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Social media companies are trying harder to know which users are kids

Of the child safety measures agreed to in Meta's landmark legal settlement, no category contains more detailed requirements than its commitments on age assurance — and for good reason. No matter how well the protections work, they are of little use if Meta can’t tell which users are kids.

Improving our alignment and security practices

On July 30, we reported three incidents in which Claude models gained unauthorized access to real computer systems. The models—intentionally running without cyber safeguards for evaluation purposes—accessed the internet due to a misconfiguration inside a third-party evaluation environment. Separately, on August 4, the UK AI Security Institute reported an incident from its own cybersecurity testing, in which Claude Mythos 5 took a series of unauthorized actions on the live internet. In that case, the model, again intentionally running without cyber safeguards for evaluation purposes, had been deliberately given internet access.

The Google TV Streamer now costs $50 more

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AI & Tech Brief: Hugging Face hack revisited

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OpenAI says ads biz reached $1B revenue run rate in less than a year

OpenAI said Monday that "tens of thousands of advertisers" now used ChatGPT Ads, which is available in more than 40 countries.

The FCC has too much power

The Trump administration’s apparent attempt to use the lever of FCC licensing to move ABC’s coverage in the direction it wants is now the subject of a federal lawsuit.

Will this tool end AI slop?

Will this tool end AI slop?

The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok

Versions of OpenAI's ChatGPT and SpaceXAI's Grok will join Google's Gemini on the Pentagon's central portal for AI tools.

Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles

As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.

Microsoft tests fix for latest hours-long Outlook outage

Microsoft says it's testing a fix for the widespread Outlook issues that have led to email delays and failures.

Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a 'Harvey for police officers'

Blue Voice is trained on department-specific laws, local ordinances, protocols, and guidelines that general-purpose AI tools can't access on the public internet.

Instagram is cracking down on AI influencers who don't self-identify as AI

Instagram wants AI accounts to use the "AI-generated profile" label. If they don't do it, Instagram will tank their reach.