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Google’s SynthID watermark just debunked its first high-profile deepfake: a hoax image of Mitch McConnell
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Google’s SynthID watermark just debunked its first high-profile deepfake: a hoax image of Mitch McConnell

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

Google’s SynthID watermarking system scored its first high-profile real-world win this week after Snopes used it to debunk an AI-generated image of Senator Mitch McConnell

“We cannot choose to become idiots”: The AI cheating scandal roiling Brown University
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“We cannot choose to become idiots”: The AI cheating scandal roiling Brown University

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

Ivy League college students are, by definition, intelligent. They don’t need to use generative AI to cheat on exams; they could just learn the material.

Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself
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Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

One of the most horrific cases of allegedly Grok-generated child sex images was shared in a proposed class action lawsuit that was expanded Tuesday. Now

How to Prevent Meta From Using Your Instagram Images in A.I.
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How to Prevent Meta From Using Your Instagram Images in A.I.

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

The company’s new A.I. image generator has a surprising twist: It allows people to use images from public Instagram accounts.

OpenAI to release delayed models Thursday amidst a sea of regulatory confusion
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OpenAI to release delayed models Thursday amidst a sea of regulatory confusion

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

As enterprises struggle to manage their AI strategies, the US AI regulatory environment is sending a wide range of contradictory signals. OpenAI’s Wednesday announcement that

Microsoft hopes to cut its genAI costs by focusing on its own models
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Microsoft hopes to cut its genAI costs by focusing on its own models

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

Microsoft plans to focus more on in-house AI models in an effort to reduce its costs for generative AI (genAI), Bloomberg reports. The company has

Musk’s SpaceXAI ships ‘Opus-class’ Grok 4.5 to undercut OpenAI and Anthropic
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Musk’s SpaceXAI ships ‘Opus-class’ Grok 4.5 to undercut OpenAI and Anthropic

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

SpaceXAI has launched Grok 4.5, its most capable model yet. It is the company’s first release since going public and buying the AI coding startup

Meta’s AI campus flushed a rare bacterium into Cheyenne’s water. The city hit back
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Meta’s AI campus flushed a rare bacterium into Cheyenne’s water. The city hit back

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

A Meta contractor flushed a rare, potentially deadly bacterium into Cheyenne’s wastewater system. The Wyoming city has now suspended all data centre discharge, a fresh

NATO taps Accenture and Leonardo to build a €200M secure cloud backbone
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NATO taps Accenture and Leonardo to build a €200M secure cloud backbone

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

NATO wants a cloud it can trust under fire. Its technology agency has signed a contract worth about €200 million with Accenture and Italy’s Leonardo

Cloudflare spent a year blocking AI crawlers. Now it’s helping OpenAI index the web
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Cloudflare spent a year blocking AI crawlers. Now it’s helping OpenAI index the web

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

Cloudflare has spent a year arming websites against AI crawlers. Now it wants to help one crawl better. The company said on Wednesday it is

A brewing battle: More IT workers want unions. The industry doesn’t.
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A brewing battle: More IT workers want unions. The industry doesn’t.

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

Until recently, many tech professionals viewed themselves as a special and respected worker class: highly educated, hard-working, well paid, and in demand. “They considered themselves

Blue Origin, for the first time, is expected to raise private capital
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Blue Origin, for the first time, is expected to raise private capital

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

The rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin, is raising private capital, the DealBook newsletter reported early Wednesday. According to the publication, the company

Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
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Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

In the brief history of AI security, the prompt injection has quickly become the top threat. Large language models are inherently unable to distinguish between

In San Francisco, Some Home Sellers Now Ask for OpenAI or Anthropic Stock
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In San Francisco, Some Home Sellers Now Ask for OpenAI or Anthropic Stock

Really Simple SyndicationJuly 8, 2026

Even before OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they are distorting home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area, as people race to buy and sellers

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