The ‘first’ #AI-run #ransomware attack still needed a human

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/the-first-ai-run-ransomware-attack-still-needed-a-human/

#cybersecurity

The year of the AI agents is upon us — and it's becoming a little pricey.

OpenAI and Anthropic might be struggling to persuade corporate America to pay the mounting costs for their AI tools. China may have a cheaper alternative called GLM-5.2, but there's always a catch.

This Atlantic piece by Matteo Wong explains more:
https://flip.it/C7qBMB

#AI #China

📰 Outcry as Meta lets users make AI images from public Instagram profile pics

The tech giant said people can opt out - but privacy campaigners called it a "recipe for disaster".

📰 Source: BBC News
🔗 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9lee19y1yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Daily Digest | 8 July 2026

Your daily dose of Privacy, Data Protection, AI & Cybersecurity news.

5 stories you should not miss.

Read more: https://www.nicfab.eu/daily-digest/

#Privacy #AI #GDPR #Cybersecurity #TechLaw

😂😂😂 taken from https://github.com/Vandivier/ladderly-3/issues/639 #satire #ai

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This is a screenshot of a GitHub issue titled "Please delete your repository #639," showing a satirical message claiming to from a "OpenAI Model Training Acquisition Team" claiming the repository's code is significantly reducing AI model performance 😂

Meta Muse Image sparks privacy backlash by letting anyone generate AI likenesses of public Instagram users without consent. Plus Microsoft cuts OpenAI reliance and LLMs uncover real crypto bugs.

https://ai0.news/posts/2026-07-08-daily-digest/

#AI #Anthropic #OpenAI #Cybersecurity

@benno Of course, as we are training #AI, Actual Intelligence.

🚨 GitHub had two trust failures in the same week. Neither broke cryptography. Neither hacked AI.

They simply exploited the gap between what GitHub checks and what developers assume.

1️⃣ Git Hash Chain Malleability
A signed commit can be transformed into multiple different commit SHAs without the signing key.

✅ Same code
✅ Same signature
✅ Still shows Verified
❌ Different commit hash

2️⃣ GitLost (AI Prompt Injection)
GitHub's AI agent could be tricked into reading data from private repositories and posting it publicly through a malicious issue.

One attacks cryptographic trust.
The other attacks AI trust.

Different bugs. Same lesson:
"Verified" doesn't always mean what you think it means.

Full breakdown with technical details 👇
https://thecybersecguru.com/news/github-verified-commit-vulnerability/

#GitHub #Git #CyberSecurity #SupplyChainSecurity #DevSecOps #AppSec #AI #LLMSecurity #OpenSource #InfoSec

Digital addiction: when devices take over #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/digital-addiction-when-devices-take-over/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

It seems that in the "AI Idiot" race, China feels left behind and now decides that its biggest marketing and sales advantage, Open Source, is a risk, and they need to regulate it. Maybe they should look at the US experience in AI, Encryption, or Nukes and see how that didn't work out.
#opensource #AI #politics
https://www.reuters.com/world/beijing-is-looking-curbing-overseas-access-chinas-top-ai-models-sources-say-2026-07-07/

Shocking revelation of a hidden tracker in Claude Code by Anthropic! How does this impact your trust in AI? Let's explore how our privacy was breached and the implications for developers. #AI #PrivacyBreach #ClaudeCode #Anthropic #DataSecurity Claude Code Privacy Breach: Anthropic's Hidden Tracker Explained
https://www.squaredtech.co/claude-code-privacy-breach-anthropics-hidden-tracker-explained?fsp_sid=15817

Organized cybercrime: the Ransomware cartels #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/organized-cybercrime-the-ransomware-cartels/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

Link and network analysis: the structure behind the data #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/link-and-network-analysis-the-structure-behind-the-data/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog

🤖 Air Force Engineer Accused of Cutting Down Flock AI Surveillance Cameras, Says U.S. is Becoming Police State

submitted by /u/Sgt_Gram [link] [comments]

📰 Source: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
🔗 Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1uq91lr/air_force_engineer_accused_of_cutting_down_flock/

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

TechCrunch: If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.. “Consider this a belated PSA: A recent change to Google’s privacy settings is allowing the company to store more of your data, including media such as ‘images, files, and audio and video recordings,’ to improve its AI models. In other words, if you upload any media to Google’s Search services, it’s being […]

AI Spy

Trying to live outside, without buying or selling with money, is prohibited.

