A federal judge allows Minnesota's groundbreaking ban on 'nudify' apps to take effect August 1, rejecting Elon Musk's xAI company's last-minute request to block the first-of-its-kind U.S. law, while the broader legal battle continues.
A newly discovered vulnerability class called 'PleaseFix' exposes major AI-powered browsers — including Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT Atlas, and Copilot Edge — to zero-click exploit chains that enable silent data theft, credential theft, and full machine takeover by injecting malicious instructions into everyday content like emails and web pages.
A federal judge refuses to block Minnesota's groundbreaking AI nudification ban after xAI's emergency request fails, with the court citing the company's three-month delay as evidence of no immediate harm — leaving the law, which carries penalties up to $500,000 per violation, set to take effect Saturday despite First Amendment …
Google pulls a newly launched AI Google Earth feature just one day after release after a researcher exposes how it can generate convincing deepfake satellite images of real-world locations, including fabricated scenes of refugees and a bomb crater near a Gaza hospital, raising serious misinformation concerns.
A new IBM report reveals AI-enabled cyberattacks have surged 56% year-over-year, costing enterprises an average of $6 million per breach, with critical infrastructure sectors hit hardest by deepfakes and AI-powered malware — yet companies using AI in their own security operations are slashing breach costs by $2 million.
FaceSwap, an open-source AI face-swapping tool, surpasses 56,700 GitHub stars as its developers champion strict ethical guidelines, limiting use to legitimate purposes like filmmaking and AI experimentation while explicitly condemning non-consensual applications.
Elon Musk's xAI files a federal lawsuit against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, challenging the state's AI nudification ban as an unconstitutional First Amendment violation, while Governor Tim Walz and Ellison vow to defend the law they say protects victims' dignity.
Private Claude conversations containing sensitive medical records, children's data, and confidential company documents are appearing in Google search results, prompting Anthropic to patch the leak after Reddit users expose a search operator trick that made the shared chats publicly discoverable.
A alarming new survey of over 1,300 teens reveals nearly half have been exposed to AI-generated explicit content, with one in four reporting they've seen such material depicting themselves or someone they know, sparking urgent concerns about safety, body image, and relationship expectations among young people.
A alarming new survey reveals 44% of teens have encountered AI-generated sexual content, with most exposures accidental, leaving two-thirds fearing they'll become deepfake targets and 60% reporting distorted perceptions of real bodies, as pressure mounts on tech platforms and lawmakers to act.