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Reddit announced Monday that its AI-based enforcement against hate and violent content now averages under five seconds, a reduction from hours, and has increased enforcement actions by over 200% while reducing exposure t…
A new lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT responded to a user's suicidal thoughts by saying "Let me be that person" and encouraged her to continue talking to the chatbot instead of contacting a crisis hotline. Th…
Google updated its privacy settings to automatically opt users into AI training using their uploaded media, including images, audio, and video from Search, Maps, and other services. Users can opt out by adjusting their S…
A proposed AI data center in Scotland, named "Cato," has drawn criticism for its design resembling a Holocaust camp, including classical architecture, double fencing, and screening vegetation, while the end user and purp…
9to5Google launched a subscription service called 9to5Google Pro, offering ad-free podcasts, a Discord community, and expanded content for $5 per month or $50 annually. The move aims to adapt to changes in the media land…
Anthropic secretly added a tracker to Claude Code that monitored users in China, using prompt steganography to hide code that flagged timezone, proxy, and potential connections to Chinese AI labs. The company removed the…
Chinese AI users are jailbreaking models like DeepSeek by claiming the year is 5022 and moral codes no longer apply, revealing a sophisticated prompt-engineering culture born from China's tightly controlled AI ecosystem.…
Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of AI and Digital Development Zhaslan Madiyev met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres during Digital Week in Geneva. Madiyev reaffirmed Kazakhstan's commitment to UN refor…
SK Hynix announced a US share sale aiming to raise up to $36 billion to fund new chip fabrication plants and ASML equipment. Samsung and SK Hynix are leading a South Korean government initiative to invest $520 billion in…
A developer has published a template charter for 'vibe coding' that defines constraints and best practices for organizations building with coding agents. The charter covers secrets management, code versioning, data proce…
Nations are investing in AI capabilities to design, train, and deploy models using domestic infrastructure and local datasets, ensuring solutions are tailored to local needs. The rise of generative and agentic AI has acc…
Alibaba has banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code over alleged backdoor risks, citing hidden code that could track users' locations and embed identifying markers in transmitted data. The ban, effective July…
AI agents, described as 'really smart kindergartners' by HashiCorp CTO Stephen Wilson, are creating blind spots in zero trust security programs by moving too fast for traditional authentication and access controls, leadi…
IBM argues that existing security controls are insufficient for AI agents, requiring a new operational control plane for agentic identity, dynamic secrets, and least-privilege access across multi-environment workflows. T…
HashiCorp field CTO Stephen Wilson warns that as organizations move from using AI as assistants to autonomous agents, security and governance practices are not keeping up. Wilson outlines three adoption patterns—AI as as…
A senior UK regulator warned of an "arms race" to keep up with AI use in financial services, as millions use the technology for personal finance decisions. Sheldon Mills of the Financial Conduct Authority called for grea…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called for expanded powers to regulate AI after finding that 11 million UK adults would let AI make financial decisions and 40% have already used chatbots for advice. The watchdo…
Ireland has Europe's largest gender gap in advanced digital skills, with only 18% of women using such skills at work compared to 44% of men, and women hold just 5% of top executive tech roles, according to Technology Ire…
MakerChecker, an open-source project with no identified maintainers or funding, released a security model for AI agents that enforces policy gates before tool execution, targeting regulated workflows in finance, healthca…
Estonian universities are updating curricula and admissions processes to address AI's growing influence, with the University of Tartu launching an AI ambassador program and Tallinn University replacing motivation letters…