A Single Poisoned Document Could Leak ‘Secret’ Data Via ChatGPT
Security researchers found a weakness in OpenAI’s Connectors, which let you hook up ChatGPT to other services, that allowed them to extract data from a Google Drive without any user…
August 2025
Upwork is buying its way into corporate staffing beyond freelancers
The company will merge Bubty and Ascen with its existing enterprise business to form a separate entity later this year.
Google denies AI search features are killing website traffic
Google denies AI is impacting search across the web, saying only “some” sites have suffered.
A rival Tea app for men is leaking its users’ personal data and driver’s licenses
The newly launched app, now trending on Apple’s App Store, contains at least one major security flaw that exposes the private information of its users, including their uploaded selfies and…
Federal regulators give Zoox an exemption for its custom-built robotaxis
NHTSA is also closing an investigation into the Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle company.
Inside the US Government’s Unpublished Report on AI Safety
The National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a groundbreaking study on frontier models just before Donald Trump’s second term as president—and never published the results.
Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Guilty on One Count in Federal Crypto Case
A federal jury found crypto developer Roman Storm guilty of operating an unlicensed crypto business, but cleared him of sanctions violations and deadlocked on a money laundering charge.
First impressions of Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, AI-powered digital assistant
To find out whether Alexa is still the best smart assistant for my family, I’m going to test Amazon’s AI-powered devices, experiment with AI queries, and write out my thoughts…
Google takes on ChatGPT’s Study Mode with new ‘Guided Learning’ tool in Gemini
Google is also offering students in the U.S., Japan, Indonesia, Korea, and Brazil a free one-year subscription to its AI Pro plan.
OpenAI is practically giving ChatGPT to the government for free
GSA Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum in a statement encouraged “other American AI technology companies to follow OpenAI’s lead and work with us.”