Sam Altman's Iris-Scanning Company Now Wants to Verify Who's Behind Your AI Agent
World launches AgentKit, a tool that lets AI shopping bots prove a human backs them - by linking to biometric data from the controversial Orb device
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Ring's CEO Email Reveals Search Party's Real Goal: 'Zero Out Crime in Neighborhoods'
Leaked internal email shows Ring's lost dog feature is the foundation for broader AI surveillance. Congress demands answers as partnership with Flock Safety collapses.
OpenAI Takes Pentagon's $200M Contract After Anthropic Blacklisted for Refusing Surveillance Terms
The QuitGPT movement, 1.5 million user exodus, and the deal that split the AI industry over autonomous weapons and mass surveillance
Your Anonymous Internet Account Isn't Anonymous Anymore
New research shows AI can link your Reddit burner account to your real identity for under $4. The era of casual online pseudonymity may be ending.
Your Burner Account Won't Save You: AI Can Unmask Anonymous Users for $4
New research from ETH Zurich and Anthropic shows AI can identify pseudonymous online accounts with 67% accuracy at just $1-4 per person - and there's no easy fix.
Workers in Kenya Are Watching Your Smart Glasses Footage - Including Sex and Bathroom Visits
A Swedish investigation reveals Meta's AI glasses send intimate user footage to human reviewers in Nairobi, triggering lawsuits and regulatory investigations across two continents.
Your Smart TV Takes Screenshots Every 500 Milliseconds: The Samsung ACR Settlement and How to Stop It
Texas forced Samsung to stop collecting viewing data without consent. Here's what ACR technology actually does to your privacy - and how to disable it on every major TV brand.
The Anthropic Standoff: What the Pentagon-Claude Clash Means for AI Ethics
Anthropic refused the Pentagon's demands for unrestricted AI access. Trump banned them. The military used Claude anyway. Here's what it all means for the future of ethical AI.
FBI Confirms Using AI for Hacking Operations: 'It's a Game Changer'
FBI official reveals the agency uses AI to scan for vulnerabilities, exploit weaknesses, and move through networks in cyber operations targeting suspects.
The Great ChatGPT Exodus: Why Privacy-Conscious Users Are Fleeing to Claude
A 295% surge in ChatGPT uninstalls after OpenAI's Pentagon deal reveals how AI users are voting with their feet on privacy and ethics.
The Line in the Sand: Anthropic's Pentagon Standoff
Anthropic refused mass surveillance and autonomous weapons for the military. The Pentagon blacklisted it. What happens next could shape AI governance.
Apple's AI Wearables Are Coming - and So Is a Privacy Reckoning
With smart glasses, camera AirPods, and an AI pendant reportedly days from preview, Apple faces the same surveillance questions plaguing Meta
Anthropic vs. The Pentagon: The AI Safety Showdown That Could Reshape the Industry
Anthropic refused to let Claude be used for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, and the US government blacklisted it. What happened and why it matters.
Anthropic Abandons Core Safety Pledge as Pentagon Ultimatum Looms
Anthropic quietly dropped its 2023 promise to halt development if risks outpace safeguards - one day before a Pentagon deadline.
Pentagon Gives Anthropic 72-Hour Ultimatum: Drop AI Safety Guardrails or Face Defense Production Act
After a tense Tuesday meeting, Defense Secretary Hegseth told Anthropic's CEO: comply by Friday 5pm or the government will force compliance. Anthropic isn't budging.
Pentagon Summons Anthropic CEO for Tuesday Ultimatum Meeting
Defense Secretary Hegseth has called Dario Amodei to the Pentagon for a tense meeting. Anthropic must decide: drop AI safety guardrails or face blacklisting.
Discord's Age Verification Sparks a Privacy Crisis
Discord announces mandatory facial scanning and ID uploads months after a breach exposed 70,000 government documents. Users are fleeing to Matrix and TeamSpeak.
The Pentagon Is Threatening to Blacklist Anthropic Over AI Ethics
Pentagon officials considered a supply-chain-risk label after Anthropic resisted military use of Claude for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
ICE Is Scanning American Faces on the Street With AI It Knows Doesn't Work as Advertised
DHS deployed facial recognition to 100,000+ field encounters without legally required privacy reviews. Internal records show the agency knew the app couldn't verify identities.
Chrome's Auto Browse Lets Google's AI Surf the Web for You - and Watch Everything You Do
Google's new agentic browsing feature streams every page you visit to its servers. Here's what that means for your privacy.
ChatGPT Now Has Ads. Here's What That Actually Means for Your Privacy
OpenAI started showing ads in ChatGPT conversations on February 9. Ad personalization is on by default, targeting uses your conversation topics, and opting out may cost you message limits. The era of ad-funded AI is here.
Google DeepMind Just Bought an Emotion-Reading AI Company. That Should Worry You.
Three deals in one week -- including a startup that detects emotions from your voice. Google is assembling capabilities that should make privacy advocates nervous.
The Pentagon Gave 3 Million People an AI Chatbot. What Could Go Wrong?
GenAI.mil has 1.1 million users in two months. The military wants Grok next. Between hallucinations, conflicts of interest, and an 'AI-first' strategy that prioritizes speed over safety, the risks are piling up.
Inside HHS's AI-Powered Ideological Screening of Federal Grants
HHS uses Palantir and Credal AI to flag grants for DEI and gender ideology, while a separate vaccine-data AI tool raises accuracy concerns.