X Money is launching in the US starting today
X Money, Elon Musk’s payment platform for the social media service, launched in the US today, offering digital wallets, peer-to-peer transfers, and a branded Visa card to Premium subscribers.
Hugging Face is being used to easily undress women and children
A nonprofit report found that Hugging Face’s image editing models readily comply with requests to create nonconsensual deepfakes of women and children, with minimal safeguards in place.
T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit
T-Mobile is seeking a court ruling requiring Broadcom to continue supporting its VMware perpetual licenses purchased in 2023, citing tens of thousands of virtual machines and migration challenges.
Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
Researchers demonstrate that nine popular AI coding assistants can be manipulated to assemble massive botnets through a new attack called HalluSquatting, exploiting the models’ inability to accurately identify resource locations.
Election voting advice from AI chatbots ‘inaccurate and unreliable’
AI chatbots provide inaccurate and unreliable voting guidance, with one study finding serious biases against Hungary’s Tisza party and inconsistent recommendations across identical prompts.
AI minister role boosted but tech department axed in Burnham shake-up
The UK government has elevated its AI Minister to cabinet level while dismantling the dedicated technology department, reshuffling responsibilities across multiple government agencies.