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Security researchers catch "privacy" browser extensions siphoning AI chats and selling them via a data broker

The extensions intercept conversations with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Grok, and Meta AI. Even when the VPN is switched off, data collection continues in the background.
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OpenAI seeks new "Head of Preparedness" for AI risks like cyberattacks and mental health

OpenAI is hiring a Head of Preparedness. The position focuses on safety risks posed by AI models. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman points to the now well-documented effects of AI models on mental health as one ...
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Nvidia's $20 billion Groq deal sure looks like an acquisition as 90 percent of staff moves over

In case there was any doubt that Nvidia's Groq deal is anything but a takeover in disguise: according to Axios, roughly 90 percent of the workforce—including CEO Jonathan Ross and President Sunny ...
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ChatGPT's market share falls to 68 percent as Gemini closes in

ChatGPT's grip on the generative AI market continues to slip, according to new data from Similarweb. The chatbot's share of website traffic dropped from 87.2 percent to 68 percent over the past year.
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Anthropic's AI kiosk agent bought a PlayStation 5, ordered a live fish, and drove itself to bankruptcy

The Wall Street Journal ran its own test of Anthropic's AI kiosk, and the results were far messier. Within three weeks, the AI vendor "Claudius" racked up losses exceeding $1,000. The AI gave away ...
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AI in practice

Read full article about: Security researchers catch "privacy" browser extensions siphoning AI chats and selling them via a data broker If you use a chatbot and an Urban browser extension, you might ...
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Jonathan Kemper

Read full article about: Zhipu AI challenges Western rivals with low-cost GLM-4.7 Zhipu AI has introduced GLM-4.7, a new model specialized in autonomous programming that uses "Preserved Thinking" to ...
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The ARC benchmark's fall marks another casualty of relentless AI optimization

Update from December 25, 2025: Poetiq has raised the bar even higher on the ARC-AGI-2 benchmark. The AI startup achieved a 75 percent accuracy rate on the public test dataset using OpenAI's GPT-5.2 ...
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Matthias Bastian

Read full article about: Nvidia's $20 billion Groq deal sure looks like an acquisition as 90 percent of staff moves over In case there was any doubt that Nvidia's Groq deal is anything but a takeover ...
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Maximilian Schreiner

Read full article about: OpenAI releases new models for its Realtime API OpenAI has updated its Realtime API with three new model snapshots designed to improve transcription, speech synthesis, and ...
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Perplexity uses Deepseek-R1 to offer Deep Research 10 times cheaper than OpenAI

Perplexity has launched "Deep Research", a new AI-powered feature that can autonomously research a topic, process hundreds of sources, and generate a report within one to two minutes. Deep Research ...
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OpenAI updates ChatGPT with new feature and new GPT-4o model

OpenAI has rolled out an updated version of GPT-4o in ChatGPT, extending its knowledge base through June 2024. The refresh aims to provide more current and contextual responses across topics. The ...