As millions turn to AI for mental health advice, regulators are scrambling to respond. Three distinct approaches are emerging, from outright bans to hands-off permission, with most states stuck somewhere in the middle.
A premier cryptography organization had to scrap its entire leadership election after an official lost the secret key needed to decrypt the results. The incident occurred despite using the sophisticated Helios voting system designed for verifiable, private elections. Now they’re holding a new electi
UK’s National Crime Agency reveals Russian money laundering networks purchased controlling stake in Keremet Bank on Christmas Day 2024. The operation has led to $32 million in UK seizures and exposed direct links between street crime and Russia’s war economy.
The UK’s online regulator has fined an AI nudification website £55,000 for failing to implement mandatory age checks. Ofcom says the penalty against Undress.cc operator Itai Tech Ltd sends a clear message that proper age verification is “non-negotiable.”
A new investigation shows leading AI chatbots can be tricked into providing dangerous self-harm advice. The findings expose critical vulnerabilities in AI safety systems that could endanger vulnerable users.
Microsoft is pushing forward with experimental AI agents in Windows 11 despite user backlash. The company admits these features introduce novel security risks including cross-prompt injection attacks. Agents get read/write access to personal files by default.
Leading AI chatbots can’t be trusted to provide safe mental health support for teenagers, according to a new report. The systems fail to detect subtle warning signs and sometimes affirm dangerous delusions during extended conversations.
Roblox is rolling out mandatory age verification that’s already misidentifying adults as children. The system requires selfies or ID checks just to use basic chat features. This could become the new normal across the entire internet.
The European Commission has proposed significant changes to GDPR that would reduce cookie pop-ups and make it easier for companies to use personal data for AI training. Privacy activists are calling it the biggest rollback of digital rights in EU history, while tech lobbyists welcome the simplificat
Europe is considering weakening its landmark GDPR privacy legislation to help AI companies access more data. Privacy campaigners are calling the move the biggest attack on digital rights in years. The changes would simplify cookie pop-ups and delay AI regulation implementation.
