Ex-Twitter employees—spies working on behalf of Saudi Arabia—handed over a dissident's personal info to the Kingdom's agents, allegedly landing him in prison.
Sam Altman said he supported the formation of a regulatory body for AI. Sen. Marsha Blackburn was more concerned with a deepfaked Garth Brooks.
Sam Altman tried to convince skeptical lawmakers to pursue light-handed AI reforms that give OpenAI room to stay ahead of competitors.
Meta is fanning the flames of a possible TikTok ban and boosting its own short-form video tools in an effort to lure in concerned creators.
The American Psychological Association offered 10 recommendations for reducing the ills of social media in its first advisory on the subject.
LinkedIn is laying off its last sales and product teams in China and discontinuing its app as it finalizes its exit. It was the last US social network there.
I mixed and drank 12 cocktails created by AI. The results ran the gamut from hilariously goofy to straight-up undrinkable.
Nick Clegg refused to attend a hearing discussing Canada's proposed "Online News Act" after lawmakers changed the title to be critical of Meta.
The shooter made hundreds of posts with racist rhetoric, according to the FBI.
Bytedance employees monitored the account of one fluffy Buffy to track a Financial Times reporter in a botched attempt to trace an internal leaker.
A majority of voters think Congress should take “swift action to regulate AI” in order to promote privacy and safety, according to a new poll.
A "master list" of supposedly dangerous media files used to justify Uyghur detention included Quran readings and wedding songs.
At a raucous city council hearing, lawmakers and activists alike argued in favor of bills banning biometric tech in residential buildings and large venues.
Israeli soldiers are using new invasive facial recognition tech to surveil Palestinians crossing military checkpoints, according to Amnesty International.
Amnesty claims it used AI to protect the identities of people protesting Colombian police brutality, but critics say it's discrediting true accounts of abuse.
A new report found 49 different websites secretly using AI to churn out low-quality posts and rake in advertising revenue.
Sen. Michael Bennet's AI task force would identify privacy and civil liberties risks presented by AI and issue policy recommendations.
Lawmakers inspecting Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act were left with more questions than answers after a critical House hearing.
A House hearing today examining the FBI's alleged misuses of FISA surveillance powers precedes a debate over whether the program should exist.
TikTokers in Big Sky Country say the state's first-in-the-nation ban will upend their communities, their businesses, and their personal lives.
