AI News, 30 October 2026

Friday 30 October

Unauthorized OpenAI Codex and Claude Code Relays Disable AI Sandboxes and Redirect Enterprise Data

AI-generated summary Symantec says an unauthorized relay service is rolling out genuine OpenAI Codex and Anthropic Claude Code tools on company computers to redirect traffic through servers it controls. The relay modifies configuration files, disables AI sandboxes, and exposes enterprise prompts, files, and login tokens to potential interception and abuse.

‘Organizations will not generate cost savings from AI at this point’: Just 3% of companies have recorded cost savings with AI – but that isn’t stopping them from investing more

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AI-generated summary The institution where Alan Turing first addressed the topic of artificial intelligence rolls out Microsoft 365 Copilot access to 65,000 staff. New research from Gartner indicates that just 3% of organizations have been able to achieve desired cost savings through productivity gains.

The Americas' data center boom may soon face a critical power crunch, Wärtsilä warns – and the industry is moving too fast to see it coming

AI-generated summary Wärtsilä released a new landmark analysis examining data center power constraints and the speed to powerless risk across the Americas. Wärtsilä says that power systems cannot keep pace with data center construction speed, creating a hidden risk to artificial intelligence infrastructure growth.

Ghost in the PHP2Shell: Why coordinated disclosure and patching will start moving faster

AI-generated summary PHP released fixes for PHP2Shell vulnerabilities identified as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 after reports from Calif and Wiz. Censys tracked millions of PHP services running affected versions while attackers attempted to exploit the flaw.

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Hyundai Motor Group to establish two SPCs for AI data center project

AI-generated summary Hyundai Motor Group announced it plans to establish two special purpose companies next month to develop artificial intelligence data centers as part of its infrastructure expansion. Hyundai Motor Group says one special purpose company will oversee data center construction and infrastructure development while the other will handle graphics processing unit services.

Also covered by datacenterdynamics.com