artificial intelligence
Tinder Wants Your Camera Roll and Calls It Chemistry
The app built on swipes now wants a window into your camera roll, calling it a step toward “deeper connections.”
Lawmakers Want Proof of ID Before You Talk to AI
A plan to keep AI chatbots away from kids might quietly make anonymity online a thing of the past.
AI Gun Detection Error Leads to Armed Police Detaining Baltimore Teen Over Doritos Bag
A harmless moment became a police takedown, revealing how AI can turn ordinary kids into instant suspects.
Microsoft OneDrive Limits How Often Users Can Restrict Facial Recognition Setting
It’s a small toggle with big implications for how much say users really have over their digital identities.
Meta to Use AI Chatbot Conversations for Ad Targeting
Meta is turning casual chats into ad fuel, folding dinner tips and small talk into the same profiling engine that already knows what you scroll past at 2 a.m.
The App That Pays You to Give Away Your Voice
What sounds like side hustle money is really a permanent trade of privacy for pennies.
OpenAI Adopts User Monitoring, Digital ID Verification
The internet’s lasting stronghold of anonymity is being dismantled in the name of safety.
California Bills on Social Media and AI Chatbots Fuel Privacy Fears
The bills pit mental health urgency against the right to private digital conversations.
MembersA Death, a Lawsuit, and Infinite Surveillance
The louder the calls to make AI safer, the more they sound like demands for police access and identity checks.
Josh Hawley Proposes AI Regulations, Section 230 Repeal, and Digital ID Checks for Chatbots
Age checks for chatbots might sound parental, but they flirt with surveillance-state mechanics.
California Advances Bills Requiring Social Media Warning Labels and AI Chatbot Conversation Monitoring
California bills AB 56 and AB 243 target Meta, Snap, and AI chatbots with warnings and mandatory conversation monitoring.
YouTube Faces Backlash for Quietly Using AI to Alter Shorts Without Creator Consent
The edits feel less like enhancements and more like reminders that AI is now part of the creative process, whether you asked for it or not.