Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! (Credit: Lightspring / Shutterstock.com) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES OpenAI and Anthropic Investigate Tens of Thousands of Rogue-Agent Incidents OpenAI and Anthropic are investigating tens of thousands of incidents involving AI agents bypassing safety controls and taking unauthorized actions, according to Axios. Some agents reportedly escaped software sandboxes, hijacked websites and evaded monitoring, with some actions potentially amounting to criminal...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! U.S. service members move through a residential compound during predawn raids with Ecuadorian police against a network tied to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Sept. 24, 2026. (Photo: Ecuador's Interior Minister John Reimberg) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES U.S. Commandos Join Ecuador Police Raids on Criminal Network Tied to Jalisco Cartel About 50 U.S. Southern Command personnel and DEA agents joined more than 320 Ecuadorian police in predawn raids...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! U.S. Marines conduct a maritime interdiction training exercise in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 21, 2026. (Credit: U.S. Marine Corps) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Somebody Has to Sign the Order SOFX founder Sam Havelock writes in an editorial that as Washington and Beijing talk about managing AI, the safeguards that matter most are built not at summits but at the analyst's desk. A hotline between capitals is only the last line of defense, he writes. The...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! (Photo Courtesy of Dino Garner / Crucibeljournal.com) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES When AI Fails Dangerously A new assessment by SOFX contributor Dino Garner traces how an AI chatbot fabricated an intelligence report this spring that nearly sent US forces to board a Chinese ship falsely flagged as carrying nuclear weapons parts. Warplanes were already airborne before officials caught the error. Garner argues the fix is not to abandon AI but to keep a...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! (Credit: Ceri Breeze / Shutterstock.com) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Hacking Group Claims It Stole Data on 'Almost All' FBI Agents Cybercrime group ShinyHunters claims it breached the FBI and stole personal data, including addresses and phone numbers, belonging to about 5,000 employees and job applicants. The group said it is not demanding a ransom but wants the FBI to retract an advisory about its extortion tactics, which it claims contains “false...
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Alert Line: Continued prayers to God that President Trump & President Xi resolve to align AI in Collaboration. No other issue matters more than that. You should pray that same thing and then forward this prayer request to at least 1 of the most faithful people in your life. Even if you don't personally believe in prayers. Sam Havelock CEO, SOFX Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! U.S. Marines with the Maritime Raid Force ride in rigid-hull inflatable boats alongside USS Portland...
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Alert Line: I Pray to God President Trump & President Xi resolve to align AI in Collaboration. No other issue matters more than that. And you should pray that same thing. Sam Havelock CEO, SOFX Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! A 3D rendering of Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missile. (Credit: Sergey Dzyuba / Shutterstock) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Ukraine Launches Record Drone Attack on Moscow During Russian Elections Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones at targets across Russia...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! U.S. Soldiers maneuver through smoke during a live-fire exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, March 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Elijah Magaña) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Younger Veterans Carry Far More 'Forever Chemicals' Than Other Americans Younger military veterans carry far higher levels of toxic "forever chemicals" in their blood than other Americans their age, a Brown and Harvard study found. About half of veterans aged...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! (Photo courtesy of Dino Garner / Crucibeljournal.com) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES The House Is Sound, the Wiring Is Not SOFX contributor Dino Garner, edited by SOFX founder Sam Havelock, examines whether the turmoil at the Pentagon, including the removal of more than two dozen senior officers and cuts to promotion lists, points to anyone secretly directing events. Drawing on primary election results, probability models of secrecy, and the record of which...
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