The FTC sued Click Profit, an Amazon automation company, for defrauding customers of millions through a 'passive income' scam involving exaggerated earnings claims and misrepresenting its use of AI to manage online storefronts, despite customers failing to recoup investments.
Toll road text scams targeting drivers nationwide have skyrocketed by a staggering 900% in just 3 months, likely orchestrated by Chinese criminal gangs exploiting vulnerabilities that render phone makers powerless to stop the fraudulent messages flooding various state toll systems.
As artificial intelligence enables software engineers to cheat in virtual coding interviews, major tech companies like Google are considering reverting to in-person interviews to combat AI-assisted cheating, underscoring the challenges of maintaining integrity in hiring processes amidst rapidly advancing AI capabilities.
Trump's proposed 'Take It Down Act' raises alarming concerns about online censorship, as it could pressure websites to remove lawful content critical of powerful figures without adequate safeguards against abuse, threatening free speech.
Researchers uncovered a thriving illegal gun trade on WhatsApp in India, with over 8,000 messages across 234 public groups advertising firearms, exploiting WhatsApp's lax monitoring despite policies prohibiting such sales.