Anthropic will ask Claude users to verify their identities 'for a few use cases' - Engadget
… Anthropic says you might see a verification prompt upon "accessing certain capabilities," asking you to verify your identity. …
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Meta warned by dozens of organizations that facial recognition on its smart glasses would empower predators - Engadget
… This coalition includes organizations like the ACLU, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Fight for the Future, Access Now and many others. …
Canadian officials claim OpenAI violated federal and provincial privacy laws - Engadget
… OpenAI has retired earlier models that violated Canadian privacy regulation, and now uses "a filtering tool to detect and mask personal information such as names or phone numbers in publicly accessible internet data and licensed datasets used to train its models," the Commissioner says. …
Security researchers, aided by Anthropic's Mythos, claim to have breached macOS - Engadget
… As The Wall Street Journal reports, the exploit could be used to access parts of the MacBook that should be inaccessible and, thus, allows the attacker to take control of a Mac computer. …
Sam Altman's 'human verification' company thinks its eye-scanning orbs could solve ticket scalping - Engadget
… The new World ID app will also allow people to set up an account with a selfie check if they don't have ready access to an orb. …
Android will hide some app sideloading behind a new one-time security process - Engadget
… Developers can sign-up for early access to the developer verification process now. …
The ChatGPT desktop app for Mac just got hit with a security breach - Engadget
… To that end, OpenAI says it has found no evidence that any user data was accessed. …
Apple and Google are reportedly pointing users to 'nudify' apps - Engadget
… Searching for "nudify," "undress" and other terms in those stores gives users access to apps that can make real people nude or put them into pornographic videos. …
Google Home gains more Gemini-powered camera features - Engadget
… Folks who have signed up for the early access program are using a version that's powered by Gemini 3.1. …
Google's Lyria 3 Pro can now generate AI music (slop) up to 3 minutes in length - Engadget
… Additionally, developers have access to the tool via the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. …