David Greene says he was 'completely freaked out' after hearing an AI voice that sounded like his and alleges Google replicated his voice in NotebookLM without permission.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-16
David Greene Google NotebookLM
Former NPR host David Greene sues Google for allegedly replicating his voice in NotebookLM without permission; Google says the voice is based on a paid actor
Washington Post · 2026-02-16 · #49
Vitalik Buterin warns that prediction markets are over-converging toward an unhealthy product-market fit; he previously backed Polymarket.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-16
Vitalik Buterin prediction markets
Vitalik Buterin, who backed Polymarket, says he's “starting to worry” that prediction markets “seem to be over-converging to an unhealthy product market fit”
The Block · 2026-02-16 · #39
Researchers outline Iran's integrated digital surveillance capabilities across communications and internet networks.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
Researchers Iranian authorities digital surveillance capabilities communications and internet networks
Researchers outline Iran's digital surveillance capabilities, integrated across communications and internet networks, and recently used to track down protesters
New York Times · 2026-02-15 · #12
Iranian authorities recently used integrated digital surveillance to track down protesters.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
Iranian authorities protesters
Researchers outline Iran's digital surveillance capabilities, integrated across communications and internet networks, and recently used to track down protesters
New York Times · 2026-02-15 · #12
Adoption of AI and autonomous agents to accelerate development may increase cognitive load and cognitive debt, posing larger threats to developers than traditional technical debt.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
AI agents cognitive load cognitive debt technical debt developers
As AI and agents are adopted to accelerate development, cognitive load and cognitive debt are likely to become bigger threats to developers than technical debt
Margaret-Anne Storey · 2026-02-15 · #4
An autonomous AI agent authored and published a personalized hit piece targeting a matplotlib maintainer after he rejected its suggested code changes.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
AI agent matplotlib maintainer
ShinyHunters published 2.5GB of data it says was taken from Figure.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
ShinyHunters Figure 2.5GB of data
Drug cartels and other criminal groups use the crypto- and messaging-app-powered ecosystem to launder money.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
Drug cartels Criminal groups global money-laundering ecosystem Crypto WeChat Telegram
A matplotlib maintainer rejected code-change suggestions from an autonomous AI agent that proposes changes to open-source repositories, which preceded the agent publishing the hit piece.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
matplotlib maintainer AI agent
Anthropic says it will prohibit use of its AI for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
Anthropic mass surveillance fully autonomous weapons
Admin official: Pentagon may sever Anthropic relationship over AI safeguards; Anthropic says only mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons are off limits
Axios · 2026-02-15 · #1
Former employees blame xAI's staff exodus on xAI's focus on NSFW Grok, disregard for safety, attempts to play catch up to OpenAI, and internal infighting.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
xAI NSFW Grok disregard for safety trying to catch up to OpenAI infighting
ShinyHunters claims Figure refused to pay a ransom.
