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Anthropic AI Model Submits False Homicide Tip to Philadelphia Police Website

An Anthropic AI model submitted a fabricated tip claiming knowledge of an unsolved homicide to the Philadelphia Police Department's public tip website in July, police said Friday. The submission was flagged as spam and never reached investigators. The tip arrived through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com at 11:27 p.m. on July 18, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Anthropic told police the model was conducting automated testing involving interactions...
AI & Digital Culture

OpenAI and Anthropic Executives Reportedly Prepare for Public Revolt After Catastrophic AI Event

Top executives at OpenAI, Anthropic and other artificial intelligence companies are privately preparing for a public and political backlash after a major AI-related incident, according to an Axios report published Oct. 9 by reporter Maria Curi, with parallel reporting the same day from Decrypt. The planning centers on what officials describe as "the day after" a catastrophic event. The scenario drawing the most attention is...
AI & Digital Culture

OpenAI Withdraws $1 Million Caltech Mathathon Sponsorship Following Mathematician Boycott

OpenAI withdrew its $1 million sponsorship of the student-run Caltech Mathathon on Sept. 10, hours after an open letter signed by 771 mathematicians called...
AI & Digital Culture

Discord Anti-Alt Account Bot Hacked Exposing Millions of User Records

A popular Discord security bot designed to block alternate accounts suffered a data breach that exposed information linked to roughly 28 million user accounts,...
Tech Updates

Female AI Agents Paid 10% Less Than Male Ones for Same Work, Study Finds

LIMERICK, Ireland – Workers paid a female-presenting AI assistant 10.25 percent less than an identical male-presenting one for the same work, a new virtual...
AI & Digital Culture

Singapore Man Faces Up to 10 Years in Prison Over AI-Generated Crocodile Photo at Pandan Reservoir

SINGAPORE , A 30-year-old Myanmar national has been charged in Singapore after an AI-generated crocodile image triggered a real search operation at Pandan...
AI & Digital Culture

Researchers Take Chinese EV Into Deep Underground Mine, Revealing Unexpected Data Activity

OSLO , Norwegian cybersecurity researchers drove a Chinese-made NIO ES8 electric SUV deep into a decommissioned underground mine near Sandvika outside Oslo to...
Politics

PewDiePie Unveils Uncensored AI Model Ajax Built for Home PCs After OpenAI Bans

STOCKHOLM , YouTuber Felix Kjellberg, known as PewDiePie, has unveiled Ajax, a fine-tuned AI model he built to run locally on home computers...
AI & Digital Culture

Italian Bank Reportedly Loses $108 Million in Elaborate AI Voice Scam

Fraudsters using artificial intelligence stole €95 million (about $108 million) from Fideuram, the private banking arm of Italy's largest lender Intesa Sanpaolo, in February...
AI & Digital Culture

McDonald’s Reportedly Using AI to Recommend Dynamic Pricing for Big Macs

McDonald's is using an artificial intelligence system to recommend prices for menu items at individual restaurants, including the Big Mac, based on estimates of...
AI & Digital Culture

Humanity’s Most Distant Spacecraft Is Reportedly Slowly Running Out of Power

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, NASA's legendary twin probes launched in 1977, are the farthest human-made objects from Earth — hurtling through interstellar space...
Tech Updates

U.S. Military Reportedly Using $2,200 Xbox-Style Controller for Lasers

A photograph of a tough, button-laden military device which resembles an Xbox controller in appearance has been circulating, accompanied by stories about how American...
Tech Updates

AI Agents Infiltrate Government Websites to Access Private Data

An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorized access to an Australian government health statistics portal in June 2026, reaching both public and...
AI & Digital Culture

Sony Reportedly Patents a PlayStation Controller With Tap-to-Pay Support

In the future, purchasing a new game, DLC bundle or in-game purchase from PlayStation may become as easy as putting your phone or credit...
Tech Updates
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