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aiHundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features
WIRED uncovered some 400 apps and websites linked to Chinese-language developers that look like regular AI tools but had secret features that let users create violent AI-generated images and video.
China's First Frontier AI Export Controls: Mofcom Announcement No. 48
39 points · 23 comments on Hacker News.
aiAI glasses can replace your prescription glasses, but should they?
You can easily get AI glasses with prescription if you need them, but before making the investment, it's recommended to learn the pros and cons of them.
OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’
Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?
aiAnthropic updates Claude to stop it from recreating existing video games
Users can still lean on Claude to help with designing original or genre games.
AI can make tech CEOs’ lives easier. What about everyone else?
On Equity, we discuss why tech CEO statements can seem so tone deaf.
TechCrunch Mobility: A new, bigger AV boom is here
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
aiChatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences
Outsourcing planning to AI can lead people to surrender their own critical thinking, which can have potentially deadly results in places like the backcountry.
The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks
377 points · 292 comments on Hacker News.
Data centers are now a midterm issue, even in Brooklyn
At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and data centers.
Apple CEO says the company doesn’t ‘want to ship AI for AI’s sake’
Apple's new CEO defended the company's current position in the AI landscape.
Judge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward
An NAACP lawsuit accuses the SpaceX-owned AI company of violating the Clean Air Act.
OpenAI reportedly lowers funding target for new round
OpenAI’s latest funding round doesn't seem to be living up to expectations.
aiSpooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims
Named “Volta-Autodoxer,” the recently uncovered malware uses AI tools to collect troves of data about victims, from login credentials and credit card numbers to Discord sessions and UberEats receipts.
aiSupersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers
Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.
aiAnthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours
It's still unknown how attackers got access to Anthropic's verified Cursor account.
aiDartmouth's provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job
People who love AI don't always love telling others they used it.
aiBasically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders
But it's still early days for the relatively new e-commerce use case.
aiFujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
Low costs and offline security mean magnetic tape still has a job.
aiThousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says
Applying for FAFSA may get messy as DOJ “ghost student” crackdown ramps up.