Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming
…Packaged with Google Dialer and shipping to phones running Android 12 or later, it pings the caller’s device for a silent cryptographic handshake. If the call is fake, Android will flag…
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The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers
…Their legislation would have effectively prevented state and local governments from using the surveillance tech for police tracking. GitHub, the popular Microsoft-owned code repository, suffered a data breach this week. The…
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Will Fight for Press Freedom—Until Trump Fires Her
…But we’re seeing now with efforts to regulate AI, the machinations of the government move incredibly slowly. There has not been tremendous progress in the Trump administration around AI regulation. Certainly…
LastPass Users Had Their Data Stolen—Again
…for AI safety and responsible development. On Friday evening, the White House gave Anthropic permission to make Mythos 5 available again to a select group of US companies and government agencies. Amid…
It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App
…The US government’s warrantless wiretap powers hit a roadblock this week. Despite a push from President Donald Trump for a long-term reauthorization of the so-called Section 702 spy program…
SpaceX IPO Puts Elon Musk’s ‘Extreme’ Ownership to the Test
…But taken another way, the governance structure is the ultimate expression of the extreme ownership mantra that has taken SpaceX from a handful of engineers in a Los Angeles–area warehouse in…
Apple’s Next Chapter, SpaceX and Cursor Strike a Deal, and Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto
…I was waiting for you to bring this up, but Brian, just so you know, in my world, we don't call him Tim Cook. We call him Tim Apple. This is…
This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
…Just as you subscribe to a writer on Substack, you can subscribe to an AI doppelganger of a celebrated expert, called an “Onix.” These bots are trained to conduct conversations with subscribers…
The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep
…one’s own likeness, a move that guards against unwanted AI deepfakes and possibly invasive recording, including with smart glasses. Other governments have taken notice of the privacy implications of wearables like…
Elon Musk Loses Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI
…giant remains “committed to our work with OpenAI to advance and scale AI.” In posts on X, Musk called Gonzalez Rogers an “activist” judge “who simply used the jury as a fig…