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Meta's new Muse AI tool generates images using public users' likenesses on Instagram, raising privacy concerns. Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley explains how users can manage their privacy settings to opt out of the …
A developer argues that human-in-the-loop (HITL) systems in agentic AI are often a rubber stamp rather than real governance, shifting liability without improving safety. The post proposes replacing raw-action modals with…
Apple is suing OpenAI, accusing the AI firm of stealing trade secrets through job interviews with Apple employees. The lawsuit, filed in California federal court, alleges OpenAI and two former employees misappropriated c…
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing former employees of stealing trade secrets for OpenAI's benefit. The suit names former Apple VP Tang Tan and engineer Chang Liu, along with OpenAI and io Products, alleg…
New research finds that large language models (LLMs) tend to defect in social dilemmas like the prisoner's dilemma, even with advanced reasoning. Game-theoretic mechanisms such as conditional contracts and third-party me…
A new benchmark called Incompressible Knowledge Probes (IKPs) evaluates AI models' factual recall accuracy across 201 models from 27 vendors, revealing a strong correlation between parameter count and knowledge retention…
Researchers have developed a new VideoQA approach that separates causal reasoning from answer generation using natural language causal chains, improving explainability and trust. The model, comprising a Causal Chain Extr…
Researchers have developed STREAM, a new AI model that uses a diffusion transformer architecture to generate dance motions from both text and music cues, overcoming the modality collapse problem where musical rhythms ove…
Researchers introduced TREK, a method that improves AI problem-solving by using verified output trajectories to extend model learning. TREK boosted Qwen3-8B's performance on AIME 2024 from 36.9 to 40.3 and on AIME 2025 f…
Elon Musk has directed Tesla employees to use Grok 4.5, an AI system from his own company xAI, and capped spending on rival AI tools at $200 per week per employee. The move raises conflict-of-interest concerns as Tesla h…
AI developers are buying large quantities of old books in Germany, particularly scientific and academic literature, to train language models, according to German booksellers. The practice has raised concerns about copyri…
Meta faces scrutiny over ad fraud, teen safety, and allowing Instagram photos to train AI without opt-out, while a teenager wins a landmark lawsuit against Meta and Google. Beijing considers restricting overseas access t…
Apple sued OpenAI for stealing trade secrets to develop an AI hardware device, alleging a scheme involving former Apple designers and engineers who covertly provided confidential information about unreleased devices, com…
A user's compromised OpenAI API key was used in what appears to be a model distillation attack, with 114 interactions with GPT-5.5 and tasks including coding agents, benchmark creation, and insulin molecule chain export,…
Hundreds of Kaiser Permanente nurses in San Francisco protested the health system's use of artificial intelligence tools, claiming AI monitoring of call times and scripts harms patient care. Nurses reported being reprima…
A new concept called epistemic delegation describes how states rely on private AI firms to produce and interpret operational knowledge for military decisions, raising questions about security cooperation and accountabili…
A user banned by OpenAI for cyber abuse used the company's Codex AI to write and submit an appeal, which was automatically approved by another OpenAI AI within minutes. The incident highlights the growing role of AI in a…
Reuters testing found that Meta's AI image detection tool, which relies on Content Seal watermarks, failed to identify 55% of AI-generated images after they were cropped to one-third to one-half of their original size, d…
Meta's new Kylie Jenner-fronted AI smart glasses campaign faces backlash over surveillance concerns, with consumers and experts questioning the normalization of always-on cameras in fashion. Despite partnerships with lux…
The problem of AI scraper bots overwhelming websites with traffic has intensified since early 2025, with attacks now coming from millions of unique IP addresses via residential proxy networks. These networks, operated by…