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ARCHIVE SATURDAY, APRIL 11 · 27 STORIES
AI-Generated Influencers Reshape Online Trust and Attention Economy
Artificial intelligence-generated personas are increasingly dominating social media platforms and reshaping how users consume content online, according to inves...
Top AI Researchers Return From US to China Citing Pay, Quality of Life, Immigration Barriers
A growing number of prominent artificial intelligence researchers have relocated from the United States to China over the past year, citing a combination of com...
Research Shows Smaller AI Models Match Large Systems on Vulnerability Detection
New research from AI security firm AISLE demonstrates that smaller language models can match or exceed the performance of larger systems on specialized vulnerab...
The New Yorker Publishes AI-Generated Illustration for Sam Altman Profile
The New Yorker has published an illustration created using generative artificial intelligence for a profile of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, drawing attention to the m...
Databricks: Only 19% of organizations have deployed AI agents to production
Only 19% of organizations have deployed AI agents in production environments, according to a new report from Databricks based on data from over 20,000 organizat...
Tesla Wins First European Approval for Supervised Self-Driving Software in Netherlands
The Netherlands has become the first European country to approve Tesla's supervised self-driving software, marking a significant step for the company's expansio...
OpenAI Launches $100 ChatGPT Pro Subscription Tier
OpenAI has introduced a new ChatGPT Pro subscription priced at $100 per month, positioning the offering as a direct competitor to Anthropic's Claude Pro service...
Three OpenAI Stargate Leaders Depart for Meta
Three senior executives who played key roles in launching OpenAI's Stargate initiative have left the company to join Meta Platforms, according to sources famili...
Google says Polymarket predictions briefly appeared in Google News in error
Google confirmed that links to prediction market bets from Polymarket were displayed in Google News search results, calling the appearance an error that has sin...
Prediction Market Kalshi Wins Temporary Pause in Arizona Criminal Case
Kalshi secured a temporary injunction on Friday against Arizona state officials in an ongoing legal battle over the prediction market platform's operations. A f...
Survey: 84% of Europeans Distrust US Tech Companies With Personal Data
A survey of 6,698 people across six EU countries found that approximately 84% of respondents do not trust US technology companies with their personal data, whil...
IBM pays $17 million to settle DOJ allegations over DEI practices
IBM has agreed to pay more than $17 million to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion programs...
Google Removes Polymarket Betting Links From News Results After Error Disclosure
Google has removed links to cryptocurrency betting platform Polymarket from its Google News service after the links briefly appeared alongside legitimate news a...
Apple and Meta challenge Texas social media age verification laws in court brief
Apple and WhatsApp filed a joint amicus brief on Thursday challenging Texas age verification laws that would require social media platforms to verify users' age...
Estonia opposes EU-wide child social media bans, citing enforcement concerns
Estonia and Belgium have become the only European Union member states to decline signing the Jutland Declaration, a pan-European commitment to restrict children...
Federal Judge Blocks Arizona Criminal Case Against Prediction Market Kalshi
A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking Arizona from continuing its criminal case against prediction market platform Kalshi. The U.S....
OpenAI Accuses Elon Musk of 'Legal Ambush' in $100 Billion Lawsuit
OpenAI has accused Elon Musk of a "legal ambush" in response to recent amendments the billionaire made to his lawsuit against the artificial intelligence compan...
Stripe acquires stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion
Stripe has acquired Bridge, a stablecoin orchestration platform, for $1.1 billion. The deal, finalized this week, makes the startup's founders instant billionai...
Chrome Extension Audits Browsers for Malicious Extensions Removed from Web Store
A new browser security tool called Malext Sentry allows users to audit their Chrome installations for extensions that have been removed from the official Web St...
Rockstar Games Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Threaten Leak
Rockstar Games confirmed on Friday that its systems were breached by unauthorized actors who obtained access to company data. The video game publisher, known fo...
Alleged Supercomputer Hack Could Be Largest Data Breach in Chinese History
An alleged cyberattack targeting Chinese supercomputing infrastructure has emerged as potentially the largest data breach in the nation's history, according to ...
Rockstar Games Confirms Data Breach by ShinyHunters Hacking Group
Rockstar Games has confirmed a third-party data breach after the hacker group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility and issued a ransom demand with an April 14 de...
Citizen Lab Exposes Webloc Surveillance System Tracking 500 Million Mobile Devices via Ad Data
A new investigation by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab has revealed details of Webloc, an advertising-based geolocation surveillance system that provides la...
Rockstar Games reportedly breached via Snowflake, ShinyHunters claims responsibility
The cybercriminal group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for a data breach affecting Rockstar Games, alleging the theft occurred through a compromised Sn...
Bank of Canada Convenes Lenders Over Anthropic AI Cybersecurity Risks
The Bank of Canada and major Canadian banks and financial firms met Friday to discuss cybersecurity risks raised by Anthropic's latest artificial intelligence m...
Finnish Startup Donut Lab Claims Solid-State Battery Breakthrough for Electric Vehicles
Donut Lab, a Finnish startup spun out of Verge Motorcycles, says it has solved the engineering challenges behind solid-state batteries and plans to begin produc...
Saudi Alat Fund Removes CEO Amit Midha, Drops Chip Investment Plans
Alat, a $100 billion electronics manufacturing fund backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), has removed Chief Executive Officer Amit Midha accord...