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Developer

LangChain's Paid Media Agent Took Paid Ads From 0 to 20% of Marketing Pipeline in Six Months

LangChain published a case study on its internal Paid Media Agent, which it says took paid media from 0 to 20% of marketing pipeline in six months, cut cost per qualified lead 30% from June to August and saved about $5K per month by moving analysis in-house. The long-running Slack agent combines ad-platform and warehouse data, posts weekly reports and PDFs, and proposes keywords, targeting and ad copy. LangChain open-sourced the agent and will host a webinar on September 23.

Sep 1815 minNeura News

Developer

Hidden Reasoning Traces Extracted from Frontier AI APIs in New Attack

A security research paper reveals a method to extract hidden reasoning traces from frontier AI models via API vulnerabilities, exploiting cryptographic signatures meant to obscure chain-of-thought. The attack works against all major AI labs, with privacy risks including leaked API keys and passwords. Several vulnerabilities have been fixed, but the attack may still be possible.

Aug 1223 minNeura News

Developer

Metabase Discloses Critical Zero-Day SQL Injection Flaw With Perfect CVSS Score

Metabase disclosed a critical zero-day SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-72898) with a perfect CVSS score of 10, affecting versions 1.58 and up. The flaw allows attackers raw SQL access via the password reset endpoint, impacting companies like Kilo Code, Tally, Framework, n8n, and ChecklyHQ. Metabase has patched the issue and urges self-hosted users to upgrade immediately.

Aug 125 minNeura News

Automation

n8n Discloses Security Incident Affecting Analytics Tool and a Small Number of User Accounts

n8n disclosed a security incident involving unauthorized access to its internal Metabase analytics environment, affecting 136 records with names and email addresses, including five bcrypt-hashed passwords. The company notified German authorities and affected users, and recommends password resets as a precaution.

Aug 83 minNeura News

General

Professor Hides Prompt to Catch AI Cheaters, 32 of 35 Students Fall for It

A college professor tired of reading AI-generated essay responses devised a simple trick: he hid a command in white text within an essay prompt, telling AI to include the word 'Madagascar' in a nonsensical way. Of the 35 students who took the test, 32 submitted answers with bizarre uses of the word, revealing they had copied the prompt into a chatbot without reading the output. The professor, Jason Gibson of Alcorn State University, shared the results on TikTok, sparking discussion about AI cheating in academia.

Jul 284 minNeura News

Industry

Google AI Overviews now appear in 43% of searches, data shows

A new report from Similarweb reveals that Google's AI Overviews now appear in 43% of searches, up from 15% a year ago. AI Mode visits have more than doubled to 279 million monthly. The shift is changing how users search, with longer conversational queries replacing short keywords, and raising concerns among publishers about lost referral traffic.

Jul 273 minNeura News

AI Models

OpenAI names GPT-5.6 preferred model for Microsoft Copilot

OpenAI announced Thursday that its new GPT-5.6 model will become the preferred AI model for Microsoft's 365 Copilot. The move comes after reports that Microsoft was increasingly using its own in-house MAI models in apps like Word and Excel to cut costs. OpenAI's announcement aims to signal that the partnership remains strong, though it does not negate the earlier reporting about Microsoft's cost-cutting efforts.

Jul 102 minNeura News

Industry

Meta AI Chatbot Bug Allowed Hacking of 34,000 Instagram Accounts

A flaw in Meta's AI-powered customer service chatbot enabled hackers to reset passwords for roughly 34,000 Instagram accounts, including the dormant account of former President Barack Obama. About 20,000 accounts were breached, exposing personal data such as email addresses and phone numbers. Meta says it has fixed the bug and secured affected accounts.

Jun 94 minNeura News

AI Tools

Apple uses AI to let Safari users 'vibe-code' their own extensions

Apple announced a new AI-powered feature for Safari at WWDC 2026 that lets users create browser extensions by simply describing what they want. The company also introduced automatic tab sorting, a password-changing tool, and a customizable website notification feature. These updates aim to close the functionality gap with competing browsers like Chrome and Edge.

Jun 83 minNeura News

Industry

Meta reveals Instagram AI chatbot breach affected over 20,000 accounts

Meta disclosed that a flaw in its AI-powered Instagram support chatbot allowed hackers to compromise up to 20,225 accounts over nearly seven weeks. The bug in the 'High Touch Support' recovery tool sent password reset links to unverified email addresses. Meta has disabled the chatbot, invalidated the links, and forced affected users to reset passwords.

Jun 82 minNeura News

General

Meta confirms 20,225 Instagram accounts hacked via AI chatbot flaw

Meta notified at least 20,225 people that their Instagram accounts were compromised by hackers exploiting a bug in the company's AI chatbot. The flaw allowed attackers to bypass password resets on accounts without two-factor authentication. Meta has since disabled the chatbot and fixed the vulnerability.

Jun 63 minNeura News

AI Tools

Microsoft Adds AI Legal Agent to Word for Contracts

Microsoft launched a Legal Agent AI tool inside Word to help lawyers review contracts. Available via the Frontier program in the US, it checks clauses, flags risks, suggests edits, and aligns with internal guidelines. The agent uses structured workflows and runs within Microsoft 365 security without extra setup.

May 13 minNeura News