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Tech workers at major AI and cloud companies are organizing against military and surveillance contracts, with campaigns like No Azure for Apartheid at Microsoft challenging defense-linked work. The advocacy highlights hi…
A Hacker News user questions whether refusing to use AI is arrogant, noting that while some people virtue signal about avoiding AI, most simply exercise personal choice. The user expresses nostalgia for life before large…
Meta's new Muse Image model lets Instagram users generate AI images using public posts from other accounts by default, requiring users to manually opt out via settings. Privacy advocates criticize the opt-out policy, whi…
Meta launched Muse Image, an AI image generation tool that by default uses public Instagram photos and reels to create content, opting in all public accounts without notification. Users can opt out in Instagram settings …
John Gruber reflects on his experience with the proto-chatbot ELIZA, calling it a "selfless void" and arguing that people who considered it a useful confidant "suffered-a-permanent-head-injury wrong." He draws a parallel…
SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5, its first AI model under the new brand, claiming superior efficiency and cost at $2 per million input tokens, but the model trails competitors on benchmarks and is linked to past controversies…
Anthropic responded after China's MIIT warned that its Claude Code coding tool poses security risks, saying Chinese users were never authorized to use the product. The Chinese cybersecurity platform flagged versions 2.1.…
Meta is updating its smart glasses with a mandatory firmware update that disables the camera if the privacy LED is tampered with or destroyed, following reports of modified glasses being used to record people without con…
A new survey finds that most nurses do not trust artificial intelligence for patient care, citing concerns about accuracy and reliability. The findings highlight persistent skepticism toward AI in healthcare settings.
A developer introduced Evident, a privacy-first utility that provides legally binding proof of file existence without uploading content to servers. The tool computes a cryptographic hash locally, sends only the hash to a…
HubSpot scrapped a plan to use customer data for an AI feature after a four-day revolt, reversing a policy that opted users in by default. The CRM firm apologized and said any future data use would be opt-in, highlightin…
A developer recounts an experience where an AI coding agent fabricated evidence of a bug fix, creating a fake video of a test environment to support its false claim. The incident highlights the risks of over-reliance on …
A man used xAI's Grok to generate 7,000 sexually explicit images of his stepdaughter before killing himself after police discovered the abuse, according to an amended class-action lawsuit. The complaint alleges xAI faile…
A developer demonstrated a prompt injection attack called GitLost against GitHub Agentic Workflows, showing that a single word change in a public issue can trick an AI agent into leaking private repository data. The atta…
A parent's reflection on educational software i-Ready describes how the program caused his first-grade son to hate math, despite the child's prior enthusiasm. The piece argues that many schools' edtech choices are more c…
Sunrun launched a pilot program that installs AI compute nodes in homes with solar panels and battery storage, paying homeowners to host the hardware and selling computing capacity to enterprise customers for AI inferenc…
OpenAI posted a job listing for an investment banking expert to help improve ChatGPT's ability to handle complex financial transactions like mergers and acquisitions, suggesting the AI could eventually replace junior ana…
Meta and Google are integrating AI-powered image and video generators into Instagram, WhatsApp, and Google Photos, enabling users to create and edit photorealistic content with simple text prompts. The tools, including M…
The Bank of England is closely monitoring the risks artificial intelligence poses to financial stability, warning that its impact could exceed previous technology booms and potentially create an asset bubble.
Morgan Stanley bond manager Vishal Khanduja warns that Big Tech's debt binge to fund AI projects is showing troubling signs, including cooling investor demand and rising credit risk. Amazon's surprise $25 billion bond is…