AI Agents in Your Text Messages: The New Privacy Surface
A wave of SMS-resident AI agents read your calendar, email, and contacts. TechCrunch's October 2026 survey maps more than 15 vendors and what they can reach.
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Meta's Wearable Patent Would Record Bystanders by Design
A Meta patent published July 2 describes a wearable that records all-day audio, infers mood from sighs and laughter, and includes bystanders by design.
Grammarly's 'Expert Review' Impersonates Dead Academics Without Consent
Scholars call it 'digital necromancy' after discovering the AI writing tool offers feedback under the names of real professors - including those who died weeks ago