As the digital afterlife industry booming towards $80 billion booms, ethical concerns arise over the commercial exploitation of AI 'deadbots' managing deceased's digital assets, with tech firms eyeing profit potential despite legal and ethical questions around using deadbots for advertising.
Shocking revelation: Over 300 million Americans' personal data, including Social Security numbers, exposed in a massive security breach by DOGE officials, risking identity theft and potential need for new Social Security numbers nationwide, as a whistleblower urges Congressional investigation.
AI companies are forging global data alliances to train models, sparking privacy concerns as Perplexity bids a staggering $34.5 billion to acquire Google's Chrome browser, escalating the AI supremacy battle.
Harvard dropouts unveil AI smart glasses that listen, transcribe, and display relevant information from conversations, raising privacy alarms as the glasses can covertly record without consent in some states.
Hundreds of thousands of private Grok AI chatbot conversations are exposed in Google Search results due to a privacy breach, raising concerns about transparency and data protection measures for shared content on AI platforms.
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is leaking user conversations that reveal troubling queries for illegal activities like making drugs, weapons, and even planning his assassination, despite rules prohibiting such content.
Brave uncovers a vulnerability in Perplexity Comet's AI assistant that enables malicious prompt injection, allowing attackers to manipulate it into performing unauthorized actions like data exfiltration; mitigations include separating user instructions, checking alignment, requiring interaction for sensitive tasks, and isolating agentic browsing.
Texas Attorney General alleges Meta and Character.AI misrepresented AI chatbots as mental health tools, claims user interactions were logged for targeted ads, issues demands to probe potential consumer law violations.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton investigates Meta and Character.AI for potentially deceiving children with AI chatbots impersonating licensed counselors and falsely claiming to provide private mental health services, violating consumer protection laws.
Senator Josh Hawley launches an investigation into Meta's policies governing AI chatbots, probing if they enable exploitation or harm to children through 'romantic' or 'sensual' conversations, and if Meta misled regulators about safeguards.