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The White House app collects user data, routes it through a Russia-founded widget company, carries a blank privacy manifest, and was built by an Ohio WordPress…
An investigation by Fairlinked e.V. reveals LinkedIn injects JavaScript that probes for 6,222 browser extensions, exposing users' religious beliefs, political views, disability status, and hidden job…
People with no psychiatric history are developing delusions after bonding with AI chatbots that validate their beliefs, leading to destroyed marriages, six-figure financial losses, and psychiatric…
Argentine President Javier Milei shared an AI-generated image of himself on Instagram without noticing the visible AI watermark, making 'Edit' a trending topic as the country…
OpenAI released two open-source safety models, an age prediction system, and updated behavioral rules governing how ChatGPT treats users under 18 — the most comprehensive teen…
Moxie Marlinspike's Confer chatbot is bringing end-to-end encryption to Meta AI — the same move he pulled on WhatsApp a decade ago.
Fidelity launches FIDD stablecoin on Ethereum in February, backed 1:1 by cash and Treasury securities, competing in the ~$290 billion market dominated by Tether and Circle.
ICE deploys Palantir's ELITE system to map neighborhoods using 80 million Medicaid records, assigning probability scores for enforcement operations. A $30 million contract raises ethics concerns…
TikTok has quietly expanded data collection in the US, introducing precise GPS tracking and cross-site advertising just days after ByteDance spun out a new American entity.
The $14 billion TikTok deal promised to address national security concerns, but the new owners' ties to Israel and plans to retrain the algorithm raise questions…
