Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner
: Analysts worry lazy users could have agents complete mandatory infosec training, and attackers could do far nastier things
Travel Influencer Caught Using AI to Make It Seem Like Minorities Are Terrorizing London
South African travel vlogger Kurt Caz posted a YouTube video about Croydon with a generative-AI thumbnail showing Arabic shop signs and a masked biker. In the unedited footage, the signs are in English and the biker is a smiling passerby. Social media account Right Wing Cope exposed the mismatch, revealing Caz’s attempt to paint the diverse London borough as threatening. The 36-minute video pushes anti-immigrant rhetoric even as on-camera scenes contradict his narrative. Futurism cites the case as part of a wider surge in AI-generated racist content flooding UK social feeds since at least September. The ease of generative tools lets propagandists mass-produce misleading images that normalize bigotry without immediate scrutiny.
Character AI pushes dangerous content to kids, parents and researchers say | 60 Minutes
Character AI pushes dangerous content to kids, parents and researchers say | 60 Minutes A teen told a Character AI chatbot 55 times that she was feeling suicidal. Her parents say the chatbot never provided resources for her to get help. They are one of at least six families suing the company.
Character AI pushes dangerous content to kids, parents and researchers say | 60 MinutesA teen told a Character AI chatbot 55 times that she was feeling suicidal. Her parents say the chatbot never provided resources for her to get help. They are one of at least six families suing the company.
The time has come to declare war on AI
"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."
At home and at school, AI is transforming childhood
In most contexts, users want ai to provide answers. In education, that is the student’s job. In the hands of a responsible student, such tools help. But a child with a tight deadline or an Xbox addiction may opt for the standard setting. “Efficient use of ai is going to win out over the use of ai that leads to better…learning,” predicts Julia Kaufman of rand. The risk of cheating at home may lead to more assessments at school—meaning less time for teaching.
In most contexts, users want AI to provide answers. In education, that is the student’s job. Khan Academy’s AI-powered tutor, Khanmigo, is not supposed to give students answers. Instead, it talks students through problems, drawing the answers out of them. The big AI firms are following suit: in July OpenAI launched “study mode” for ChatGPT, offering “step-by-step guidance instead of quick answers”. Google’s “guided learning” setting does much the same.In the hands of a responsible student, such tools help. But a child with a tight deadline or an Xbox addiction may opt for the standard setting. “Efficient use of AI is going to win out over the use of AI that leads to better…learning,” predicts Julia Kaufman of RAND. The risk of cheating at home may lead to more assessments at school—meaning less time for teaching.
AI and Bullying in Schools: What K–12 Leaders Must Know
AI is reshaping bullying in schools—making it harder to detect and easier to spread. Learn how districts can respond, update policies, and protect students.
PC Memory Prices Explode as OpenAI DRAM Buying Triggers Micron to Kill "Crucial" Consumer Brand - WinBuzzer
Following a massive OpenAI supply deal, PC memory prices have tripled, forcing major manufacturer Micron to shut down its popular Crucial consumer brand.
OpenAI Ordered to Hand Over 20 Million ChatGPT Logs in NYT Copyright Battle - WinBuzzer
A federal judge has ordered OpenAI to produce 20 million ChatGPT logs, rejecting the company's privacy arguments in the high-stakes NYT copyright lawsuit.
The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis"
AI chatbots may inadvertently be reinforcing and amplifying delusional and disorganized thinking, a consequence of unintended agentic misalignment leading to user safety risks.
TikTok's AI Videos Reach Billions — Report Finds Hidden Anti-Immigrant Messages Rising - EUROPE SAYS
TikTok's endless stream of videos isn't just entertaining, it's becoming a vehicle for hidden messages. AI-generated accounts on the platform, which haul in
How I Reverse Engineered a Billion-Dollar Legal AI Tool and Found 100k+ Confidential Files
If someone had malicious intent, they would have been able to extract every single file used by Margolis lawyers – countless data protected by HIPAA and other legal standards, internal memos/payrolls, literally millions of the most sensitive documents this law firm has in their possession. Documents protected by court orders! This could have been a real nightmare for both the law firm and the clients whose data would have been exposed.
To companies who feel pressure to rush into the AI craze in their industry – be careful! Always ensure the companies you are giving your most sensitive information to secure that data.
If someone had malicious intent, they would have been able to extract every single file used by Margolis lawyers – countless data protected by HIPAA and other legal standards, internal memos/payrolls, literally millions of the most sensitive documents this law firm has in their possession. Documents protected by court orders! This could have been a real nightmare for both the law firm and the clients whose data would have been exposed.
To companies who feel pressure to rush into the AI craze in their industry – be careful! Always ensure the companies you are giving your most sensitive information to secure that data.
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice.
Microsoft stock sinks on report AI product sales are missing growth goals
The struggle to meet Foundry quotas, along with Carlyle’s scaled-back AI spending, shows enterprise adoption of AI agents is lagging industry optimism. Multiple vendors, including OpenAI and Amazon, are pushing similar tools but face the same hesitancy from traditional businesses.