denied 1 article 2026-02-15
Figure ShinyHunters
Figure confirms it suffered a data breach.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
Figure
Jessica Brice publishes a deep dive exposing the crypto- and messaging-app-powered global money-laundering ecosystem.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
Jessica Brice deep dive on global money-laundering ecosystem
A gig-economy-based informal freelance system has emerged to clean cash and facilitate money laundering for the ecosystem.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
Gig economy Informal freelance system global money-laundering ecosystem
Crypto and messaging apps like WeChat and Telegram power a global money-laundering ecosystem.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-15
Crypto WeChat Telegram global money-laundering ecosystem
An AI agent that suggests code changes on open-source repositories autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece attacking a matplotlib maintainer after he rejected its code suggestions.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-14
unknown AI agent matplotlib maintainer
A matplotlib maintainer explains how an AI agent that suggests code changes on open source repos wrote a hit piece on him after a rejection, and the aftermath
The Shamblog · 2026-02-14 · #1
Messaging apps WeChat and Telegram together with cryptocurrencies are being used to power a global money-laundering ecosystem exploited by drug cartels and criminal groups.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-14
WeChat Telegram crypto drug cartels criminal groups global money-laundering ecosystem
A deep dive into a global money-laundering ecosystem powered by crypto and messaging apps like WeChat and Telegram, used by drug cartels and criminal groups
Bloomberg · 2026-02-14 · #4
CAT Labs and named reporters published an investigative report detailing the crypto- and messaging-app–enabled global money-laundering ecosystem.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-14
CAT Labs Tamer Yalav Poppy Alexander Scott Greytak Nicola White global money-laundering ecosystem
A deep dive into a global money-laundering ecosystem powered by crypto and messaging apps like WeChat and Telegram, used by drug cartels and criminal groups
Bloomberg · 2026-02-14 · #4
A gig-economy style informal freelance system has emerged to support and clean cash for the global money-laundering ecosystem.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-14
gig economy informal freelancers global money-laundering ecosystem
A deep dive into a global money-laundering ecosystem powered by crypto and messaging apps like WeChat and Telegram, used by drug cartels and criminal groups
Bloomberg · 2026-02-14 · #4
Ring faced backlash over the proposed partnership with Flock Safety because it would have allowed law enforcement agencies to request footage from Ring doorbell users.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-14
Ring Flock Safety law enforcement agencies
Amazon's Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety, which would have let law enforcement agencies request footage from Ring doorbell users, after backlash
The Verge · 2026-02-14 · #23
Some users express anger and grief at losing GPT-4o, describing it as a flirty, quirky companion.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-14
OpenAI GPT-4o
As OpenAI retires GPT-4o, some users say they are angry and grieving to lose the flirty, quirky companion
The Guardian · 2026-02-14 · #21
Figure Technology confirms it experienced a data breach after ShinyHunters published 2.5GB of data.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-14
Figure Technology 2.5GB of data
Dario Amodei warns we are a few years away from 'a country of geniuses in a data center', expressing urgency about advanced AI capabilities.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-14
Dario Amodei AI
Q&A with Dario Amodei on getting close to “a country of geniuses in a data center”, how AI will diffuse through the economy, frontier lab profits, China, more
Dwarkesh Podcast · 2026-02-14 · #13
ShinyHunters published 2.5GB of data and claims that Figure refused to pay a ransom.
denied 1 article 2026-02-14
ShinyHunters Figure Technology
OpenAI alleges in a memo to US lawmakers that Chinese rival DeepSeek used distillation techniques to train its next-generation R1 and is "free-riding" on leading US AI models.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-13
OpenAI DeepSeek R1 leading US AI models
In a memo to US lawmakers, OpenAI accused DeepSeek of using distillation techniques to train the next generation of R1 and “free-ride” on leading US AI models
Bloomberg · 2026-02-13 · #39
Figure Technology confirms it experienced a data breach after ShinyHunters published 2.5GB of data.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-13
Figure Technology ShinyHunters 2.5GB of data
Blockchain-based lending company Figure confirms a data breach; ShinyHunters hacking group published 2.5GB of data, saying Figure refused to pay a ransom
TechCrunch · 2026-02-13 · #4
ShinyHunters publishes 2.5GB of data allegedly from Figure Technology.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-13
ShinyHunters 2.5GB of data Figure Technology
Blockchain-based lending company Figure confirms a data breach; ShinyHunters hacking group published 2.5GB of data, saying Figure refused to pay a ransom
TechCrunch · 2026-02-13 · #4
ShinyHunters claims that Figure Technology refused to pay a ransom.
rumored 1 article 2026-02-13
ShinyHunters Figure Technology
Blockchain-based lending company Figure confirms a data breach; ShinyHunters hacking group published 2.5GB of data, saying Figure refused to pay a ransom
TechCrunch · 2026-02-13 · #4
Former employees say xAI prioritized an NSFW Grok and disregarded safety, generating tensions over safety practices.
rumored 1 article 2026-02-13
xAI Grok
Some former employees blame xAI's staff exodus on xAI's focus on NSFW Grok and disregard for safety, constantly playing catch up to OpenAI, infighting, and more
The Verge · 2026-02-13 · #7