OpenAI releases bot-tom feeding browser with ChatGPT built in
Why experience the web for yourself when there's so much privacy to surrender?
AI + ML22 Oct 2025 | 31
Thomas is a senior reporter at The Register. His specialty lies in government IT, software development, and the ethical use of artificial intelligence. Thomas has nearly 30 years of experience in technology publishing, including roles ranging from magazine section editor to editor-at-large.
AI eats leisure time, makes employees work more, study finds
Rise and grind, robot overlords demand
AI + ML21 Oct 2025 | 46
AI does a better job of ripping off the style of famous authors than MFA students do
Shall I refer thee to all those lawsuits about fair use? Researchers think this result makes them worth revisiting
AI + ML21 Oct 2025 | 24
Aid groups use AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ to juice fundraising efforts
Researchers accuse tech firms of profiting from exploitative AI imagery
AI + ML20 Oct 2025 | 14
Ruby Central tries to make peace after 'hostile takeover'
Taps Ruby core to oversee RubyGems, Bundler
Devops18 Oct 2025 | 23
Anthropic brings mad Skills to Claude
Teaching an old bot new tricks
AI + ML16 Oct 2025 | 20
Vulnerability scores, huh, what are they good for? Almost nothing
CVE and CVSS systems suffer from misaligned incentives and inconsistency
Security16 Oct 2025 | 5
Librephone battles the proprietary binary blob
Free Software Foundation project aims to reverse-engineer non-freedom respecting firmware
OSes15 Oct 2025 | 35
OpenAI's ChatGPT is so popular that almost no one will pay for it
If you build it, they will come and expect the service to be free
AI + ML15 Oct 2025 | 84
Salesforce pumps the dream of AI agents as helpers, not replacements
In the Agentic Enterprise, 'AI doesn’t replace people, it elevates them'
SaaS15 Oct 2025 | 7
Framework flame war erupts over support of politically polarizing Linux projects
Laptop maker's apolitical endorsement of politically contentious projects meets resistance
OSes14 Oct 2025 | 43
Android 'Pixnapping' attack can capture app data like 2FA codes
GPU-based timing attack inspired by decade-old iframe technique
Cybersecurity Month13 Oct 2025 | 8
OpenAI GPT-5: great taste, less filling, now with 30% less bias
AI model maker touts effort to depoliticize its product
AI + ML10 Oct 2025 | 51
Kyndryl sued for firing non-white workers, disabled vet
Security team cuts allegedly targeted workers based on race, national origin, age, and whistleblowing
On-Prem10 Oct 2025 | 21
Google rearranges Agentspace into Gemini Enterprise
A new spin on workflow automation as Chocolate Factory tries to displace Microsoft as the enterprise go-to
AI + ML09 Oct 2025 | 3
Hobble your AI agents to prevent them from hurting you too badly
That's the main takeaway from the Zenity AI Agent Security Summit
Cybersecurity Month09 Oct 2025 | 11
AI companion bots use emotional manipulation to boost usage
Researchers argue that this dark pattern poses a legal risk
AI + ML08 Oct 2025 | 18
Employees regularly paste company secrets into ChatGPT
Microsoft Copilot, not so much
AI + ML07 Oct 2025 | 47
Google DeepMind minds the patch with AI flaw-fixing scheme
CodeMender has been generating fixes for vulnerabilities in open source projects
Cybersecurity Month07 Oct 2025 | 1
OpenAI tells developers ChatGPT is ready to be their gatekeeper
Integrate your apps via their Apps SDK and maybe they'll send you some business
AI + ML06 Oct 2025 | 6
AI chatbots that butter you up make you worse at conflict, study finds
Top AI models keep saying you’re right, and that’s the problem
AI + ML05 Oct 2025 | 34
Google goes straight to shell with AI command line coding tool
Devs live in terminals - now Jules does too
AI + ML03 Oct 2025 | 20
Salesforce pickin' up good vibrations
Agentforce Vibes is a new AI-assisted IDE for building Salesforce apps and agents
AI + ML02 Oct 2025 | 5
Curl project, swamped with AI slop, finds not all AI is bad
Artificial intelligence works when humans use it wisely
AI + ML02 Oct 2025 | 9
Meta will listen into AI conversations to personalize ads
Religion, race, health and other dicey topics supposedly exempt
AI + ML01 Oct 2025 | 16
Microsoft declares bring your Copilot to work day, usurping IT authority
Use your home subscription with your work Microsoft 365 account
AI + ML01 Oct 2025 | 76
AI has had zero effect on jobs so far, says Yale study
Other studies are finding the same thing
AI + ML01 Oct 2025 | 42
Cyborg dreams move closer to reality with low-power artificial neuron
UMass Amherst research promises better bioelectronic communication
Science30 Sep 2025 | 6
Socket will block it with free malicious package firewall
"sfw" stands for Socket Firewall, but perhaps also "safe for work."
