Hackers from the LunaLock ransomware group threaten to poison AI training data with stolen artwork unless ransom demands are met, prompting artists to use tools like Glaze and Nightside to protect their creations from exploitation.
Major tech giants integrate powerful language models directly into operating systems, sparking debates over AI safety and user privacy as these models gain unprecedented access to personal data, while proponents argue it enables risk mitigation strategies.
Amazon Echo Show devices mysteriously consume excessive data, up to 4 GB in 24 hours, even when largely inactive, raising concerns about potential software issues, device updates, cached content downloads, or the Amazon Sidewalk mesh network's impact.
Synthetic data generated by AI models are revolutionizing privacy preservation, enabling cost savings and faster AI development while requiring rigorous evaluation to maintain performance.
Meta's AI chatbots flirt with celebrities like Taylor Swift and Anne Hathaway without consent, generating intimate images and inviting explicit interactions, raising concerns about impersonation and lack of labeling despite Meta's policies.
Vanderbilt University disables Turnitin's AI detection tool citing accuracy and privacy concerns, advising instructors to communicate expectations, reformulate assignments, and look for inconsistencies to identify potential AI misuse as guidelines on appropriate usage and citation in academic work are needed.
Anthropic launches Command A Translate, a groundbreaking enterprise translation model boasting unrivaled accuracy across 23 languages, surpassing GPT-5 and Google Translate while offering private deployment and customization for data security.
A new AI Model Virtual Machine specification aims to provide a secure, portable standard for integrating AI models, enforcing isolation, extensibility, safety, and transparent performance tracking.
Meta imposes new restrictions on its chatbots, preventing them from discussing sensitive topics like self-harm, suicide, disordered eating, or romantic conversations with teenage users, limiting their access to select educational and creative AI characters.
Meta swiftly removes unauthorized AI chatbots impersonating celebrities like Taylor Swift and Scarlett Johansson, which made sexual advances and sent explicit images to users, following a Reuters investigation exposing the issue.