Swedish PM Under Fire For Using AI In Role
Summary Sweden’s Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, has faced criticism for openly using AI tools like ChatGPT for second opinions on political matters. While he claims this helps him gauge diverse…
Perplexity Says Cloudflare’s Accusations of ‘Stealth’ AI Scraping Are Based On Embarrassing Errors
Cloudflare accused Perplexity of deploying undeclared web crawlers mimicking regular browsers to evade blocks on web crawling. Perplexity refutes these claims, labelling them flawed and embarrassing. They argue Cloudflare’s system…
Jim Acosta Interviews AI Version of Teenager Killed in Parkland Shooting
Summary Jim Acosta interviews an AI-generated avatar of Parkland tragedy victim Joaquin Oliver, created by his parents to advocate for gun reform. The avatar offers insights on preventing gun violence…
RIP To the Macintosh HD Hard Drive Icon, 2000-2025
RIP To the Macintosh HD Hard Drive Icon, 2000-2025 Apple’s Macintosh HD hard drive icon, a staple since its introduction in 2000, is being replaced in the latest macOS beta.…
NASA Satellites That Scientists and Farmers Rely On May Be Destroyed On Purpose
The Trump administration is reportedly seeking to terminate NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite missions, which play a crucial role in monitoring greenhouse gases and providing essential agricultural data. Despite high-quality…
Meta Eavesdropped On Period-Tracker App’s Users, Jury Rules
Summary A San Francisco jury has ruled that Meta, previously known as Facebook, broke the California Invasion of Privacy Act by collecting sensitive data from users of the Flo period-tracking…
Birmingham City Council’s £131M Oracle rebuild in danger as go-live nears
Summary Birmingham City Council’s second attempt to implement an Oracle finance and HR system is facing serious challenges ahead of its expected launch. Despite substantial financial backing of £131 million,…
Network scans find Linux is growing on business desktops, laptops
Network scans find Linux is growing on business desktops, laptops Lansweeper has observed a slight increase in the adoption of Linux in business environments, confirming that security concerns are driving…
Three US Agencies Get Failing Grades For Not Following IT Best Practices
Summary The Government Accountability Office has released reports criticising three major US agencies—Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and General Services Administration (GSA)—for not implementing essential IT…
OpenAI Releases First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2
Summary OpenAI has made a significant move by releasing two open-weight language models, named gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, marking the first such release since GPT-2 back in 2019. These models can…