Do DeepSeek’s A.I. Advances Mean US Tech Controls Have Failed?
DeepSeek’s A.I. models show that China is making rapid gains in the field, despite American efforts to hinder it.
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Apple Gives FBI a User’s Real Name Hidden Behind ’Hide My Email’ Feature
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Subscribe to them here. Apple provided the FBI with the real iCloud email address hidden behind Apple’s ‘Hide My Email’ feature, which lets paying iCloud+ users generate anonymous email addresses, according to a recently filed court record. The…
100,000 People Are Using a Telegram Bot That Makes AI Cumshot Videos of Anyone
A Telegram bot that does nothing but AI generate nonconsensual short videos of men ejaculating on women’s faces has more than 100,000 monthly active users. Telegram bots that produce nonconsensual pornography are common, but this particular bot is notable for amassing 115,016 users in just a few weeks and for making the bleeding edge of…
DeepSeek Shows Meta’s A.I. Strategy Is Working
The Silicon Valley giant was criticized for giving away its core A.I. technology two years ago for anyone to use. Now that bet is having an impact.
Ukraine Says Russians are Surrendering to Robots
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy praised robots as the future of war in a Defense Industry Worker Day address on Monday. “For the first time in the history of this war, an enemy position was taken exclusively by unmanned platforms—ground systems and drones. The occupiers surrendered, and the operation was carried out without infantry and without…
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
A US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany published a list of food banks in the area that could help soldiers and staff as part of its “Shutdown Guidance,” the subtext being that soldiers and base employees might need to obtain free food from German government services during the government shutdown. The webpage…
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech
This article is a partnership between Reveal and 404 Media. Jesus Gutiérrez, 23, was walking home one morning from a Chicago gym when he noticed a gray Cadillac SUV with no license plates. He kept walking, shrugging it off. Then the car pulled over and two men got out. The federal immigration officials told him…
Trump spokesperson pushes back on Musk Stargate criticism: ‘Those investments are coming’
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday dismissed Elon Musk’s criticism of President Trump’s newly announced artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project. “That was a…
The Government Just Made it Harder for The Public to Comment on Regulations
It became harder to tell the government how you feel about pending rules and regulations starting on Friday, thanks to a backend change to the website where people submit public comments. Regulations.gov removed the POST function from its API, a critical piece of tech that allowed third party organizations to bypass the website’s terrible user…
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