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At least 15 attackers have exploited a Coldcard vulnerability, with estimated losses growing to $100 million across three confirmed attack waves, according to Galaxy Research, citing new victim reports. Galaxy Digital's …
The EU AI Act Article 50 took effect on August 2, 2026, requiring companies whose AI products reach EU users to disclose AI interactions, synthetic media, emotion recognition, and AI-generated public-interest content, wi…
A News and Views article in Nature (656, 42-44, 2026) highlights that privacy risks from medical AI tools are not equally shared, citing a study by Knolle et al. in Nature 656, 192-198 (2026). The article discusses how c…
A company's AI investments yielded only a 6% revenue growth gain against a promised 30-50%, despite record execution, prompting its VP of Engineering to resign after reviewing AI-assisted proposals that all seemed 'good …
Mistral AI released Shieldstral, a 3B-parameter open-weights multimodal moderation model that outputs toxicity and safety scores across multiple axes, trained on ~600K human-judged examples covering harassment, hate spee…
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said Apple briefly removed Telegram from the App Store on Monday because an extortionist duped Apple into executing a takedown by planting AI-modified illegal content in a public group chat. Duro…
The White House released an AI-generated parody of Nicole Kidman's AMC theater monologue, featuring a voiceover that promotes President Donald Trump's 'Golden Age' agenda and includes the phrase 'fight, fight, fight.' Th…
DuckDuckGo partnered with sunglasses maker Knockaround to sell 'Normal F***ing Sunglasses,' a $35 pair of matte black sunglasses with no camera, microphone, AI, battery, or electronics, marketed as anti-surveillance eyew…
OpenAI's first-ever influencer brand trip, marketed as 'Summer Club' at Wildflower Farms outside New York City, backfired as social media users criticized the event amid concerns about AI's environmental impact and job d…
Hank Green, a longtime science creator, issued an apology after viewers reacted negatively to his use of ChatGPT in his research process, despite Complexly clarifying that the AI was not used to write, edit, or fact-chec…
YouTuber Hank Green said his use of AI for research is 'not healthy' and he is stepping back from production amid criticism, though he stressed he did not use AI to write scripts. Experts say AI chatbots are designed to …
A new analysis from cybersecurity experts draws parallels between the cloud adoption journey and today's AI adoption curve, highlighting market complexity, security risks, and cost uncertainties. The report notes that ea…
A record eight entries honored at the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes disclosed using AI, including five winners, with newsrooms such as the Wall Street Journal and Associated Press using large language models mainly to search larg…
YouTube star Hank Green, with more than 12 million followers across social media and about 32 million subscribers across his channels, apologized and said he will pause videos on his personal channel, SMUSH, and 4×3 afte…
Pakistan's Higher Education Commission (HEC) has issued a draft policy barring students from submitting AI-generated assignments as original work, while permitting faculty and researchers to use AI tools with mandatory d…
Apple Inc. is seeking a preliminary injunction and expedited discovery against OpenAI and Jony Ive's io startup, alleging that former employees, including senior systems engineer Chang Liu and Chief Hardware Officer Tang…
George Orwell's 1984 remains a cautionary tale about surveillance and control, with themes that resonate in the digital age, particularly in AI development. The novel's exploration of thought policing and information man…
Originality.ai, Copyleaks, and GPTZero lead the AI content detection market in 2026, with Originality.ai dominating the publisher segment, Copyleaks reporting a 40% increase in government and corporate clients, and Turni…
Apple Inc. asked a federal judge to immediately order OpenAI to stop using alleged stolen trade secrets and return any confidential information, citing a coordinated campaign to steal proprietary details about upcoming p…
Public Knowledge, Fight for the Future and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed joint comments with the Federal Trade Commission on July 31, 2026, urging the agency to withdraw its proposed policy statement on AI acc…