Trump’s acting cybersecurity chief uploaded sensitive government docs to ChatGPT

The acting head of the US cybersecurity agency CISA uploaded sensitive contract documents marked “for official use only” to ChatGPT. According to Politico. Trump-appointed CISA acting director Madhu Gottumukkala triggered a series of automated security alerts designed to prevent theft or inadvertent disclosure of government files from federal networks, the outlet reported Tuesday, citing officials….

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Anthropic reportedly upped its latest raise to $20B

Anthropic has doubled the amount of VC funding it aims to raise, FT report, Increasing the target from $10 billion to $20 billion. The round is expected to close soon, giving the company a valuation of $350 billion, sources told FT. Anthropic, which creates the popular AI Cloud and the equally popular Cloud Code, decided…

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TikTok joins Snap to settle social media addiction lawsuit

tiktok settle down A high-profile lawsuit took place Monday evening alleging that social media companies intentionally make their products addictive, causing harm to users. snap The case settled last week, but Meta and YouTube – the other defendants – are now headed to trial, where jury selection will begin on Tuesday. The case, centered on…

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Google pays $68 million to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users

Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle claims that its voice assistant illegally spied on users to, among other things, deliver advertisements. Reuters report. Google did not admit wrongdoing in settlement of the class-action case, which accused the company “Unlawfully and knowingly intercepting and recording confidential communications of persons without their consent and subsequently…

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ChatGPT is pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia

Information from the conservative-leaning, AI-generated encyclopedia developed by Elon Musk’s xAI has begun to appear in replies to ChatGPT. XAI launched GrowWikipedia in October after Musk complained that Wikipedia was biased against conservatives. Reporters soon noted that while many articles appeared to be Copied directly from WikipediaGrow Wikipedia too claimed Pornography contributed to the AIDS…

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Gmail is having issues with spam and misclassification

If your Gmail account is not working properly today, you are not alone. official status dashboard Google Workspace reveals that the problems began around 5 a.m. Saturday morning, with users experiencing both “misclassification of emails in the inbox and additional spam warnings.” For me, this meant that my primary inbox was filled with messages that…

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