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Meta faces intensified scrutiny after failing to block hundreds of AI-generated child abuse ads while simultaneously launching new personal agents amid privacy lawsuits. Meanwhile, the cybersecurity landscape sees mixed developments ranging from US-Mexico laser drone detection and a Conti ransomware conviction to Clearview AI testing controversial law enforcement tools. The broader industry grapples with the reality that even safety-focused companies like Anthropic are seeing their models misused for cyberattacks and bioweapon research, highlighting persistent gaps in autonomous agent containment.
From Hacks to Bioweapons, Claude Misuse Is Now Everywhere

Plus: The US disrupts the internet’s biggest black market, a Conti ransomware hacker gets prison time, Meta fails to stop AI-generated videos of child abuse.
Editor’s note: After more than a decade, this is the last WIRED Security News This Week. “The roundup,” as we call it internally, started as a way to ensure that our readers knew about the latest key cybersecurity and privacy news even if we didn’t write about it ourselves. It was a simple way to highlight our own work and the wealth of other great journalism and research published in this realm every week. Over the years, the roundup has developed a devoted following, and some editions have even become viral hits—which is honestly weird, but the cybersecurity community is great and weird, so it feels right. Rest assured that something new and exciting is coming in the roundup’s place,…
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