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Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software
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Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software

Ukraine used ArduPilot to help it wipe out Russian targets. It wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last.
Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions
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Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions

“AI is rizzing them up in a very unhealthy way at the moment.”
No One Knows How to Deal With 'Student-on-Student' AI CSAM
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No One Knows How to Deal With 'Student-on-Student' AI CSAM

A new report from Stanford finds that schools, parents, police, and our legal system are not prepared to deal with the growing problem of minors using AI to generate CSAM of other minors.
Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI to Predict Where Users Live
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Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI to Predict Where Users Live

The developer claims the tool is for cops, but anyone can sign up and use it for targeted harassment.
Civitai Ban of Real People Content Deals Major Blow to the Nonconsensual AI Porn Ecosystem
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Civitai Ban of Real People Content Deals Major Blow to the Nonconsensual AI Porn Ecosystem

Citing pressure from payment processors and new legislation, a critical resource for producing nonconsensual content bans AI models depicting the likeness of real people.
The CIA Secretly Ran a Star Wars Fan Site
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The CIA Secretly Ran a Star Wars Fan Site

The site, starwarsweb.net, was a covert CIA communications tool. It has pictures of Yoda and C-3PO on it.
Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels
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Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels

‘I’ve rewritten the passage to align more with the J. Bree style’ appeared in the middle of a tense scene with a scaled dragon prince.
Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket Sales
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Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket Sales

One scheduled speaker has also pulled out of the New York-based event and specifically pointed to Trump’s mass deportation efforts.
Why Does Google’s New Veo 3 AI Video Generator Love This Dad Joke?
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Why Does Google’s New Veo 3 AI Video Generator Love This Dad Joke?

“I went to the zoo the other day, there was only one dog in it…”
Kids Say They're Using Photos of Trump and Markiplier to Bypass 'Gorilla Tag' Age Verification
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Kids Say They're Using Photos of Trump and Markiplier to Bypass 'Gorilla Tag' Age Verification

Popular VR game Gorilla Tag partnered with the company k-ID to comply with age verification laws.
Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
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Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online

A Brazilian team used Discord’s API to scrape 10% of its open servers.
Scientists Explain Why Trump's $175 Billion Golden Dome Is a Fantasy
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Scientists Explain Why Trump's $175 Billion Golden Dome Is a Fantasy

Shooting missiles out of the sky from space could require a constellation of 36,000 satellites.