Swedish PM Under Fire For Using AI In Role
Swedish PM Under Fire For Using AI In Role Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has faced criticism after revealing that he frequently employs AI tools like ChatGPT for second opinions…
Perplexity Says Cloudflare’s Accusations of ‘Stealth’ AI Scraping Are Based On Embarrassing Errors
Perplexity is hitting back at Cloudflare’s claims that it uses stealthy web crawlers to scrape data from sites that have barred its bots. Cloudflare’s report asserted that Perplexity was circumventing…
Jim Acosta Interviews AI Version of Teenager Killed in Parkland Shooting
Jim Acosta, former CNN correspondent, interviews an AI-generated avatar of Joaquin Oliver, a victim of the 2018 Parkland shooting. Created by Oliver’s parents to advocate for gun reform, the avatar…
RIP To the Macintosh HD Hard Drive Icon, 2000-2025
Summary Apple has decided to replace the long-standing Macintosh HD hard drive icon in macOS with a new design that reflects the shift to solid-state drives (SSDs). The iconic hard…
With Eyes on AI, African Orgs Push Security Awareness
Against the backdrop of the artificial intelligence surge, most African organizations have implemented cybersecurity awareness training; however, there is a critical lack of testing and trust in the effectiveness of…
Brace yourselves, Backup Exec and InfoScale users, Cloud Software Group just acquired your tools
Summary The Cloud Software Group has acquired Arctera, the owner of Backup Exec, raising concerns over possible price increases and changes in support and partnership structures. This move follows the…
‘No One Cares’ About Elite Degrees at Palantir, CEO Tells Investors
Palantir’s CEO Alex Karp has sparked debate by stating that the company values talent without regard to elite educational backgrounds. During a recent earnings call, he claimed that graduates from…
Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles
Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles Wikipedia has introduced a new speedy deletion policy specifically targeting articles generated by AI that have been identified as unfit…
Three US Agencies Get Failing Grades For Not Following IT Best Practices
Summary The Government Accountability Office has released reports indicating that three US agencies, namely the Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, and General Services Administration, have received failing grades…
OpenAI Releases First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2
Summary OpenAI has unveiled two open-weight language models: gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b. This is the first significant release of such models since GPT-2 in 2019. Both models can be operated locally…