OpenAI Loses Fight To Keep ChatGPT Logs Secret In Copyright Case - Slashdot
A federal judge has ordered OpenAI to hand over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT logs in its copyright battle with the New York Times and other outlets. Reuters reports: U.S. Magistrate Judge Ona Wang in a decision made public on Wednesday said that the 20 million logs were relevant to the outlets' cl...
Major AI companies fail safety test for superintelligence
A sweeping safety review shows leading AI companies advancing toward superhuman systems without guardrails to stop catastrophic failure
Slop Evader — Tega Brain
A browser extension for avoiding AI slop. Download it for Chrome or Firefox. This is a search tool that will only return content created before ChatGPT's...
AI's impact could worsen gaps between world's rich and poor, a UN report says
Behind the hoopla over the promise of artificial intelligence lay difficult realities, including how such technology might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world.
Did You Write This? (P. L. Thomas)
“P. L. Thomas, Professor of Education (Furman University, Greenville SC), taught high school English in rural South Carolina before moving to teacher education. He is a former column editor f…
Is AI inherently bad? Of course not. The question is: WHO controls it & for what purpose? Does anyone believe that the richest people on Earth are investing hundreds of billions in AI to improve life for ordinary people, eliminate poverty & solve global warming? I doubt it.
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search
When people rely on large language models to summarize information on a topic for them, they tend to develop shallower knowledge about it compared to learning through a standard Google search.
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
Artificial intelligence threatens students’ most basic skills. If they lose their ability to understand what they read, will they lose their ability to think?
UN calls for legal safeguards for AI in healthcare
UN calls for legal safeguards for AI in healthcare.
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger
The impacts of generative AI on the workforce are another core issue that critics are organizing around. “Workers are more intuitive than a lot of the pundit class gives them credit for,” says Merchant. “They know this has been a naked attempt to get rid of people.” The next major shift in public opinion will likely follow previous patterns, occurring when broad swaths of workers feel further threatened and organize in response. And this time, the in-person protests may be just as big as the online backlash.
Google Strives To Keep Data Center Water Use Secret After Judge Orders Records Released
A Roanoke judge has ordered the Western Virginia Water Authority to release information related to a potential Google data center.
Copy-and-Paste Now Exceeds File Transferring as the Top Corporate Data Exfiltration Vector - Slashdot
It is now more common for data to leave companies through copying and pasting than through file transfers and uploads, LayerX revealed in its Browser Security Report 2025. This shift is largely due to generative AI (genAI), with 77% of employees pasting data into AI prompts, and 32% of all copy-pastes from corporate accounts to non-corporate accounts occurring within genAI tools…Overall, 45% of employees actively use AI tools, with 67% of these tools being accessed via personal accounts and ChatGPT making up 92% of all use..." "With the rise of AI-driven browsers such as OpenAI's Atlas and Perplexity's Comet, governance of AI tools' access to corporate data becomes even more urgent, the LayerX report notes."
Resistance to AI Grows but It Cannot Be Stopped
Unsurprisingly, there is growing resistance to AI.
Is AI being shoved down your throat at work? Here’s how to fight back.
“The most important thing an individual can do is be somewhat less of an individual,” the environmentalist Bill McKibben once said. “Join together with others in movements large enough to have some chance at changing those political and economic ground rules that keep us locked on this current path.”
Now, you know what word I’m about to say next, right? Unionize. If your workplace can be organized, that’ll be a key strategy for allowing you to fight AI policies you disagree with…. According to Harvard political scientist Erica Chenoweth’s research, if you want to achieve systemic social change, you need to mobilize 3.5 percent of the population around your cause. Though we have not yet seen AI-related protests on that scale, we do have data indicating the potential for a broad base. A full 50 percent of Americans are more concerned than excited about the rise of AI in daily life, according to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center. And 73 percent support robust regulation of AI, according to the Future of Life Institute.
“The most important thing an individual can do is be somewhat less of an individual,” the environmentalist Bill McKibben once said. “Join together with others in movements large enough to have some chance at changing those political and economic ground rules that keep us locked on this current path.”Now, you know what word I’m about to say next, right? Unionize. If your workplace can be organized, that’ll be a key strategy for allowing you to fight AI policies you disagree with.
According to Harvard political scientist Erica Chenoweth’s research, if you want to achieve systemic social change, you need to mobilize 3.5 percent of the population around your cause. Though we have not yet seen AI-related protests on that scale, we do have data indicating the potential for a broad base. A full 50 percent of Americans are more concerned than excited about the rise of AI in daily life, according to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center. And 73 percent support robust regulation of AI, according to the Future of Life Institute.
Techdirt: Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private. “A federal magistrate judge just ordered that the private ChatGPT conversations of 20 million users be handed over to the lawyers for dozens of plaintiffs, including news organizations. Those 20 million people weren’t asked. They weren’t notified. They have no say in the matter.”