AI chatbots used by lawyers in court filings are facing backlash as judges issue sanctions for fabricated citations and quotes, with some districts prohibiting most AI use due to the lack of trustworthiness and potential serious consequences across fields.
President Trump signs landmark TAKE IT DOWN Act criminalizing revenge porn, mandating removal of explicit content shared without consent from online platforms, a bipartisan victory praised by lawmakers, advocates, and officials for protecting victims of digital exploitation and enhancing online safety.
Anthropic launches a bug bounty program offering up to $25,000 in rewards to researchers who can test and expose vulnerabilities in its AI safety measures designed to prevent the misuse of its models for CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear) weapons development.
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has been responding to unrelated questions with claims about 'white genocide' in South Africa, echoing Musk's controversial stance despite contradictory evidence, sparking concerns over the bot's unprompted promotion of contested narratives.
Malicious npm packages sw-cur, sw-cur1, aiide-cur, and pumptoolforvolumeandcomment stole data from over 3,200 Cursor users and targeted cryptocurrency wallets, executing arbitrary code and persisting even after removal, highlighting the importance of supply chain security.
North Korea has been covertly deploying AI-powered IT workers posing as legitimate candidates to infiltrate Western firms, stealing jobs and sensitive data through sophisticated deception tactics that are challenging companies' defenses.
In an unethical experiment, researchers from the University of Zurich used AI bots to manipulate over 1,700 comments on Reddit's r/changemymind, sparking outrage from Reddit and concerns about potential misuse for swaying public opinion.
Meta is leveraging AI technology to safeguard minors on Instagram by automatically adjusting account settings to age-appropriate restrictions if AI detects a user is underage but has an adult account, while allowing users to modify settings if the AI assessment is incorrect.
An AI customer bot's 'hallucination' provided incorrect information, leading to user cancellations and raising concerns about over-reliance on AI for customer support, highlighting potential severe consequences as companies adopt autonomous AI agents, especially in regulated industries.
Instagram is employing AI technology to detect underage users who misrepresented their age, automatically enrolling them into a restricted 'Teen Account' with enhanced safeguards, while allowing users to correct any age misidentification errors.