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 DeepSeek under accusation: Microsoft and OpenAI suspect data theft.

DeepSeek under accusation: Microsoft and OpenAI suspect data theft.

2025-02-17 The Cryptonomist
The last week of January saw the unexpected release of Deepseek, a Chinese artificial intelligence model that immediately sent the US tech industry into a panic. The interesting novelty offered by this model, in fact, lies in its being completely free and far cheaper to maintain than its American competitors. Followin...
 AI Art Lacking ‘Human Expression’ Cannot Be Copyrighted, US Officials Say.

AI Art Lacking ‘Human Expression’ Cannot Be Copyrighted, US Officials Say.

2025-02-14 Art News
Should art generated by artificial intelligence be eligible for copyright protection? In recent years, this topic has often been discussed, leading to various clashes of opinion and ideological conflicts - according to those directly involved, the artists whose lives are based on the valorisationof their work,art is no...
 NordVPN Will Soon Let You Block the VPN Blockers.

NordVPN Will Soon Let You Block the VPN Blockers.

2025-02-13 Vice
Nowadays, it is essential to implement the use of a VPNwhen surfing the vast world of the Internet. This tool acts as a virtual private network, providing users with a higher level of protection for their data, including confidentiality, integrity and authentication. In the age of digital crime, the first step to safeg...
 LinkedIn Removes Accounts of AI 'Co-Workers' Looking for Jobs.

LinkedIn Removes Accounts of AI 'Co-Workers' Looking for Jobs.

2025-02-12 404 Media
Over time, platforms dedicated to the professional-work environment have also been targeted by artificial intelligence. In the case of LinkedIn, a social networking web service dedicated to the development of professional contacts, some particularly peculiar users seem to have appeared recently. Adorned with the famou...
 DeepSeek Mania Shakes AI Industry to Its Core.

DeepSeek Mania Shakes AI Industry to Its Core.

2025-02-11 404 Media
The last week of January was the scene of the release of DeepSeek R1, the latest artificial intelligence model from the company of the same name; and the reaction from enthusiasts and competitor companies was quite intense. The release of this version sent the stock market and the resulting US companies most involved i...
 Cloudflare Issue Can Leak Chat App Users' Broad Location.

Cloudflare Issue Can Leak Chat App Users' Broad Location.

2025-02-10 404 Media
According to the latest news, tracing the location of the original owners of certain posts or messages in popular social media and messaging applications could be extremely easy. The digital communication landscape is clearly a rather fascinating target for those interested in the huge amounts of data shared on a daily...
 Another OpenAI Researcher Quit—and Said He’s ‘Pretty Terrified’.

Another OpenAI Researcher Quit—and Said He’s ‘Pretty Terrified’.

2025-02-07 Vice
Several researchers formerly employed by OpenAI, one of the leading companies in the AI sector, have recently made the decision to resign and subsequently leave the company - if not the environment itself. In this case it is Steven Adler, a former security researcher who shared his sad opinion on X. ‘I'm honestly qu...
 The Powerful AI Tool That Cops (or Stalkers) Can Use to Geolocate Photos in Seconds.

The Powerful AI Tool That Cops (or Stalkers) Can Use to Geolocate Photos in Seconds.

2025-02-06 404 Media
Graylark Technologies, a Boston-based company specialising in AI, has recently developed and released a product called ‘GeoSpy’: a powerful artificial intelligence tool capable of discovering the location of photos based on features within the image itself. The tool could prove fundamental for law enforcement agenc...
 Paul McCartney: Don't let AI rip off artists.

Paul McCartney: Don't let AI rip off artists.

2025-02-05 BBC News
‘We are the people, you are the government! You must protect us. That's your job!’ Said Sir Paul McCartney, one of the two surviving members of the Beatles, in a recent interview regarding the current state of the UK Copyright Act. In recent times, the British government has proposed changes to the law in question...
 Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy.

Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy.

2025-02-04 404 Media
The beginning of 2025 brought good intentions, plans and a certain sense of hope for the future. However, it also brought a lot of news in the technological sphere - who would have expected that one of the social networking giants would disappear? Although it was a temporary removal, Tiktok was actually banned on US so...
 Will the EU fight for the truth on Facebook and Instagram?

Will the EU fight for the truth on Facebook and Instagram?

2025-02-03 The Guardian
As mentioned in a recent article shared in our newsroom, Meta decided to abandon the use of fact-checkers within its platforms, exactly as X had decided in recent months. The company subsequently decided to implement ‘Community Notes’, anonymous comments explaining the accuracy (or otherwise) of a certain post, as ...
 A major data broker hack may have leaked precise location info for millions.

A major data broker hack may have leaked precise location info for millions.

2025-01-31 TheVerge
During the first week of January, renowned data broker Gravy Analytics published a notice detailing a serious data breach responsible for stealing precise location data from millions of people. According to the online news outlet TechCrunch, the incident in question involved data from a variety of different application...
 Meta is already working on Community Notes for Threads.

Meta is already working on Community Notes for Threads.

2025-01-30 TheVerge
The vast world of the Internet has confirmed itself over and over again as an immense source of information, an archive of knowledge accessible to anyone who has the chance. However, this vast collection is still free ground for any user, which means that anyone has the opportunity to write what they like, where they l...
 DeepSeek: The Chinese AI app that has the world talking.

DeepSeek: The Chinese AI app that has the world talking.

2025-01-29 BBC News
On 20 January 2025, the latest version of DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence model of Chinese origin, was released in the app store. The app reached the top of the download charts in the Apple Store, causing quite an uproar among investors. The main characteristic of the model in question is the ‘low-cost’ natur...
 Disney Hit With Copyright Lawsuit For Moana 2 In The Middle Of Awards Season.

Disney Hit With Copyright Lawsuit For Moana 2 In The Middle Of Awards Season.

2025-01-28 Screenrant
Not even the US animation giant is immune to copyright infringement, it seems. Although it is news that usually receives little attention, the studio has been accused of this kind of infringement several times. In this case, the subject in question is the latest film released by the company: ‘Moana 2’. According t...
 Tipster Arrested After Feds Find AI Child Exploit Images and Plans to Make VR CSAM.

Tipster Arrested After Feds Find AI Child Exploit Images and Plans to Make VR CSAM.

2025-01-27 404 Media
Anthaney O'Connor, originally from Alaska, went from informant to suspect within a few investigations. The man had originally contacted the authorities to report an airman interested in child pornography, which he also shared with the informant himself. During the investigation,O'Connor consented to a police search of ...