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Silicon Valley thinks it is building a machine god, AI researcher says
Timnit Gebru, a renowned researcher in artificial intelligence (AI), compares Silicon Valley companies trying to build superintelligence – or a machine god – with true believers of a secular religion.
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Meta rolls out fresh AI content enforcement systems but overbrags again
Seeing that its apps are still full of scams, fraud, and accounts exploiting kids or posting graphic content, Meta has announced it’s beginning to roll out more advanced AI systems to handle the workload, which is increasingly beyond the capacity of humans. It doesn’t mean the novelty is as amazing as the tech giant claims it is.
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White House pushes national AI law to override state rules, protect kids
The White House on Friday unveiled an artificial intelligence policy for Congress that urges lawmakers to enact legislation to pre-empt state rules, protect children and shield communities from high energy costs related to the burgeoning technology.
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Foreign AI must bend to Putin's "spiritual and moral values" or get out of Russia
Foreign AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini could be banned or restricted inside Russia if they fail to adhere to new rules that would give Moscow sweeping powers to regulate the sector, according to government proposals published online.
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AI bot traffic is set to eclipse human presence online by 2027
Two more years and bots will have taken over the internet, says Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. The AI wave isn’t coming – it’s already here, all thanks to generative AI tools.
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Everything, everywhere, all at once? OpenAI is working on a “superapp”
OpenAI is integrating its ChatGPT app, web browser, and Codex app into a single “superapp” to simplify the user experience.
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Your AI girlfriend might be telling hackers everything about you
Millions are turning to AI for intimacy, but the same digital lovers may be quietly leaking their deepest secrets to hackers. Researchers have uncovered that most AI girlfriend apps have critical security issues.
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London judge sees right through smart glasses stunt as Lithuanian man's magic trick fails
A rather dull case in London grabbed media attention after it emerged that a witness was being coached in real time via smart glasses.
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AI developers lured by fake crypto prize as phishers weaponize GitHub
While the creator of the AI agent platform OpenClaw banned the mention of bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto assets on its Discord channel, crypto scammers are now targeting developers on GitHub, aiming to steal their wallets.
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Does Meta AI censor abortion and birth control information for US teens?
A screen recording shared by a member of the European Parliament alleges that Meta AI refused to provide answers about abortion and contraception methods to a teenager in the United States.
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What to do after the Sears Home Services data leak: Millions of call recordings exposed
Millions of customer conversations with Sears Home Services, including voice recordings, were left exposed online when an AI customer support bot leaked the logs.
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Pentagon dumps Anthropic, fast-tracks OpenAI and Grok
The Pentagon has severed ties with AI developer Anthropic after a failed $200M deal, abruptly ending a major government-AI partnership, forcing the Department of War into a rapid rethink.
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The Washington Post will mine your data to decide how much you’ll pay
The Washington Post, owned by Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos, has been using AI for quite a while. For example, there’s an AI-generated podcast, and the tech is used to generate article summaries. Now, though, it seems that AI is even being used to determine how much the Daily’s subscribers will pay – by crunching your data.
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Anonymous AI model called Hunter Alpha has developers wondering if it's DeepSeek's next release
A powerful artificial intelligence model that appeared anonymously on a developer platform last week has sparked speculation that Chinese startup DeepSeek may be quietly testing its next-generation system ahead of an official launch.
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“Agents of chaos:” OpenClaw assistant discloses Social Security numbers
A new study has shed light on the dangers of not following OpenClaw recommendations against using the agent for multi-user interactions. When advice is ignored, OpenClaw may reveal highly sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers.
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Tesla crash forces former Uber self-driving chief to rethink AI safety
When AI fails, we as users take the fall. A former Uber executive in charge of the company’s self-driving department has learned this the hard way.
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ChatGPT accused of “cannibalizing” Britannica traffic in copyright lawsuit
Encyclopædia Britannica and its daughter company, Merriam-Webster Inc., have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for unlawfully copying copyrighted material to train ChatGPT.
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Teens sue xAI, accusing Grok’s “Spicy Mode” of creating AI-generated child pornography from their real photos
Three teens have sued Elon Musk’s xAI, accusing Grok of illegally turning their real photos into AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) – all while the company allegedly promoted the chatbot’s “Spicy Mode” and kept the feature running even after the abuse became public.
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Anthropic and OpenAI place job ads for chemical weapons experts (must have five years experience)
While AI firms regularly warn of the existential threats the technology poses to humanity, they appear to do little to slow down progress. For now, the answer appears to be hiring an expert, with LLM makers on the lookout for chemical and biological weapons experts.
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ChatGPT praised for helping create a dog cancer vaccine. But was Rosie actually cured?
The story of an engineer who used ChatGPT to create a cancer vaccine for his beloved dog has made headlines. However, experts say the reality may be “more sobering.”
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