ExpressVPN launches private AI platform with secure enclaves

ExpressVPN has launched a private AI platform called ExpressAI, designed to give users access to AI tools without their data being used for profiling or model training. ExpressAI is built around confidential computing enclaves, which process decrypted conversations in a cryptographically isolated environment. According to ExpressVPN, this keeps user messages inaccessible to the host system, … Read more

Google closes Wiz deal & unveils AI security tools

Google has completed its acquisition of cloud security company Wiz, bringing it into Google Cloud’s security division. The announcement came alongside a broader set of security product updates, including new AI-based tools for security operations, threat intelligence and cloud protection. Wiz will form part of a broader multicloud security offering for organisations running data and … Read more

Google rolls out Nano Banana 2 as default AI image tool

Google has launched Nano Banana 2, an image generation model rolling out across consumer and business products, including the Gemini app, Google Search and Google Ads. The model is part of the Gemini family. It carries the product name Nano Banana 2 and the technical label Gemini 3.1 Flash Image. Google positions it as faster … Read more

Consumers embrace AI as daily assistant & companion

Consumers are using generative AI more often and for a wider range of everyday tasks. A growing share now treats these tools as a primary source of answers, despite ongoing concerns about misinformation and privacy, according to new Forrester research. One in five online adults who have used generative AI now uses it daily. Globally, … Read more

Shadow AI assistant Clawdbot raises workplace risks

Token Security Labs has reported that employees are actively using the open-source AI assistant Clawdbot, also known as Moltbot, in 22% of its customer organisations. Clawdbot is a personal AI assistant that runs on a user’s own Mac or Linux device. The project’s creator is Peter Steinberger. Users can connect the assistant to messaging and … Read more