"Audio sensors" have been installed, with the help of Yandex, in one of Russia's protected areas. Eavesdropping with artificial intelligence will detect violations:

hunting
cutting down trees and bushes
lighting fires
organizing tourist camps

Not allowed!

#Yandex #Russia #privacy #AI #camping #news

https://mastodon.ml/@Murga/116851094690327179

I have an #AI prediction. You know how all these #ChatControl laws are getting rushed through various governments (#Canada: Bill C-22, for example)? You know how all these monstrously large datacenters are getting rushed through to be built? Well, I think these two things are linked together. When the AI industry found they can't really find willing customers to buy the AI services they offer, **to the extent that they profit**, now they are turning to capture unwilling customers who can be **forced** to pay: taxpayers. And how is that capture achieved? By the chatcontrol laws. The datacenters will run AI for the governments (controlled by TechBro billionaires), to scan everybody's phones and computers for CSAM (not to mention any and every agenda an authoritarian leader, TechBro billionaire, etc might also want to pursue). Those Datacenters are meant for mass governmant surveillance, paid for by taxpayers, who will be ostensibly fulfilling the mandate of the Chatcontrol laws.

I look at patterns in LLM output. The tell is more than simple orthographic tics.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/07/07/ai-language-patterns/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#philosophy #language #llms #ai #artificialintelligence #patterns #comprehension #writing #training #history #english #learning #blog #video #critique #commentary #spelling #pronunciation #content

AI Meets Cryptography 1: What AI Found in Cloudflare's Circl

https://blog.zksecurity.xyz/posts/circl-bugs/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821749

#HackerNews #AI #Cryptography #Cloudflare #Circl #Security #Bugs

If you use #Google, you’re training its #AI. Here’s how to opt out.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/if-you-use-google-youre-training-its-ai-heres-how-to-opt-out/

#privacy

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, owner of Tik Tok, Paramount Skydance, & others recently noted in an industry discussion on AI surveillance that "citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re constantly recording and reporting."
#AI #privacy #surveillance

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/06/ai-surveillance-policy?hl=en-US#:~:text=Larry%20Ellison%2C%20CEO%20of%20Oracle,chilling%20effects%20are%20the%20point.

There's a significant tension between the corporate view of AI surveillance (e.g., Ellison's "best behavior" quote) and the ethical frameworks proposed by thinkers like Mo Gawdat.

One sees a tool for social control; the other sees a complex system requiring deep ethical consideration to avoid unintended consequences.

Where do we draw the line between security and liberty? 🤔 #AI
#ArtificialIntelligence #Ethics #FutureOfWork #TechDebate

Sites that block AI training crawlers mostly ignore the answer time bots

https://sitedex.dev/insights/robots-txt-2023-war-memorial

#ai

New Aniplex president Shu Nishimoto says the company is open to "carefully considering" AI if it can have a positive impact on creators' work.

Considering Aniplex oversees studios like A-1 Pictures and CloverWorks, this could have a major impact on the future of anime production.

Should AI be used to assist anime creators, or should studios avoid it altogether?

#Anime #AI #Aniplex #A1Pictures #CloverWorks #AnimeNews

NYT: Under Threat from MAGA, Foreign Governments and A.I., Wikipedia Is In Peril;

WIKIPEDIA IS BATTLING FOR THE SOUL OF THE INTERNET

The internet’s largest stockpile of free knowledge is under threat from MAGA, A.I. and foreign autocrats. A bibliophile ex-ambassador is here to help.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/business/media/wikipedia-ai-elon-musk.html
#ArtificialIntelligence #MAGA #AI #Wikipedia #news #NYT #NewYorkTimes

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Under Threat from MAGA, Foreign Governments and A.I., Wikipedia Is In Peril

Decades-Old #Bash Tricks Expose #AI Coding Agents to Supply Chain Attacks

https://www.securityweek.com/decades-old-bash-tricks-expose-ai-coding-agents-to-supply-chain-attacks/

#cybersecurity

Can you fight AI with...AI?

Reddit seems to think so. The social media platform announced it's using AI tools to combat the rise of "manipulated and spammy content" (which we know is often created by AI.)

Engadget has the details:
https://flip.it/6.7egv

#Reddit #AI