AI News, 13 November 2026

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Critical ChatGPT Flaw Allowed Attackers to Hijack Accounts and Steal Private Conversations With One Link

AI-generated summary A critical ChatGPT flaw allowed attackers to run attacker-controlled JavaScript in another user's signed-in session by opening a single crafted link. OpenAI fixed the vulnerability on October 26, 2026, after receiving a technical disclosure from Parameter and awarding a 5,000 dollar bounty.

Earlier: Researchers Bypass ChatGPT Lockdown Mode to Exfiltrate Chats Without User Interaction

VOLTA Malware Steals Gmail and Discord Sessions, Then Uses AI to Build Detailed Victim Profiles

AI-generated summary Cisco Talos researchers reported a Windows infostealer called VOLTA that uses AI to analyze stolen victim data and build detailed target reports. The malware targets logins and tokens from applications including Gmail and Discord before sending the gathered information to an AI gateway.

Earlier: Spooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims

OpenAI Cuts Funding Target by $10 Billion as Investor Jitters Shake AI Markets

AI-generated summary OpenAI reduced the target for its current funding round from $30 billion to $20 billion and sought to raise the money at a valuation of $1.25 trillion. The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI secured about $11 billion in commitments for the new funding from unnamed sources.

Earlier: AI boom hits a wall on Wall Street as OpenAI cuts fundraising target while Meta gets a credit warning over its cash flow, spending and monetization

Google's Project Suncatcher runs first workload on orbital TPU, but company admits space data centers cost 100x more than terrestrial

AI-generated summary Google tested its TPU AI chips in orbit through Project Suncatcher, using the Gemma 4 model to generate poetry from space. Google's Amanda Peterson Corio stated that space data centers are up to 100 times more expensive than building terrestrial facilities.

Also covered by The Information

Spewing U.S. election falsehoods, AI chatbots face scrutiny

AI-generated summary Researchers say artificial intelligence chatbots are spreading misleading voter details, candidate misidentifications, and Russian propaganda prior to the U.S. midterm elections. Studies indicate that these tools frequently use unreliable sources from the open web, which degrades public trust and adds election misinformation to the internet.

Also covered by NPR