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Top AI Experts Concerned That OpenAI Has Betrayed Humankind

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-15 04:02:40

In a scathing open letter, luminaries from the AI industry and beyond are calling on OpenAI to prove that it hasn't betrayed humanity in favor of profits. Referring to themselves as the "legal beneficiaries of your charitable mission" — that is, members of the human species OpenAI pledged to benefit when it was granted nonprofit status in 2015 — the open letter, signed by the likes of AI Godfather Geoffrey Hinton and AI researcher Gary Marcus, charges the Sam Altman-run company with essentially

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Create space-saving clones on macOS with Python

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-12 21:27:33

Create space-saving clones on macOS with Python The standard Mac filesystem, APFS , has a feature called space-saving clones. This allows you to create multiple copies of a file without using additional disk space – the filesystem only stores a single copy of the data. Although cloned files share data, they’re independent – you can edit one copy without affecting the other (unlike symlinks or hard links). APFS uses a technique called copy-on-write to store the data efficiently on disk – the cl

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Perplexity says Cloudflare's accusations of 'stealth' AI scraping are based on embarrassing errors

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2026-01-15 15:37:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Cloudflare claims Perplexity ignores websites' wishes in its content hunt. Other AI companies, such as OpenAI, don't wipe content, Cloudflare says Cloudflare now offers services to block aggressive AI crawlers. Perplexity is denying Cloudflare's claims. Cloudflare, a leading content delivery network (CDN) company, has accused the AI startup Perplexity of evading websites' "no crawl" directives by stealthily deploying web crawlers to scrape

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Nvidia says its AI chips don't have a 'kill switch' after Chinese accusation

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2026-01-15 20:07:22

Nvidia on Tuesday rejected Chinese accusations that its data center GPUs for artificial intelligence include a hardware function that could remotely deactivate the chips, which is commonly called a "kill switch." "NVIDIA GPUs do not and should not have kill switches and backdoors," wrote Nvidia's Chief Security Officer David Reber in a blog post on Tuesday. The blog post comes after the Cyberspace Administration of China said last week that it needed Nvidia to provide documents about what it c

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Gemini storybooks let you be the star of your kids’ bedtime stories

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-15 20:28:11

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini now lets you generate illustrated storybooks. You can direct output towards a specific art style, and even upload your own imagery. Gemini lets you direct how the story unfolds, and can read it aloud when completed. As Google builds out its AI-fueled tools and services, we keep seeing impressive new ways the company manages to “connect the dots” and create something new and useful out of existing pieces. Just look at Audio Overviews: Gemini co

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You may soon get Starlink internet for a much lower 'Community' price - here's how

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-01-15 20:54:56

BOUREIMA HAMA/Getty Images ZDNET's takeaways SpaceX shares details about "Starlink Community," a dish-sharing program that lowers monthly subscription costs. A support page shows a price of $60 a month for the service. Currently, every Starlink subscriber needs their own equipment. You might soon have an option to get Starlink internet at a much more affordable price. There hasn't been a major announcement, but SpaceX has quietly dropped details about a new program that lets you share a si

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Tesla and Elon Musk Sued by Shareholders Who Say Robotaxis Violate Traffic Laws

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-01-15 20:25:50

Tesla shareholders filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against both the EV company and CEO Elon Musk, alleging they made “materially false and misleading statements” about the safety of their robotaxis and the regulatory scrutiny that comes with launching autonomous vehicles. Tesla launched its Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, on June 22, but there’s a human “safety monitor” in the passenger seat, and the robotic vehicles are geofenced to a relatively small area in the city. Despite the p

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Axon jumps 16% after TASER maker tops results and boosts outlook on security needs

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-16 00:56:20

Axon Enterprise 's stock popped 16% after the TASER maker surpassed Wall Street's estimates and boosted its guidance due to robust demand for its security solutions. "Demand for new technology from our customers is accelerating, and it's outpacing even my most optimistic expectations," said CEO Rick Smith on an earnings call with analysts. "There's now one breakout product driving conversations. It's everything." The security solutions company also hiked guidance for the year, saying it now ex

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Substack rival Ghost connects to the open social web with its latest public release

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-01-16 00:16:02

After months of beta testing, newsletter platform Ghost has shipped a new version of its software, Ghost 6, that allows its publishers to share their long-form content natively with the broader open social web. That means in addition to publishing their newsletters to the web, RSS, and sending them out via email, Ghost’s users can also natively connect with services like the decentralized X rival Mastodon; Meta’s Threads; Flipboard; WordPress sites that have integrated with ActivityPub, Surf, an

