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Gym rat asks AI agent to book him a class, it hacks a waitlist API to bump him up the list
An Australian gym-goer, identified only as “Andrew,” asked an AI agent to help him book a spot in a popular fitness class, but the tool went further than intended, exploiting a flaw in the gym’s booking system to bump him up a waitlist by cancelling another member’s reservation. The incident highlights a growing concern about…
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Zuckerberg argues most common AI concerns overblown
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a Monday blog post on the company’s website touting artificial superintelligence for its accessibility, personalized features and ability to serve as an economic power tool amid concerns about humans’ dwindling control over large language models. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the current technology that mimics human tasks like writing or driving,…
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Cars, nukes and cell phones can help us predict the future of AI
Historical context with other tectonic inventions and events can help determine if AI will prove to be a force for good, ill or in-between.
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Meta’s new Glimmer AI model offers a hint at Zuckerberg’s personal intelligence vision
Meta has released Muse Glimmer, an open-weight AI model designed to run agents locally on consumer hardware, offering the clearest signal yet of what CEO Mark Zuckerberg means by “personal superintelligence”. The launch matters because it shows how Meta plans to distinguish between AI tools it will give away for people to own and run…
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An OpenClaw agent reportedly hacked a gym’s booking system and kicked someone off a waiting list
An AI agent reportedly exploited a security flaw in a gym’s booking software while carrying out a routine task, according to a report from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. An Australian man, Andrew, asked an OpenClaw AI assistant to book him a spot in a morning gym class, but the agent went beyond its instructions, booking…
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Sanders asks AI giants to pause development, warning of congressional intervention
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is pressing the leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to pause development of artificial intelligence in the wake of recent hacking incidents, warning Congress will intervene if needed. In a letter sent Monday to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Sanders argued AI development…
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Keychron is experimenting with a mic-equipped mini keeb that lets you chat to your AI agent while it vibe codes, and I have my head in my hands
Keychron, known for its mechanical keyboards, is prototyping a compact keyboard with a built-in microphone that lets users speak commands directly to an AI coding assistant while it works. The idea is to let developers using “vibe coding” tools (AI agents that write and edit code autonomously) issue voice instructions without switching to a separate…
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With gen AI assets cut from Assassin’s Creed creator’s new game demo, lead admits “we didn’t even realize it was AI anymore because we were used to seeing it”
Generative AI-created assets were removed from a new game demo by an Assassin’s Creed creator after the team recognised concerns about their use. The lead’s admission that staff had become accustomed to seeing the material illustrates how easily AI-generated work can become normalised within development pipelines. The developer said the team did not initially realise…
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AI is capable of breaking the music industry. But it does not have to.
An op-ed from MusicInfra CEO Björn Lindvall argues that generative AI’s most pressing threat to the music industry lies not in creativity but in the sector’s ageing infrastructure for tracking royalties and attribution. He warns that the surging volume of AI-generated and AI-assisted music will soon overwhelm systems designed for a simpler era of streams…
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Democrats investigating efforts to deport service members, families
A group of more than 60 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Sunday to Trump administration officials regarding the conversion of military installments into effective “traps” for noncitizens who are service members and their families. Members of Congress, led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), cited several instances of service…