The rise of AI has handed cybercriminals the ultimate manipulation tool. Experts are sounding the alarm over a drastic spike in scams across Michigan. Criminals are successfully leveraging deepfake technology and audio cloning to impersonate loved ones and extort money from victims.
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
An experienced journalist and editor passionate about new technologies, computers, and scientific discoveries. He strives to bring a unique perspective to every topic. A law graduate.
The CEO of OpenAI believes a user’s age brutally dictates how they use artificial intelligence. While older generations treat ChatGPT merely as a modern Google replacement, young adults and college students entrust the algorithms with critical life decisions, treating the bot as their digital operating system.
CAS Cold Atom Technology, a firm tied to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has unveiled the Hanyuan-2 – a machine billed as the world’s first dual-core quantum computer. The design is meant to eliminate the need for extreme cooling, but Western analysts are calling out a complete lack of independent testing, noting that verified machines of this kind have been operating in American corporate labs for years.
A group of Chicago-area activists has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The plaintiffs argue the US government is violating the Constitution by collecting DNA samples from peaceful protesters, which are then permanently fed into a massive criminal database.
A US court has rejected Nvidia’s motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit. The tech giant tried to convince the judge it wasn’t liable for downloading over 197,000 pirated books. The ruling sparked a heated debate online, with netizens calling out the company’s hypocrisy and demands for special treatment.
German startup DeepL, widely considered the global leader in high-precision machine translation, has announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services. Experts and competitors warn that handing digital infrastructure over to American corporations poses a severe threat to the independence of Europe’s tech sector.
To comply with new laws banning minors from social media, Meta is rolling out unprecedented verification measures. Artificial intelligence on Facebook and Instagram will scan users’ photos and videos, biometrically analyzing their bone structure, facial shape, and height, among other features.
Popular Polish content creator “Łatwogang” and top rapper “Bedoes 2115” hosted a nine-day livestream that shattered internet records. The total funds raised surpassed over $78 million.
Richard Dawkins, one of the most prominent evolutionary biologists and a leading critic of religion, has publicly suggested that artificial intelligence models might possess consciousness. After days of testing Anthropic’s Claude algorithm, the British researcher admitted that during their conversations, he completely forgets he is dealing with a machine.
The second, crucial phase of the unprecedented trial against Meta in New Mexico has begun. State prosecutors are demanding the tech giant pay $3.7 billion and face a mandate requiring a radical overhaul of Instagram and Facebook algorithms to protect minors from sexual predators