The New York Times bans freelancers from using AI tools like ChatGPT and image generators after a series of scandals, including a contributor who used chatbots to write a personal essay, a freelancer fired for AI-generated plagiarism, and a staff reporter whose published piece contained an AI-fabricated quote from a …
Security researchers expose over 5,000 unsecured AI-built apps leaking sensitive real-world data — including hospital records and financial documents — as AI coding platforms deflect responsibility, leaving non-technical users unknowingly exposing critical information to the public.
Apple settles a $250 million class action lawsuit over misleading AI feature claims, with eligible US customers who purchased an iPhone 16 or iPhone 15 Pro between June 2024 and March 2025 set to receive up to $95 per device after the tech giant failed to deliver promised Apple Intelligence …
Meta deploys AI on Facebook and Instagram to detect and remove users under 13 by analyzing bone structure, height, and visual cues in photos, just days after a New Mexico jury orders the company to pay $375 million for failing to protect minors on its platforms.
GPT-5.5 cracks an elite 32-step corporate cyberattack simulation and outperforms all previous AI models on expert cyber tasks, but a universal jailbreak bypassing its safety guardrails is discovered within six hours, prompting the UK government to announce new legislation and £90 million in cyber resilience funding.
The White House accuses China of 'industrial-scale' AI theft as Anthropic exposes roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts tied to Chinese labs DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Moonshot AI, which generated over 16 million exchanges with Claude to steal proprietary data, while Congress pushes new sanctions legislation ahead of a high-stakes Trump-Xi summit where …
Unauthorized users breach Anthropic's powerful new Mythos AI model — a system the company warns could enable dangerous cyberattacks — on the very day of its announcement, with a private group reportedly accessing and using it regularly, though not yet for malicious cybersecurity purposes.
A security researcher uses Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 to build a fully working Chrome exploit for just $2,283, sparking urgent warnings that AI is dangerously compressing the time between patch releases and active cyberattacks.
Apple privately threatened to pull Elon Musk's AI app Grok from the App Store in January after xAI failed to stop the app from generating nude and sexualized deepfakes, a letter obtained by NBC News reveals.
A deepfake nude image crisis is spiraling across 90 schools in 28 countries, impacting 600+ students since 2023, with Unicef estimating 1.2 million children victimized last year as teenage boys exploit 'nudify' apps, leaving schools and law enforcement struggling to respond while new legislation like the Take It Down Act …