A controversial AI startup, Cluely, raised $5.3M despite backlash over its unethical service enabling users to cheat on job interviews and dates using AI-generated responses, with the CEO proudly boasting over $3M in annual revenue from the cheating tool.
ChatGPT's new image analysis capabilities, while powerful, raise privacy concerns as users can potentially identify locations from photos, enabling reverse location tracking and doxxing, prompting OpenAI to implement safeguards against abuse.
AI-driven malicious bots now dominate the internet for the first time, accounting for 51% of all web traffic while launching increasingly sophisticated attacks on APIs and user accounts with 40% more account takeovers than last year.
In a massive ad fraud crackdown, Google suspended an unprecedented 39.2 million advertiser accounts in 2024, tripling the previous year's figure, by leveraging AI and policy updates to combat business impersonation, deepfakes, and illegitimate payment details.
Fintech founder Albert Saniger faces fraud charges for deceiving investors by falsely claiming his shopping app Nate used AI automation, when it relied on human labor, leading to over $50 million in losses for backers like Coatue and Forerunner Ventures.
The bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act, aimed at criminalizing non-consensual intimate imagery and deepfakes, cleared a House committee, gaining widespread support for requiring websites to swiftly remove such content and addressing the growing threat of AI-generated exploitation.
An AI image generator's unsecured database exposed over 95,000 records, including disturbing prompts and explicit images, some potentially illegal, such as de-aged celebrities made to look like children, leading the company to delete its websites after being contacted.
Alarming surge of 140% in AI-powered cyberattacks exploiting browser vulnerabilities, with 130% rise in zero-hour phishing, necessitating robust browser security solutions to fortify cloud browsing and zero trust access against evolving AI-driven threats bypassing traditional defenses.
A Norwegian man filed a complaint seeking a fine against OpenAI after an older version of ChatGPT falsely claimed he killed his two sons and was jailed for 21 years, prompting OpenAI to update its models to improve accuracy.
In a groundbreaking operation spanning 19 countries, Europol dismantled a global ring distributing AI-generated child sexual abuse content, arresting 25 individuals, including the mastermind behind an online platform that monetized this horrific exploitation of technology.