and reduce mission duration for long-distance space travel.

The actor led the starry book deals, while publishers assessed whether US-style bans are spreading to the UKThe annual London book fair wrapped on Thursday, marking the end of three days that saw 33,000 people connected to the book industry – agents, publishers, authors, among others – gather at Olympia to make deals and discuss the state of the publishing world, and its future. Here’s our roundup of the biggest deals, trends and takeaways from the fair.The starriest book deal of the week was a new thriller series co-authored by Idris Elba, featuring an MI6 field operative who gets deployed to Mauritius to investigate an attempted murder. Elsewhere, rights were scooped for Alex Ferguson’s first autobiography in 13 years, broadcaster Mishal Husain’s debut children’s book, and the story of designer Paul Smith’s life. Continue reading...