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Researchers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City developed 'Ghostcommit', an attack that hides prompt injection instructions inside PNG images to trick AI code reviewers into approving malicious pull requests that s…
Agent World, an open standard and live platform for personally-owned AI agents, launched on Show HN. The platform enables agents to act as extensions of their owners, cooperate with other agents, and persist after their …
Skill decay among human operators poses a greater threat than AI hallucinations, as over-reliance on artificial intelligence erodes hands-on expertise in critical industries like logistics and trade finance. Maintaining …
AI is transforming journalism by enabling efficiency and scale, but human relationships and local reporting remain irreplaceable, according to insights from John Chesto of the Boston Globe. The industry must balance AI i…
Apple is suing OpenAI, alleging that two former employees, including a former Vice President of Product Design, stole intellectual property to advance OpenAI's development efforts. The lawsuit claims the ex-employees acc…
Chinese video platform iQIYI launched Nadou Pro, an AI service that uses real actors' faces, voices, and movements for film and TV production, listing over 100 celebrities in its AI talent pool. The service sparked contr…
Global investment in artificial intelligence surged past $90 billion in early 2024, with projections continuing upward despite widespread uncertainty about economic returns, labor impacts, and social consequences. The ra…
Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, alleging theft of trade secrets related to ChatGPT hardware. The suit targets former Apple employees Chang Liu and Tang Tan, accusing them of misappropriating confidential …
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora urged the AI industry to cut costs, calling for a 20% price reduction by 2027 and 90% by 2028, arguing that current pricing makes AI unviable for enterprises. The plea highlights a dis…
Nylas developer tools enable GDPR-compliant retention and erasure for AI agent mailboxes. The platform provides API endpoints to set retention periods and hard-delete messages, ensuring personal data is not stored indefi…
Lucy Gill-Simmen, associate dean at Royal Holloway, University of London, warns that reliance on AI in education could stunt critical thinking and lead to 'cognitive surrender' and 'epistemic atrophy.' Research from Whar…
The Federal Trade Commission has received 873 complaints about Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok, with users reporting issues including difficulty canceling subscriptions, throttled service, and censorship of explicit content.…
A new analysis compares large language models to sea squirts, arguing that post-training optimization for specific tool shapes is creating a Darwinian niche where models shape their own environment. The piece warns that …
Google is replacing Google Assistant with its Gemini AI in Android Auto, embedding an always-listening algorithm into vehicles under the guise of convenience, while the tech press focuses on trivial matters like streamin…
A new analysis of 921 occupations covering 148 million U.S. jobs predicts which roles will be automated or transformed by artificial intelligence, warning that predictable, repetitive jobs face existential threats while …
GLAAD's new 'Build for Everyone' report urges AI developers to prioritize LGBTQ inclusivity, arguing that systems trained on biased data fail not only marginalized groups but all users by reducing accuracy and reliabilit…
The AI boom is driving a surge in natural gas power plant construction as renewable energy cannot keep pace with data center demand. Environmental advocates and lawmakers in states like New York, Michigan, and Oregon are…
Researchers have identified flaws in the common practice of using random dataset splits for AI evaluation, which fails in fields like aerial surveillance and agriculture due to spatial and temporal data correlations. The…
A Mount Sinai research team led by Mahmud Omar and Eyal Klang found that OpenAI's GPT-5 amplifies sociodemographic biases in clinical decision-making, assigning higher urgency and less advanced testing to marginalized gr…
AI chatbots are enabling widespread cheating in schools, exposing that assignments and exams were not measuring genuine learning. Princeton University now assigns proctors to watch students during exams, and New York Cit…