SN 1096: Are we the Krell? - 153 Million Driver's Licenses Leaked
SEP 16, 2026170 MIN
Description
Are we charging toward a Krell-style catastrophe with AI, arming ourselves with incomprehensible power while missing the real risks lurking beneath the code?
The full report on last week's nearly 1,000 Microsoft security fixes.
Five months after its start, what's the status of Project Glasswing?
Anthropic's rogue agent escape count reaches four incidents.
Not to be outdone, OpenAI's count passes 10 and maybe as many as 23!
Revisiting California's DROP compulsory data broker data deletion.
Russian criminals get their hands on more than 153 million drivers license scans.
"Skynet" is the wrong model for the end of the world. The right model is The Krell
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1096-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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