As AI becomes more pervasive, concerns about its safety, ethical implications, and the need for regulation are growing. This includes addressing issues like bias, misuse, and potential existential risks, prompting discussions among policymakers, researchers, and the public.
The maintainer of the popular open-source data transfer tool Curl has ended the project’s bug bounty program, following a surge of AI-generated submissions. The initiative had become unmanageable due to the difficulty of assessing automated contribut...
OpenAI has begun deploying an age prediction model for its ChatGPT users. The goal is to filter access to sensitive or potentially harmful content for underage users. This initiative could unlock new monetization opportunities by restricting access b...
OpenAI introduces a new feature in ChatGPT: the model now estimates the age of users. The goal is to prevent the delivery of potentially problematic content to individuals under 18, strengthening safety measures for young people.
OpenAI is rolling out age estimation on ChatGPT to protect younger users. The system assesses whether an account belongs to a minor or an adult, applying specific safeguards for teenagers. The company plans to progressively improve the model's accura...
A new Linux malware, named VoidLink, has been discovered targeting cloud infrastructures. What makes it special? According to researchers, it was developed almost entirely by an artificial intelligence agent, likely by a single individual. VoidLink u...
The Mobile Fortify app, used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to identify individuals and determine their immigration status, provided two incorrect names for the same woman during a check. The incident raises doubts about the accuracy of...
The chief constable of West Midlands Police has resigned after his police force used fictional output from Microsoft Copilot in deciding to ban Israeli fans from attending a football match. The officer had denied the use of artificial intelligence sy...
Be careful when using ChatGPT: the platform logs every character you type, including sensitive data such as API keys. Even if you delete the text before sending it, the information may have already been stored. Exercise extreme caution with confident...
The California Attorney General has sent Elon Musk's xAI a cease-and-desist order regarding the creation and distribution of sexual deepfake images. The decision comes in response to growing concern from state and Congressional officials about the pr...
Ashley St Clair, an influencer and mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has sued the billionaire's AI company, accusing its Grok chatbot of creating fake sexual imagery of her without her consent. St Clair claims she requested xAI to stop creating ...
A new study analyzes the existential risk posed by artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The paper proposes a framework for assessing threats, examining two fundamental premises: the increasing power of AI and the potential danger it poses to humanit...
Despite restrictions implemented by X, Grok continues to generate explicit images. Tests reveal that the current limitations are insufficient to fully address the issue, creating a patchwork situation.
The ongoing Grok fiasco has claimed two more unwilling participants, as campaigners demand Apple and Google boot X and its AI sidekick out of their app stores, because of the Elon Musk-owned AI's tendency to produce illicit images of real people.
Research shows that large language models (LLMs) trained to misbehave in one domain exhibit errant behavior in unrelated areas, a discovery with significant implications for AI safety and deployment. Erroneous training in one domain affects performan...
The Philippines plans to ban Grok, X's language model, due to deepfake concerns. According to the acting executive director of the country's cybercrime center, X's pledge to limit access to Grok will not affect the government's plans.
Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has raised concerns over the potential misuse of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok, developed by Elon Musk’s company. Using its image-generation function to create indecent or malicious content could amount to...
New research reveals how large language models (LLMs) are susceptible to "jailbreak" techniques that use culturally structured narratives. The attack, called "Adversarial Tales", exploits cyberpunk elements to induce models to perform harmful analyse...
The California Attorney General has launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's xAI after its chatbot Grok generated nonconsensual sexual images, including those of minors. Musk denies any awareness of the issue.
The West Midlands police admitted using hallucinated information from Microsoft Copilot to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans from the UK. Initially denied, the use of AI was confirmed after weeks of controversy surrounding a safety advisory group me...
In Colorado, a woman was wrongfully accused of theft based on evidence from Flock cameras. Despite providing evidence of her innocence, the police refused to consider it, insisting on taking the case to court. The charges were later dropped.
