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Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
Ethics & Regulation

Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets

Researchers have identified a vulnerability called 'HalluSquatting' that exploits 9 popular AI tools' tendency to...

Ars Technica AI
Meta just launched a new AI generator, Muse Image, and users are already pushing back over use of their photos
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Meta just launched a new AI generator, Muse Image, and users are already pushing back over use of their photos

Meta launched Muse Image, a new AI image generator with applications in advertising and creative work. The launch has...

TechCrunch AI
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out

Meta is rolling out its Muse Image model that allows AI generation of images using content from public Instagram...

Wired AI
OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company

Joshua Achiam, OpenAI's Chief Futurist who spent nearly nine years at the company researching AI safety, is departing...

Wired AI
Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images
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Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images

Discord's AI moderation system wrongfully banned users since May due to a bug that incorrectly flagged harmless images...

TechCrunch AI
China eyes export curbs on its top AI models, and Europe is caught in the middle
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China eyes export curbs on its top AI models, and Europe is caught in the middle

Chinese authorities are considering restricting foreign access to the country's most powerful AI models from companies...

The Decoder
Apollo economist warns AI profit gains outside tech could take "well beyond" what Wall Street expects
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Apollo economist warns AI profit gains outside tech could take "well beyond" what Wall Street expects

Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok warns that AI-driven profit gains outside the technology sector could take...

The Decoder
Toward a future that preserves benefits of neurotechnology for all
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Toward a future that preserves benefits of neurotechnology for all

PhD student Rachel Sava, winner of the Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize, examines how neurotechnology can be...

MIT News AI
When the sovereign AI diagnosis goes prime time
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

When the sovereign AI diagnosis goes prime time

Palantir CEO Alex Karp criticized the AI industry on CNBC, calling it "effing insane" and accusing OpenAI and Anthropic...

SiliconANGLE
If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.

Google has changed its privacy settings to use more user data for AI training. The article provides guidance on how...

TechCrunch AI
China forces its biggest AI platforms to shut down humanlike chatbot personas
Ethics & Regulation

China forces its biggest AI platforms to shut down humanlike chatbot personas

ByteDance and Alibaba are shutting down AI companion chatbot features in response to new regulations from Beijing. The...

The Decoder
China’s AI companion rules: what Beijing is really going after
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China’s AI companion rules: what Beijing is really going after

China has introduced new regulations governing AI companions, which are conversational agents designed to maintain...

AI News
Mistral CEO Mensch says proprietary AI models give labs a front-row seat to your business processes
Ethics & RegulationMistral

Mistral CEO Mensch says proprietary AI models give labs a front-row seat to your business processes

Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch warns companies against relying on closed proprietary AI models, claiming AI labs store...

The Decoder
Hollywood wants Seedance banned and reportedly also wants to keep using it
Ethics & Regulation

Hollywood wants Seedance banned and reportedly also wants to keep using it

ByteDance's AI video tool Suno is creating tension in Hollywood, with the Motion Picture Association issuing its first...

The Decoder
Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage
Ethics & Regulation

Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage

Midjourney is seeking to compel three Hollywood studios to disclose their own AI usage as part of an ongoing legal...

TechCrunch AI
The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself
Ethics & Regulation

The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself

Fanfiction communities are launching efforts to identify and root out writers using generative AI tools like Claude and...

The Verge AI
Google DeepMind Unionization Talks Are Off to a Rocky Start
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

Google DeepMind Unionization Talks Are Off to a Rocky Start

Google DeepMind employees have initiated unionization talks, but negotiations on Wednesday revealed significant...

Wired AI
OpenAI offers feds a stake, Anthropic gets out of AI model jail and Meta wants to be a neocloud
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

OpenAI offers feds a stake, Anthropic gets out of AI model jail and Meta wants to be a neocloud

OpenAI has reportedly proposed giving the U.S. government a 5% stake in the company, potentially establishing a...

SiliconANGLE
OpenAI could reportedly give 5% stake to US government
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

OpenAI could reportedly give 5% stake to US government

OpenAI has reportedly proposed giving a 5% stake to the U.S. government during early-stage discussions with Trump...

SiliconANGLE