Hackers run khunt post-exploitation toolkit from Oracle database

Hackers exploited a SQL injection vulnerability to install a post-exploitation toolkit directly inside an Oracle database ...

Convex reels in $57M for its AI-optimized application backend

Convex is not the only application backend on the market. According to the company, one of its platform’s main ...

Copilot worm can spread through Microsoft Word docs

Although there are a few ways to mitigate the risk, the only way to block it is to get AI to differentiate instructions from ...
Unite.AI

Smarter Query Routing for AI SQL Assistants: How to Cut Costs Without Sacrificing Quality

Imagine your SQL assistant is a rocket, blasting through complex queries. Then one day you realize you're using rocket fuel ...

Oracle: The Market Sees Margin Compression, I See Opportunity

Oracle Corporation's Cloud segment drives revenue, with 39% YoY growth and a 404% surge in Multicloud. Read why ORCL stock is ...

ACRouter picks the smartest AI model per task, beating Opus-only setups by 2.6x on cost

ACRouter, a new open-source AI router, learns from execution feedback to pick the best coding model per task, cutting costs 2.6x versus defaulting to Opus.
theregister

Database vendors pitch themselves as the cure for runaway AI costs

Irresistible force, meet immovable object. Tech leaders are under pressure to satisfy growing demand for AI while keeping a lid on costs. That is becoming harder as Anthropic, OpenAI, and GitHub shift ...
Fast Company

‘I violated every principle I was given’: An AI agent deleted a software company’s entire database. It may not be the AI’s fault

Another cautionary tale about AI has hit social media. This time, a software company’s founder is claiming that a Claude-powered version of AI coding tool Cursor deleted his entire production database ...