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Grok’s sexual deepfakes almost got it banned from Apple’s App Store. Almost. 
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Grok’s sexual deepfakes almost got it banned from Apple’s App Store. Almost. 

Apple threatened to remove Elon Musk's AI app Grok from its App Store in January due to the platform's failure to...

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The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought
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The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought

An investigation by WIRED and Indicator revealed that nearly 90 schools and approximately 600 students worldwide have...

Wired AI
The US-China AI gap closed. The responsible AI gap didn’t
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The US-China AI gap closed. The responsible AI gap didn’t

Stanford's 2026 AI Index Report challenges the assumption that the US maintains a durable lead in AI model performance...

AI News
Anthropic Mythos Prompting Calls for More Security Measures
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Anthropic Mythos Prompting Calls for More Security Measures

Anthropic's Mythos prompting technique presents security concerns despite limited access, prompting calls for enhanced...

AI Business
Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the Trump administration on Mythos
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Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the Trump administration on Mythos

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark discussed the company's ongoing engagement with the U.S. government regarding Mythos...

TechCrunch AI
The attacks on Sam Altman are a warning for the AI world
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The attacks on Sam Altman are a warning for the AI world

Sam Altman's home was targeted in alleged attacks by individuals concerned about AI safety and extinction risks,...

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Claude Mythos can autonomously compromise weakly defended enterprise networks end-to-end
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Claude Mythos can autonomously compromise weakly defended enterprise networks end-to-end

The UK's AI Safety Institute tested Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview and found it could autonomously complete a full...

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Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed
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Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed

Anthropic and OpenAI are in disagreement over a proposed Illinois law regarding AI liability for mass casualties and...

Wired AI
Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?
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Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?

A developer claims to have reverse-engineered Google DeepMind's SynthID watermarking system for AI-generated images,...

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Claude Mythos is a wake-up call for Europe's AI safety apparatus
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Claude Mythos is a wake-up call for Europe's AI safety apparatus

Anthropic is restricting access to Claude Mythos, a security vulnerability-detection AI model, with limited European...

The Decoder
AI Spreading at 'Historic Speed,' According to Stanford Report
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AI Spreading at 'Historic Speed,' According to Stanford Report

A Stanford report indicates that artificial intelligence is spreading at an unprecedented rate globally. The report...

AI Business
Q&A: MIT SHASS and the future of education in the age of AI
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Q&A: MIT SHASS and the future of education in the age of AI

MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences explores how AI is transforming higher education as the school...

MIT News AI
Canada’s Scotiabank preps for its AI future
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Canada’s Scotiabank preps for its AI future

Scotiabank has launched Scotia Intelligence, an AI framework that consolidates data and AI operations into a unified...

AI News
Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
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Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own

Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee who helped pass one of the country's strictest AI laws, is now facing opposition...

Wired AI
Stanford's AI Index 2026 shows rapid progress, growing safety concerns, and declining public trust
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Stanford's AI Index 2026 shows rapid progress, growing safety concerns, and declining public trust

Stanford's AI Index Report 2026 reveals significant advances in AI model performance and narrowing capabilities between...

The Decoder
Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else
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Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else

Stanford's AI Index report reveals a growing gap between AI experts and the general public regarding artificial...

TechCrunch AI
Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators

Over 70 organizations including the ACLU and EPIC have warned Meta about privacy and safety risks posed by facial...

Wired AI
Strengthening enterprise governance for rising edge AI workloads
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Strengthening enterprise governance for rising edge AI workloads

Enterprise security leaders face mounting governance challenges as edge AI models like Google Gemma 4 proliferate...

AI News
Man who firebombed Sam Altman's home was likely driven by AI extinction fears
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Man who firebombed Sam Altman's home was likely driven by AI extinction fears

A man threw a firebomb at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home, motivated by concerns about AI-driven human extinction. The...

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