Companies Announce New AI-Powered Features and Address AI-Related Threats - October 2025

Microsoft's 2025 Digital Defense Report reveals that artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly escalating cybercrime in Africa, making it a proving ground for new attack methods. Attackers are using AI to craft sophisticated phishing messages and deploy autonomous malware, which has led to a significant surge in cyber incidents. To address related challenges, Visa and Cloudflare have partnered to launch the Trusted Agent Protocol, an initiative to create a secure framework for AI agents to interact with merchant sites. This protocol aims to help distinguish legitimate AI shopping agents from malicious bots. In consumer applications, Google Photos is reportedly developing a new AI feature named “Me Meme”. This feature, discovered in version 7.51.0 of the app, will allow users to create personalized memes by integrating their faces into popular meme templates.