Devops30 Sep 2025 | 10
Whitebridge AI created false and alarming reputation reports, complaint alleges
Updated Privacy group Noyb wants Lithuania to throw the GDPR book at 'em
Legal29 Sep 2025 |
Your AI conversations are a secret new treasure trove for marketers
ai-pocalypse And they may not be seeking proper consent
AI + ML29 Sep 2025 | 16
Inventor who encouraged Elon Musk to make Optimus says most humanoid robots today are 'terrifying'
interview Scott LaValley, CEO of Cartwheel Robotics, says robot makers should prioritize social acceptance over capabilities
Offbeat13 Sep 2025 | 66
New Really Simple Licensing spec wants AI crawlers to show a license - or a credit card
For whom the bill tolls
AI + ML11 Sep 2025 | 11
Walmart's bet on AI depends on getting employees to use it
The technology isn't the hard part, says enterprise business services SVP, it's managing people
AI + ML11 Sep 2025 | 37
Spectre haunts CPUs again: VMSCAPE vulnerability leaks cloud secrets
AMD Zen hardware and Intel Coffee Lake affected
Research11 Sep 2025 | 4
Google Cloud CEO sees sunny days ahead thanks to AI demand
We're making billions on AI, how about you?
Off-Prem09 Sep 2025 |
Apple's 'Awe Droppings' fall close to the tree
iPhone 17 Air shows company lightening up
Personal Tech09 Sep 2025 | 72
WhatsApp's former security boss claims reporting infosec failings led to ousting
Meta shrugs off allegations of improper dismissal, ignoring privacy and security
Legal08 Sep 2025 | 12
Dev snared in crypto phishing net, 18 npm packages compromised
Popular npm packages debug, chalk, and others hijacked in massive supply chain attack
Security08 Sep 2025 | 8
OpenAI reorg at risk as Attorneys General push AI safety
California, Delaware AGs blast ChatGPT shop over chatbot safeguards
AI + ML05 Sep 2025 | 12
Let us git rid of it, angry GitHub users say of forced Copilot features
Unavoidable AI has developers looking for alternative code hosting options
Devops05 Sep 2025 | 72
AI code assistants make developers more efficient at creating security problems
Fixes typos, creates timebombs
AI + ML05 Sep 2025 | 21
Boffins build automated Android bug hunting system
AI agent system said to have found more than 100 zero-day flaws in production apps
Security04 Sep 2025 | 4
Oracle’s layoff train rolls on: 101 in WA, 250+ in CA - with more cuts looming
Big Red bloodbath not yet acknowledged by the company
PaaS + IaaS03 Sep 2025 | 19
Biased bots: AI hiring managers shortlist candidates with AI resumes
When AI runs recruiting, the winning move is using the same bot
AI + ML03 Sep 2025 | 20
Tech talent biz Andela trains up devs in GitHub Copilot
The beatings will continue until usage improves
AI + ML03 Sep 2025 | 7
Total recall: Mistral AI's Le Chat can now remember your conversations
A host of plugins also make it a better business tool
AI + ML02 Sep 2025 | 2
AI spies questionable science journals, with some human help
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"
Science31 Aug 2025 | 18
AMD Ryzen CPUs fry twice in the face of heavy math load, GMP says
GMP library test meltdown has AMD looking for answers
Systems29 Aug 2025 | 36
Microsoft unveils home-made ML models amid OpenAI negotiations
Microsoft AI honcho insists partnership with Sam Altman's brainbox behemoth is alive and well
AI + ML28 Aug 2025 | 4
Not in my browser! Vivaldi capo doubles down on generative AI ban
Web browsing belongs to the people, not the bots
Applications28 Aug 2025 | 20
ChatGPT hates LA Chargers fans
Harvard researchers find model guardrails tailor query responses to user's inferred politics and other affiliations
AI + ML27 Aug 2025 | 15
Crims laud Claude to plant ransomware and fake IT expertise
comment AI lowers the bar for cybercrime, Anthropic admits
AI + ML27 Aug 2025 | 3
Anthropic teases Claude for Chrome: Don't try this at home
AI am inevitable, AI firm argues
AI + ML26 Aug 2025 | 7
AI robs jobs from recent college grads, but isn't hurting wages, Stanford study says
ai-pocalypse Machine-learning models are automating away some entry-level roles
AI + ML26 Aug 2025 | 13
Nvidia touts Jetson Thor kit for real-time robot reasoning
GPU modules for AI and robotics take aim at latency
Edge + IoT25 Aug 2025 | 2
Linux Foundation says yes to NoSQL via DocumentDB
PostgreSQL implementation of document-oriented NoSQL datastore adopted under permissive MIT license
Databases25 Aug 2025 | 7
Search-capable AI agents may cheat on benchmark tests
Data contamination can make models seem more capable than they really are
AI + ML23 Aug 2025 | 18
AI giants call for energy grid kumbaya
Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI researchers warn of uneven power usage associated with AI training, and propose possible fixes
AI + ML22 Aug 2025 | 18
Anthropic scanning Claude chats for queries about DIY nukes for some reason
Because savvy terrorists always use public internet services to plan their mischief, right?
AI + ML21 Aug 2025 | 12
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