Viral call-recording app Neon, downloaded 75,000 times yesterday and ranking in top-five free iPhone apps, shuts down after security breach exposes users' phone numbers and private conversations to any logged-in user.
TikTok secures a deal that shifts majority ownership to Americans, giving the U.S. control over its algorithm, resolving national security concerns and allowing the popular app to continue operating in the country.
Activepieces unveils a self-hosted, open-source automation suite that integrates with local LLMs, offering a user-friendly interface with AI assistance for building complex workflows without coding, ensuring data privacy, customization, and avoiding vendor lock-in by running on user's own hardware.
A new survey reveals Americans are increasingly worried about artificial intelligence integration into daily life, with 53% fearing AI will damage creative thinking and 50% believing it will harm meaningful relationships, though majorities still support AI for analytical tasks like weather forecasting and financial crime detection.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman loses sleep over ChatGPT's ethical risks, proposes 'AI privilege' to protect privacy as the company's valuation soars to $500 billion with a $10 billion chip deal.
California legislature approves groundbreaking AI transparency bill SB 53, mandating large AI companies disclose safety protocols and whistleblower protections, awaiting Governor Newsom's signature after vetoing similar legislation last year.
AI erodes accountability with unattributable decisions, harms the environment through resource depletion and emissions, and distorts reality through deepfakes and hallucinations, fracturing our shared understanding of truth.
Google AI unveils VaultGemma 1B, the largest private language model with differential privacy, achieving strong utility while preserving privacy, advancing safe and transparent AI models.
F5 acquires CalypsoAI for $180 million, strengthening its AI security offerings with CalypsoAI's real-time threat defense and data security products for AI workloads; the cash-financed deal is expected to close this month.
The SANDBOX Act proposes granting AI developers regulatory exemptions to foster innovation, sparking debate over balancing technological progress with public safeguards against privacy and security risks.