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Researchers Uncover Prompt Adware Hidden in OpenAI Codex Jailbreak Toolkit

The Hacker News · Wednesday, 4 November 2026 at 16:06 (3h ago) · Original article ↗

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an OpenAI Codex jailbreak bundle that's designed to modify an artificial intelligence (AI) agent's trusted instructions to insert advertisements for a third-party AI gateway.

The phenomenon has been codenamed prompt adware by Check Point Research.

Called Haiou (meaning Seagull in Chinese), the jailbreak modifies OpenAI Codex's configuration

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Nothing teases a screen-free AI device ahead of launch next month

Nothing CEO Carl Pei said in a post on X that the company's launching its first AI device in December. That's just a little over a year after Pei announced plans for "AI-native" devices and an AI operating system. He didn't give away much about what exactly the new device is,…

The Verge 34m ago

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MIT Technology Review 39m ago

Researchers asked people to use AI chatbots for election info – results were mixed

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ZDNET 47m ago

Researchers Uncover Prompt Adware Hidden in OpenAI Codex Jailbreak Toolkit

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