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After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too

OpenAI is restricting access to its new GPT-5.5 Cyber cybersecurity testing tool to critical cyber defenders only,...

TechCrunch AI
Musk v. Altman Kicks Off, DOJ Guts Voting Rights Unit, and Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Musk v. Altman Kicks Off, DOJ Guts Voting Rights Unit, and Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?

The Elon Musk and Sam Altman trial extends beyond their personal rivalry to have significant implications for OpenAI...

Wired AI
OpenAI announces new advanced security for ChatGPT accounts, including a partnership with Yubico
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

OpenAI announces new advanced security for ChatGPT accounts, including a partnership with Yubico

OpenAI is launching additional opt-in security protections for ChatGPT accounts, including a new partnership with...

TechCrunch AI
OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Advanced’ Security Mode for At-Risk Accounts
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Advanced’ Security Mode for At-Risk Accounts

OpenAI is launching Advanced Account Security to protect ChatGPT and Codex users from phishing attacks and account...

Wired AI
Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools

Meta's acquired AI company Manus is running controversial get-rich-quick scheme ads promoting AI website building...

The Verge AI
Verified by Spotify badge lets you know this artist isn’t AI
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Verified by Spotify badge lets you know this artist isn’t AI

Spotify is launching a verification program with a 'Verified by Spotify' badge to combat spam, fakes, and AI-generated...

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White House worried about compute limits as it blocks wider access to Anthropic's Mythos
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

White House worried about compute limits as it blocks wider access to Anthropic's Mythos

The White House has blocked Anthropic's plan to expand access to its Mythos AI model to approximately 70 additional...

The Decoder
The more young people use AI, the more they hate it
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The more young people use AI, the more they hate it

Gen Z, despite being among the biggest adopters of AI chatbots like ChatGPT, shows significant cultural backlash...

The Verge AI
These Men Allegedly Profit Off Teaching People How to Make AI Porn
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These Men Allegedly Profit Off Teaching People How to Make AI Porn

Three Arizona women sued a group of men for allegedly using their photos without consent to create AI-generated...

Wired AI
AI agent governance takes focus as regulators flag control gaps
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AI agent governance takes focus as regulators flag control gaps

Australia's financial regulator (APRA) has warned that financial institutions have poor governance and assurance...

AI News
On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets

Elon Musk testified for the second day in his legal attempt to dismantle OpenAI, with his own tweets being used as...

TechCrunch AI
How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They 'Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They 'Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’

Elon Musk testified in court during the third day of his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, with tensions...

Wired AI
Solving the “Whac-a-mole dilemma”: A smarter way to debias AI vision models
Ethics & Regulation

Solving the “Whac-a-mole dilemma”: A smarter way to debias AI vision models

Researchers have developed WRING, a new debiasing technique for AI vision models that addresses the "whac-a-mole...

MIT News AI
Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
Ethics & Regulation

Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse

Emergency first responders have raised concerns with federal regulators that Waymo's autonomous vehicle technology was...

Wired AI
Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why
Ethics & Regulation

Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why

Scammers are using AI-generated deepfake videos of celebrity interviews to deceive TikTok users into sharing personal...

Wired AI
Mistral's Le Chat spreads Iran war disinformation in 60 percent of leading prompts
Ethics & RegulationMistral

Mistral's Le Chat spreads Iran war disinformation in 60 percent of leading prompts

A NewsGuard audit discovered that Mistral's Le Chat chatbot repeats state-sponsored disinformation about the Iran war...

The Decoder
All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman

The Musk v. Altman trial is revealing evidence from OpenAI's founding, including emails, documents, and photos showing...

The Verge AI
Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’
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Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’

Canonical's plan to integrate AI features into Ubuntu has prompted users to request a way to disable or opt-out of...

The Verge AI
Tumbler Ridge families are suing OpenAI
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Tumbler Ridge families are suing OpenAI

Seven families of victims from a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada are suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging...

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