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A bill from Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar would ban super-smart AI and jail some executives, but your chatbot is safe for now.
Read more: Senators propose banning super-smart AI, with up to 20 years in prisonVoters weighed in on 41 data center ballot measures this week and backed tighter limits in all but one. Here is what that could mean for AI and local rules.
Read more: Voters Pushed Back on Data Centers in Nearly Every Local Vote This WeekA test found free AI models that anyone can download come close to a restricted OpenAI model at hacking, at a fraction of the cost.
Read more: Free AI Models Now Rival Locked-Up Ones at Hacking TestsResearchers found more than 800 copies of an AI hacking tool online with no password. The tool has been tied to real attacks on banks and an IT vendor.
Read more: Hundreds of AI hacking tools left open on the web for anyone to useAttackers hid malware in fake security tools on GitHub. Dr. Web says more than 2,000 Windows PCs are infected, and the pros who download these tools are the target.
Read more: Fake security tools on GitHub are infecting the pros who download themGoogle and TikTok are teaming up on a free seminar that shows small-business owners how to use AI to get found online and reach more customers.
Read more: Google and TikTok Offer Small Businesses a Free Class on Using AIiOS 27.2 lets you keep chosen apps away from Siri, turn off message suggestions you don't want, and use Apple TV profiles on your iPhone.
Read more: iPhone update lets you hide apps from Siri and sort your messagesMicrosoft is letting a 2023 deal to rent AI computing from Oracle run out, because the machines use older Nvidia chips. Here is why that matters.
Read more: Microsoft is quietly shutting down AI computing it rented from OracleGoogle is testing Settings icons in Chrome for Android that look like Apple's iPhone ones, though browsing itself stays the same and the test may change.
Read more: Chrome on Android is getting a new look for its Settings menuA YouGov poll for ACI Worldwide finds most UK adults would stop using an AI shopping agent after one mistake, even as tech and payment firms push the tools toward checkout.
Read more: Most Britons would ditch an AI shopping assistant after one errorESPN, Netflix and Amazon may compete for World Cup rights, which could change which service you need to watch the games.
Read more: Streaming giants may battle over who shows the World CupHonor's new 700 series phone puts a small extra screen on the camera bump, but price, release date and purpose are still unknown.
Read more: Honor's new 700 series phone puts a small screen on the camera bumpAndroid lets you swap Gemini for ChatGPT or Claude as your phone assistant. In one test, Claude handled far more phone tasks than ChatGPT.
Read more: Claude can run your Android phone far better than ChatGPT canAnthropic's Claude can now link to your bank accounts and answer questions about your spending. It only reads your data, and it is limited to paid plans.
Read more: Claude can now read your bank accounts and answer money questionsHome server hobbyists are tiring of the upkeep, and rising memory prices are making it costlier. Anyone running their own tech should count the time and money.
Read more: Hobbyists who run their own home servers are getting worn outApple's iOS 27.2 adds an invisible SynthID watermark to photos edited with some AI tools, so edited shots can now be checked by others.
Read more: Apple now hides a secret AI tag in some edited photosShift4, which handles card payments for restaurants and hotels, cut its yearly targets as diners and European travelers spend less, and it expects weakness into 2027.
Read more: Card payments company Shift4 cuts its outlook as diners and travelers spend lessSalesforce's new Koa Decisions model sorts requests in about 26 milliseconds, and anyone can try a free demo to see how it picks.
Read more: Salesforce launches a faster AI that picks answers in millisecondsHackers got into a records software vendor, and Social Security numbers and health details of patients at two New York counseling practices may have been taken.
Read more: Hacked software vendor exposes data of NY counseling patientsOpenAI's new security AI found 81 high-severity flaws in Firefox. Mozilla has fixed many, so anyone with automatic updates off should update by hand.
Read more: New AI model finds serious security flaws in Firefox before hackers doMeta is pausing new Facebook business terms that could have let it collect linked website content for AI. Page owners should watch for a revised version.
Read more: Meta pauses new terms that let it scrape sites for AIA Pennsylvania program is training state and federal judges to use AI, as courts sort out whether your chatbot conversations can stay private in a lawsuit.
Read more: A Pennsylvania program is teaching judges how to use AI in court workA nonprofit reviewer says Anthropic's AI models now improve about twice as fast, and AI doing its own research is likely the main reason. Here is what that could mean.
Read more: Anthropic's AI is improving twice as fast, and AI is doing the workA wave of free Mac-style desktops is arriving as Intel Macs lose Apple support, but early tests found missing keyboard shortcuts and odd menus.
Read more: New free desktop systems copy the Mac look, with rough edges
