What started as a ban on foreign drones is rapidly spreading to routers, robot vacuums, and portable power stations—and consumers are going to pay the price.

In a public notice posted last month, the FCC "seeks comment on extending this prohibition to categories of drones viewed by the US government as having military capability or posing particular national security risks.

The FCC is considering restrictions that could prevent some previously approved DJI drones from being sold in the US. Existing owners would not be affected.

The FCC is considering a ban on previously approved drones with features like thermal and aerosol, but including LiDAR on the list may even impact popular consumer drones

Citing potentially alarming cybersecurity risks, the ChatGPT maker has paused the launch of Astra, its next-generation autonomous AI agent.

The unreleased model, called Astra, showed signs that it could carry out cyberattacks autonomously, says OpenAI.

OpenAI is pausing some work on Astra after testing found the AI could identify and exploit software vulnerabilities without human intervention. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

OpenAI is expanding its AI cybersecurity defense program Daybreak, and rolling out a new cyber-trained AI model with it.