1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (368+ words) Anthropic claims DeepSeek and two other Chinese AI companies misused its Claude AI model in an attempt to improve their own products. In an announcement on Monday, Anthropic says the "industrial-scale campaigns" involved the creation of around 24,000 fraudulent accounts and…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (169+ words) Invasive government and corporate surveillance isn't inevitable " but Congress needs to act. Meanwhile, new technologies, from augmented reality glasses to generative artificial intelligence, create fresh risks every day " making it easier than ever to surreptitiously surveil people or encouraging sharing…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (409+ words) That apparently didn't stop Mark Zuckerberg's team from wearing them. As smart glasses become more common, though, keeping courts safe from unwanted recording may become an uphill battle. On a state level, laws around cameras in courtrooms vary from one…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (372+ words) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing TP-Link over claims that the router-maker is misleading customers about its ties to China. In a lawsuit filed this week, Paxton claims TP-Link is "masking its Chinese connections," while serving as "an open…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (211+ words) A hacker tricked Cline's Claude-powered workflow into installing OpenClaw on computers. A hacker tricked a popular AI coding tool into installing OpenClaw " the viral, open-source AI agent OpenClaw that "actually does things" " absolutely everywhere. Funny as a stunt, but a…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (300+ words) If you want a Chromebook that can double as a tablet when you need it to, Acer's Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is one of the better 2-in-1s on the market. And you can buy it with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (141+ words) Lockdown Mode is "not necessary" for most people and "tightly constrains how ChatGPT can interact with external systems to reduce the risk of prompt injection'based data exfiltration," according to OpenAI. [Link: Introducing Lockdown Mode and Elevated Risk labels in ChatGPT…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1010+ words) The immediate threat may be fixed, but this raises serious questions. Sammy Azdoufal claims he wasn't trying to hack every robot vacuum in the world. He just wanted to remote control his brand-new DJI Romo vacuum with a PS5 gamepad, he…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (208+ words) Bad actors could use the flaw to remotely load and execute malicious files on a victim's computer. Microsoft has fixed a serious security vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In the company's Tuesday patch notes, Microsoft says a bad actor…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (208+ words) Google is expanding its tools for removing your sensitive information and nonconsensual images from its search results. The company announced on Tuesday that you can now use its "results about you" tool to remove your driver's license, passport, and Social…...