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A report catalogs cases where users exposed themselves by relying on ChatGPT, including engineers leaking company data, litigants citing fake court cases, and a man poisoning himself following bad dietary advice. It notes that unlike conversations with doctors, lawyers or therapists, ChatGPT chats aren't legally privileged and can be subpoenaed, leaked, or preserved even after deletion.
At Apsara Conference 2026, Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu introduced the Zhenwu V900 accelerator, claiming it delivers three times the performance of the prior M890 chip and calling it China's most powerful AI chip. The V900 offers 216GB of GPU memory, 1,200GB/s inter-chip bandwidth, can scale to clusters of up to 500,000 cards, and is set for mass production in Q1 2027, earlier than the Q3 2027 date Alibaba previously targeted.
Ema, which builds coordinated AI agent systems it calls 'AI employees' to automate HR, IT, and finance workflows, has closed a $77 million Series B funding round. The round, led by Creaegis with participation from existing backers Accel, Section 32, and Prosus, was all-primary equity and pushes Ema's total funding to $140 million while more than quadrupling its valuation from 2024.
A New York Times investigation found multiple harassment and rape allegations connected to Silicon Valley hacker houses, including AGI House in Hillsborough, where police logged 37 incidents since 2022, at least 17 tied to parties. In one December case, a woman called police at 2 a.m. from a Lyft saying a male resident had tried to force her into sex before she escaped by climbing a gate. AGI House founder Jeremy Nixon, who also founded an earlier house called Genesis, previously described his vision of housing 20 AI hackers together for three months.
A new update to the Xbox PC app contains references to 'Mythic achievements,' a completionist reward that unlocks once a player earns every achievement in a game, complete with a unique sound and dashboard tracking. Xbox Insider testers have spotted similar references in early dashboard builds, and players will reportedly be able to display their Mythic count on their profiles. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said last month the company would introduce a platinum trophy equivalent later this year.
Newegg is selling the Acer Nitro XV270U, a 27-inch 2560x1440 IPS gaming monitor with a 270Hz refresh rate, for $179.77, down from its $329.99 list price. The panel supports 99% sRGB coverage, 250 cd/m² brightness, a 1ms response time, AMD FreeSync Premium, and Acer's VisionCare eye-comfort features.
Apple has integrated its Hidden Histories podcast series into Maps, showing a panel that links directly to episodes about select landmarks in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago and Washington, DC. Tapping the panel opens a city-wide list of linked podcasts, covering sites like Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, the Hollywood Sign and Alcatraz. The podcasts sit under Maps' existing Guides section, where users can save them to a personal collection for later listening.
A tech trivia feature identifies the original iMac G3, released in 1998, as the first widely used computer to drop all legacy ports in favor of USB exclusively. The machine shipped with two USB 1.1 ports and no ADB, serial, SCSI, or floppy connectors, while retaining Ethernet, a modem jack, and audio. The piece also examines near-misses like Sony's VAIO 505 and Compaq's iPaq Desktop, which came later or kept some legacy ports.
Bitcoin rose 37% over 39 days to reach an eight-month high near $86,000 on Monday, according to Yahoo Finance. The rally followed Congress's failure to pass a crypto 'Clarity Act' and the SEC's announcement of a five-year 'innovation exemption' allowing tokenized U.S. stocks to trade via automated market makers on public blockchains, per CoinDesk.
Amazon has discounted its latest Fire HD 10 tablet to $72.99, a 53% cut from its $154.99 list price, as part of an early Prime Big Deal Days promotion. The tablet features a 10.1-inch Full HD display, a MediaTek MT8186A octa-core processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB or 64GB storage with microSD expansion up to 1TB, and up to 13 hours of battery life. The discount is only available to Amazon Prime members, though new users can access it via a free 30-day trial.
AMD has submitted patches to its open-source Linux kernel driver adding GDDR7 memory identification along with new IP blocks including IH 8.0 and NBIF 7.10, according to Phoronix. Current Radeon RX 9000-series cards use GDDR6, making this the clearest driver-level sign yet of preparation for a next-generation GPU architecture, widely expected to be RDNA 5.
DJI's new Osmo 360 II 360-degree camera keeps the 1/1.1-inch square sensor from its predecessor but upgrades the processor, now supporting 8K video at up to 60fps and 4K at 120fps. The company also says dynamic range has increased to 14.5 stops and added a SuperNight 2.0 noise-reduction mode with an 'Anti-motion Blur' setting for low-light shooting, alongside improved repairability over the original model.