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Axon jumps 14% after TASER maker tops results and boosts outlook on security needs

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-16 05:37:26

Axon Enterprise 's stock popped 14% after the TASER maker surpassed Wall Street's estimates and boosted its guidance due to robust demand for its security solutions. "Demand for new technology from our customers is accelerating, and it's outpacing even my most optimistic expectations," said CEO Rick Smith on an earnings call with analysts. "There's now one breakout product driving conversations. It's everything." The security solutions company also hiked guidance for the year, saying it now ex

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GitHub pull requests are down

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-16 04:39:25

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Wildfire Smoke Chokes Canada and U.S., Triggering Air Quality Alerts

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-01-16 05:25:58

Canada is battling more than 700 active wildfires across the country, roughly two-thirds of which are burning out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (CIFFC). Smoke billowing from the blazes has blanketed central Canada and the northern U.S., prompting widespread air quality alerts. Federal officials have issued air quality warnings across large swaths of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and western Ontario, where most of the uncontrolled fires are concentrated. Many cit

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Some people are defending Perplexity after Cloudflare ‘named and shamed’ it

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-01-16 05:33:03

When Cloudflare accused AI search engine Perplexity of stealthily scraping websites on Monday, while ignoring a site’s specific methods to block it, this wasn’t a clear-cut case of an AI web crawler gone wild. Many people came to Perplexity’s defense. They argued that Perplexity accessing sites in defiance of the website owner’s wishes, while controversial, is acceptable. And this is a controversy that will certainly grow as AI agents flood the internet: Should an agent accessing a website on b

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Perplexity is sneaking onto websites to scrape blocked content, says Cloudflare

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2026-01-16 10:42:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Cloudflare claimed Perplexity ignores websites' wishes in its content hunt. Cloudflare said other AI companies, such as OpenAI, don't wipe content. Cloudflare now offers services to block aggressive AI crawlers. Cloudflare, a leading content delivery network (CDN) company, has accused the AI startup Perplexity of evading websites' "no crawl" directives by stealthily deploying web crawlers to scrape content from sites that have explicitly bl

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The Heat Wasn't Just Outside: Cyber Attacks Spiked in Summer 2025

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-16 15:02:12

Summer 2025 wasn't just hot; it was relentless. Ransomware hammered hospitals, retail giants suffered data breaches, insurance firms were hit by phishing, and nation-state actors launched disruptive campaigns. From stealthy PowerShell loaders to zero-day SharePoint exploits, attackers kept defenders on their heels. This report breaks down the season's most high-impact incidents and what security teams need to do before the next wave hits. Summer Expose Healthcare's Growing Ransomware Risk H

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Knowing these 7 rules helped me optimize my home security camera for the best footage

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-01-16 15:33:00

Maria Diaz/ZDNET If you're a subscriber to the Nextdoor app, you've seen plenty of footage of prowling ne'er-do-wells caught in the eye of a video doorbell or home security camera. Hopefully, you don't have your own first-hand experience with suspicious characters milling around your front porch, or far worse. Also: Unplugging these 7 common household devices helped reduce my electricity bills For good reason, security cameras continue to grow in popularity, and we can expect them to become e

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SonicWall urges customers to disable SSLVPN amid reports of ransomware attacks

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2026-01-16 20:48:43

Enterprise security company SonicWall is urging its customers to disable a core feature of its most recent line-up of firewall devices after security researchers reported an uptick in ransomware incidents targeting SonicWall customers. In a statement this week, SonicWall said it had observed a “notable increase” of security incidents targeting its Generation 7 firewalls where customers have its VPN enabled. The company said it is “actively investigating these incidents to determine whether they

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A glimpse into OpenAI’s largest ambitions

technologyreview.com James O'Donnell 2026-01-17 09:00:00

As Will points out, there were two recent wins for OpenAI in its efforts to build AI that outcompetes humans. Its models took second place at a top-level coding competition and—alongside those from Google DeepMind—achieved gold-medal-level results in the 2025 International Math Olympiad. People who believe that AI doesn’t pose genuine competition to human-level intelligence might actually take some comfort in that. AI is good at the mathematical and analytical, which are on full display in olym

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Microsoft increases Zero Day Quest prize pool to $5 million

