Twitch is facing criticism over a new generative AI training system that uses streamers’ data for Amazon, with the feature reportedly enabled by default. The controversy centres on consent, after Twitch reportedly said an opt-in approach would fail because few creators would choose to participate, raising concerns about control over creators’ content and data. The…

Designers Isaque Seneda and Gabriel Abrucio have created ShieldFont, a typeface intended to make webpages readable to people while presenting AI scrapers with misleading text in the underlying HTML. It is designed as a practical opt-out for publishers concerned about unauthorised AI training, potentially reducing the value of data collected by bots that ignore restrictions.…

Suspected Chinese cyber operators reportedly used publicly available AI tools in a “near-autonomous” campaign against Taiwanese government systems, later targeting the nuclear safety agency, suppliers and energy companies. The case matters because it suggests AI agents can coordinate reconnaissance, credential attacks and data theft at speed, potentially widening the impact of a single intrusion. Dream,…

A supply-chain attack on the open-source AI development tool LiteLLM exposed terabytes of sensitive credentials from thousands of organisations, including major technology, industrial and financial firms. The incident matters because the stolen material could enable unauthorised access to cloud systems, code repositories, software pipelines and AI services. The compromised LiteLLM releases were available through PyPI…