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Hacker

Chinese Hackers Impersonated Ex-White House Official to Trick AI Experts Into Handing Over Passwords

A China-aligned group impersonated trusted officials and an Anthropic employee in phishing campaigns targeting US AI policy experts, though no successful breaches have been confirmed.

By Suman V

Layoffs

‘Got Laid Off on My Birthday’: Tech Worker’s Reddit Post Goes Viral Amid AI-Era Job Cut Fears

By Suman V

Meta AI Facebook Marketplace

Meta Defends Muse AI After User Says It Shared His Address and Arranged Facebook Marketplace Pickup on Its Own

By Thea Felicity

Scam Calls

Beware, Brits: Mysterious Scam Calls Are Surging in the UK as AI Gives Fraudsters New Ways To Target Victims

By Thea Felicity

Elon Musk

Pentagon Taps Elon Musk to Co-Lead Project Studying the Future of Warfare

By Tanmay Puri

Donald Trump with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and others

Bernie Sanders Calls Trump’s Tech Guests ‘Oligarchs’ After White House AI Lunch

By Tanmay Puri

ChatGPT

ChatGPT and ‘Delusional Spiraling’: MIT Researchers Model the Risk of Sycophantic AI

By Tanmay Puri

UK and China flags

MI5 Accuses China-Linked Institute of Funding UK Academic Research Linked to Espionage

By Tanmay Puri

White House

White House AI Website Refuses To Answer Questions About Epstein Files After Initially Answering Them

By Bagus Dimas

Apple & Iphone View more

Apple patches iPhone zero-day exploited in targeted attacks

Apple Patches iPhone Zero-Day Linked to ‘Extremely Sophisticated’ Targeted Attack: Update Now

Cybersecurity & Scams

Palantir NHS confederation conference

NHS Patients File 44,000+ Objections Over Palantir Data Platform Amid Growing Trust Concerns

OpenAI lawsuit follows Hugging Face AI agent hack

OpenAI Faces Lawsuit After 700 AI Agents Hacked Hugging Face: Can AI Makers Blame the Bots?

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Gaming & Streaming
Your Browser Just Became an Xbox: Fan-Made Halo Lets You Play the 2001 Classic With 128 Players
By Bagus Dimas
AI & ChatGPT
UK Plans Under-18 Ban on Romantic AI Chatbots, Moves to Widen Online Safety Rules
By Gino R. Diño
AI & ChatGPT
RFK Jr Says Sam Altman Told Him It Would Be ‘Malpractice’ Not To Check AI Before Treating Patients
By Suman V
AI & ChatGPT
Google Faces Reported Internal Doubts Over Gemini 4 Coding Despite Strong Benchmark Scores
By Grace Hisona
AI & ChatGPT
dot.com Reportedly Transferred to xAI Before OpenAI Unveiled Dots: Domain Now Redirects to Grok Bot
By Grace Hisona

AI & ChatGPT

AI Changing Human Speech

Tech Investor Says AI Is Affecting How She Talks: ‘We Just Sound Like Bots’

McDonald's AI drive-thru assistant Archy

McDonald’s Gives AI Another Shot After Its Drive-Thru Bot Became a Viral Nightmare

Trump order increases H-1B layoffs scrutiny

Trump Gets Tech CEOs to Sign ‘Constitution-Like’ AI Document For ‘Tremendous Self-Policing’: What It Says

Arrested for AI-generated CSAM

Washington Man Allegedly Used AI to Turn Hundreds of Children’s Public Photos Into Nude Images

Donald Trump America.gov

Trump’s New AI Chatbot Challenges His Viral Claims, Then Stops Answering Political Questions

Disney Restructuring: Employee Packs Desk After Job Cuts

Disney Cuts Hundreds as AI Team Expands Under New CEO: Character.AI Boss Joins as CTO

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Social Media

Voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda

Jujutsu Kaisen Star’s Voice Allegedly Cloned for 188 TikTok Videos That Made Thousands a Month

Body image issues

Giving 12-Year-Olds a Smartphone Comes at a Price: Researchers Warn of a Disturbing Change

Ayushi Anand

‘I Earn £6,600 a Month and I Don’t Even Exist’: AI Influencer Reveals Trade Secret

Amazon

‘Save Your UPT’: Amazon Workers Plot 1 October Walkout Over Pay, Safety and Job Security

Future Tech

Greggs Automation Job Cuts

Greggs Puts 740 Jobs At Risk As Bakery Giant Turns To Robots And Automated Factories

Greggs has proposed closing four manufacturing sites and ending production at another, putting up to 740 jobs at risk while investing in automated facilities to support expansion.

AI smart glasses recalled over overheating burn hazard

AI Smart Glasses Recalled After Users Report Burning Faces and Ears: Overheating Poses Serious Injury Risk

ICE robot dogs equipped for hazardous tactical operations

ICE’s Plans for Its $1.3M Robot Dogs Detailed in Agency Documents

Tesla Optimus humanoid robot displayed during technology exhibition

Tesla’s Robot Future Runs Into a Human Problem: Some Workers Pushed Back on Training Optimus

Walmart digital shelf labels

‘We Don’t Set Different Prices’: Walmart Says Sparky AI Won’t Use Your Data to Charge More

Money & Work

Protest

Silicon Valley’s Secret ‘Perv List’ Is an ‘Epstein-Like Network’: Insider Warns of ‘Tip of Iceberg’

OpenAI

OpenAI Employee Thinks Everyone Is About to Lose Their Jobs: ‘Eventually We All Will’

Tesla Model X Living Setup

Tesla Worker Who Lost Job, Sold $1.2M Home and Moved Into Model X Reveals How Much He’s Saved

BBC job cuts hit iPlayer and Sounds technology teams

BBC Pushes Digital Future While Cutting 110 Jobs From Teams Behind iPlayer and Sounds