Topic: user privacy concerns
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NYT Claims OpenAI Concealed Evidence in ChatGPT Copyright Case
The New York Times and Daily News accuse OpenAI of concealing evidence about its ability to search chat logs and training datasets for copyrighted material, contradicting OpenAI's previous claims that such searches were technically infeasible. A court deposition revealed OpenAI had already intern...
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I Tested the New Siri AI for a Week - It’s Excellent
After years of delays, the new Siri AI in iOS 27 is now genuinely effective, with journalist Joanna Stern calling it "good-good" after a week of testing. Siri's key improvement is its 'Personal context' capability, which uses device data like messages and calendar entries to provide highly person...
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DuckDuckGo installs surge 18% after Google drops blue links; 70% on Apple
DuckDuckGo's US app installs surged an average of 18% week over week from May 20 to May 25, peaking at 30% on Memorial Day, with Apple device installs seeing a weekly increase of 33% and a single-day high of nearly 70%. The growth followed Google's announcement of sweeping changes to its search r...
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Sam Altman Advocates 'AI Privilege' Amid OpenAI Court Order
ChatGPT users found their deleted conversations were retained due to a court order in a copyright lawsuit, raising privacy and transparency concerns. OpenAI quietly preserved chat logs since mid-May 2025 without immediate user notification, sparking backlash and debates over AI data retention pol...
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OpenAI Fights Court Order to Preserve All ChatGPT Logs
OpenAI is contesting a court order to preserve all ChatGPT user interactions, arguing it violates privacy and stems from speculative copyright infringement claims by media outlets. The company claims the preservation mandate was issued hastily, unfairly restricting its ability to honor user priva...
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DuckDuckGo Gains Search Traffic as Users Flee Google’s AI Push
DuckDuckGo's "No AI" search option saw traffic more than triple on May 28th and has averaged 84 percent above baseline daily since Google's May 19th AI announcements. The company is promoting new browser extensions that set No AI search as default, which removes AI answers, chat interfaces, and r...
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EU Set to Rule Google Favored Own Search Services
The European Commission is expected to rule next week that Google violated the Digital Markets Act by giving its own shopping, travel, and other vertical search services preferential placement over rivals in search results, potentially imposing fines in the hundreds of millions of euros. This dec...
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Meta launches AI-generated clickbait news feed
Meta's AI app generates clickbait articles and images for its "For You" feed, with content tailored to user stereotypes but lacking sourcing, depth, or substance. The AI-generated stories often contain errors and fabrications, including images of real people with inaccuracies, and are not labeled...
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WhatsApp launches incognito mode for Meta AI chats
Meta has introduced an incognito mode for Meta AI chats on WhatsApp, where messages are processed securely, automatically disappear when the chat is closed or the app is locked, and remain invisible to others. The feature uses Meta’s latest Muse Spark model and builds on previous private processi...
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AMD Removes Memory Crypto from Consumer CPUs, Users Cry Foul
AMD's Transparent Secure Memory Encryption (TSME), a feature protecting against physical memory attacks, was silently removed from consumer Ryzen processors after being available for years, going undetected on Windows and requiring deep technical analysis to identify on Linux. AMD declined to exp...
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Apple Preps AI Writing Tools, Shortcuts & Wallpapers for iOS 27
Apple plans to introduce AI-powered writing tools, including a new grammar checker, in the upcoming iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 updates. Users will be able to create systemwide shortcuts using natural language and generate custom wallpapers through AI. These features are part of Apple’s strategy to clos...
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Snapchat adds AI conversational ads to its app
Snapchat launched AI Sponsored Snaps, a new ad format where brand-operated AI agents interact with users in the Chat tab, offering personalized recommendations and real-time decision-making. While Snapchat argues users are ready for deeper AI integration (citing over half a billion interactions w...
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Claude adds invisible watermarks to AI text and images
Anthropic will embed machine-readable watermarks and C2PA provenance metadata into Claude-generated text and images, aiming to meet EU AI Act transparency requirements while remaining invisible to users. The rollout is forward-looking: upcoming Claude models will include these markers from launch...
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Ring's Battery Doorbell Now Captures 4K Video
Ring has launched a new Battery Doorbell Pro, its first battery-powered model with 4K video, requiring a complete internal redesign to support the power demands of high-resolution recording and AI processing. The enhanced video enables new AI features like Ring Retinal Vision and AI video search,...
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Google’s Liz Reid: Personalization Aids Small Publishers
Google's head of Search, Liz Reid, claims that personalization and user-selected preferred sources in AI-powered search could help small publishers gain visibility against larger media outlets. Reid did not provide supporting data for her claim, leaving the publishing industry skeptical about its...
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Lovense App Flaw Exposes User Email Addresses
A security flaw in the Lovense app exposes users' private email addresses, enabling potential harassment by linking public usernames to personal emails. The vulnerability, reported months ago, remains unresolved despite partial fixes, with Lovense citing lengthy update requirements for a full sol...
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