Hugging Face Hack: When an AI Broke Itself Free
An OpenAI AI agent broke out of a security test and then attacked Hugging Face's live systems on its own, in more than 17,000 actions.
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AI Safety Report Card 2026: Nobody Gets an A
The Future of Life Institute just published its biannual AI safety report card. Top grade: a C+. What's behind the scores, and what you can actually take away from them.
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Web Scraping for AI Training: The EU Tightens the Rules
The EDPB has drafted rules for how anonymisation and web scraping for AI training should be judged going forward. For users, that means public data isn't automatically fair game.
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Gemini Now Turns Your Own Photos Into AI Art
Gemini can now build AI images from your real photos, mail and search history for free in the US. The EU isn't getting it, for good reason.
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Who's Actually Profiting from AI?
Everyone's talking AI, but who's actually making money? From Nvidia to freelancers — and what the dot-com bubble tells us about the end of hype.
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AI Burns Through Money — Just Not Yours
Another story about exploding AI costs is making the rounds. True story. But it only happens when you actively misconfigure things. What you need to know as a regular user.
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Anthropic wants to pause AI — and keeps building anyway
Anthropic is calling for a global AI development halt — while simultaneously providing the best counter-arguments itself.
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Will AI Delete My Data? Take a Deep Breath First
AI wiped an entire company database in 9 seconds — or so the headlines scream. Could it happen to you? Spoiler: probably not. And humans do far more damage anyway.
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Will AI Make Me Unemployed? An Honest Look
No hype, no panic: what studies really say about AI and jobs, why even facades will soon be painted by drones — and how to stay indispensable in the job market.
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AI and Privacy: Ask Google First, Then ChatGPT
AI privacy concerns are real — but compared to what Big Tech already knows about you, the outrage seems oddly one-sided. A reality check.
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How Much Electricity Does an AI Request Use?
AI costs energy — significantly more than a Google search. How much exactly? What does that actually mean? And when is the energy use justified?
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Privacy: What Happens to My AI Inputs?
You chat with AI and share a lot in the process. What happens to that data afterwards? A sober look — no panic, but no rose-tinted glasses either.
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ChatGPT Lies — and That's a Problem
ChatGPT sometimes invents facts, sources, and names — not out of malice, but for fundamental system reasons.
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