Scraped, Spied & Shut Down: AI Enters Its Villain Arc
Perplexity’s stealth bots, Meta’s failed poach, and Claude’s quiet rebellion.
Claude API Controversy: Anthropic Pulls the Plug on OpenAI
Megan Crouse/ TechRepublic
Tensions increase when Anthropic limits Claude's API access to competitors, notably OpenAI. The struggle for AI model interoperability has now gotten personal.
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ChatGPT will ‘better detect’ mental distress after reports of it feeding people’s delusions
Emma Roth/ The Verge
After receiving complaints for damaging counsel and delusion reinforcement, OpenAI improves ChatGPT to better recognize and respond to mental health concerns.
Meta’s Reported Billion-Dollar AI Poaching Attempt Failed – Here’s Why
Allison Franci/ TechRepublic
Meta's ambitious attempt to entice AI talent away from competitors with billion-dollar promises reportedly failed. Loyalty—and NDAs—are still valued in Silicon Valley.
Cloudflare says Perplexity’s AI bots are ‘stealth crawling’ blocked sites
Emma Roth/ The Verge
Perplexity Cloudflare accuses AI of secretly breaching website security. The ethics of AI scraping are under increased examination.
Google says its AI-based bug hunter found 20 security vulnerabilities
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/ TechCrunch
Google's AI-powered bug-hunting tool has already made ripples, revealing 20 vulnerabilities across major platforms and promising a better digital world.
xAI’s new Grok image and video generator has a ‘spicy’ mode
Jess Weatherbed/ The Verge
Elon Musk's xAI reveals Grok's next feature, an edgy image and video production mode called "spicy." Expect memes, madness, and minor controversy.
Elon Musk Weighs In On Consulting Industry’s ‘Existential Transformation’
Aminu Abdullahi/ TechRepublic
Musk claims AI will transform consulting from the ground up. As businesses struggle to adapt, he cautions that the transformation is more than just disruptive; it is extinction-level.
Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/ TechCrunch
Despite "Do Not Scrape" signals, Perplexity is accused of ignoring site settings when training its algorithms. Transparency in AI data sourcing has come under scrutiny.
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