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-17 09:46:08

Microsoft will offer up to $5 million in bounty awards at this year's Zero Day Quest hacking contest, which the company describes as the "largest hacking event in history." Last year's Zero Day Quest has also generated significant participation from the security community, following Microsoft's offer of $4 million in rewards for vulnerabilities in cloud and AI products and platforms. After the November hacking competition concluded, Microsoft announced that it had paid $1.6 million, having rece

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Android gets patches for Qualcomm flaws exploited in attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-17 10:31:32

Google has released security patches for six vulnerabilities in Android's August 2025 security update, including two Qualcomm flaws exploited in targeted attacks. The two security bugs, tracked as CVE-2025-21479 and CVE-2025-27038, were reported through the Google Android Security team in late January 2025. The first is a Graphics framework incorrect authorization weakness that can lead to memory corruption due to unauthorized command execution in the GPU micronode while executing a specific s

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SonicWall urges admins to disable SSLVPN amid rising attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-17 11:28:38

SonicWall has warned customers to disable SSLVPN services due to ransomware gangs potentially exploiting an unknown security vulnerability in SonicWall Gen 7 firewalls to breach networks over the past few weeks. The warning comes after Arctic Wolf Labs reported on Friday that it had observed multiple Akira ransomware attacks, likely using a SonicWall zero-day vulnerability, since July 15th. "The initial access methods have not yet been confirmed in this campaign," the Arctic Wolf Labs research

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This Galaxy Z Fold 7 model offers a much longer warranty

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-17 11:43:47

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has launched the Galaxy Z Fold 7 Enterprise Edition in Europe. The phone comes with a three-year manufacturer’s warranty instead of the standard two-year warranty. The device is otherwise identical to the standard Galaxy Z Fold 7. Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold 7 last month, and it offers a more durable folding screen than previous models. What if you want peace of mind regarding any issues, though? Well, the company offers Samsung Care Plus,

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Perplexity gives Apple new reason not to acquire the AI company

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-17 20:14:47

Perplexity has long been accused of deliberately bypassing anti-scraping measures to retrieve web content. While the company has historically dismissed these accusations as disingenuous or misunderstandings, a new report shows that not only is the practice still happening, but it may actually be getting worse. Perplexity’s main counter-argument: semantics The issue with Perplexity’s web crawling practices first came to light in June 2024, when Wired and other media outlets accused the company

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Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not supposed to, again

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-18 00:11:10

Web crawlers deployed by Perplexity to scrape websites are allegedly skirting restrictions, according to a new report from Cloudflare. Specifically, the report claims that the company's bots appear to be "stealth crawling" sites by disguising their identity to get around robots.txt files and firewalls. Robots.txt is a simple file websites host that lets web crawlers know if they can scrape a websites' content or not. Perplexity's official web crawling bots are "PerplexityBot" and "Perplexity-Us

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NASA's Curiosity picks up new skills

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-18 04:20:38

Instead, Curiosity and its younger sibling Perseverance each use their MMRTG nuclear power source, which relies on decaying plutonium pellets to create energy and recharge the rover’s batteries. Providing ample power for the rovers’ many science instruments, MMRTGs are known for their longevity (the twin Voyager spacecraft have relied on RTGs since 1977). But as the plutonium decays over time, it takes longer to recharge Curiosity’s batteries, leaving less energy for science each day. The team

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Show HN: Mathpad – Physical keypad for typing math symbols

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-16 02:43:07

Back this project to help bring it into existence. Funding ends on Sep 11, 2025 at 04:59 PM PDT. Mathpad is a specialized keypad that makes typing mathematical equations as simple as typing regular text. With over 100 mathematical symbols at your fingertips, this compact and powerful device eliminates the frustration and inefficiency of typing math on a computer. What if Mathematical Symbols Were as Easy to Type as Regular Letters? After 3 years of development, Mathpad finally makes this drea

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AI site Perplexity uses “stealth tactics” to flout no-crawl edicts, Cloudflare says

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-18 10:16:26

AI search engine Perplexity is using stealth bots and other tactics to evade websites’ no-crawl directives, an allegation that if true violates Internet norms that have been in place for more than three decades, network security and optimization service Cloudflare said Monday. In a blog post, Cloudflare researchers said the company received complaints from customers who had disallowed Perplexity scraping bots by implementing settings in their sites’ robots.txt files and through Web application

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