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Geert Wilders’ PVV altered sketch of jailed Syrian brothers to make them look more menacing A Dutch court artist has received damages after an MP for the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) used one of her drawings without permission and manipulated it with AI to make the subjects look more menacing. Petra Urban, a court artist for 19 years, was shocked to discover a drawing she had made last year of two Syrian brothers <a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2597057-celstraf-van-30-jaar-vo

Commerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 "jailbreak" could be a national security threat.

Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company wrote in a blog post.

“The government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking’ Fable 5,” the company said in a blog post.

“I’m not sure that this company supports a hackathon culture anymore,” one employee posted in a forum open to the entire staff.

TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and what's tucked inside its S-1 registration document.

A new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt.

As of today, SpaceX is owned by investors who will want to see it make money.

Executives and employees alike are struggling with Meta’s chaotic AI strategy, according to sources and internal discussions reviewed by WIRED.

The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks.

Initial public offering for aerospace and AI company made Musk the world’s first trillionaire as share prices jumped Share your views on SpaceX’s stock market debut SpaceX made the biggest stock market debut in history on Friday after nearly two and a half decades as a private company. Public trading began around midday with a starting share price of $150, which quickly jumped

Unidentified officer removed from frontline duties in the first known case of its kind in the UK A police officer is under criminal investigation over the alleged use of artificial intelligence and has been removed from frontline duties in the first known case of its kind in the UK. The officer, who has not been named, is being investigated over allegations of using the technology to “create evidential material in a number of cases” and perverting the course of justice. <a hre

Vulnerability in the Oracle-owned PeopleSoft software is about as critical as they come.

Section 702 of FISA to expire tonight, but certification lasts until March 2027.

It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded.

A pending report on climate attribution may be setting the stage for conflict.

Americans’ financial futures are about to be tied to the fortunes of Elon Musk with the world’s largest ever stock market debut. How do you feel about this? Elon Musk’s SpaceX made the world’s largest ever stock market debut on Friday at a valuation of $1.77tn. It was also set to turn Musk into the world’s first-ever trillionaire. <a href="https://www.theguardian

Full autonomy is rare, but Ukraine is installing AI modules on drones and robots.

A Monster Energy–sponsored MMA show on the White House’s South Lawn was never going to be the height of dignity. But UFC Freedom 250 is failing to clear even the lowest bar.

A cottage industry of celebrity figurines, blinking screens, and other DIY gadgets is helping drivers bypass Tesla's distracted-driving controls.

SpaceX’s stock market debut has thrust the richest man in the universe into an unexplored frontier of wealth.

The funding round would value the company at around €20 billion (about $23.15 billion), nearly double its Series C valuation of €11.7 billion.

Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a "taste of political power."

GOP lawmakers, tech investors, and even OpenAI have tied the anti-data-center movement in the US to Chinese interference. Experts say it’s much more complicated than that.

You'd be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between "sort of useful at a few things" and "utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer." But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a new version of […]

Even moderately sized data centers can have an outsized local impact.

The fraudsters allegedly targeted hundreds of thousands of people with Gemini-coded scams sites.

Elon Musk's net worth has passed the trillion-dollar mark after SpaceX's IPO. His net worth, which was hovering around $800 billion before the IPO, includes the value of his 4.8 billion shares in SpaceX, along with his wealth from his other companies, like Tesla. Shares of SPCX opened at $150 and have remained well above […]

The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half of that bunch is heading to public markets in the same window, and it’s a stress test for investors, for valuations, and for […]

NYT reported Kennedy is disengaged. Kennedy's response seems to show NYT is right.

The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half of that bunch is heading to public markets in the same window, and it’s a stress test for investors, for valuations, and for […]

More than 350,000 spectators will watch 62 cars compete, day and night.

Did chatbot abandon mental health guardrails when a vulnerable user pushed back?

SpaceX’s IPO on Friday allows the public to buy shares of the combined rocket, AI, and social media company for the first time, and raised enough money to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire. He has more wealth, on paper at least, than the economies of nations like Ireland, Sweden, or his home country of […]

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says his new AI startup will work toward developing an "artificial general engineer," according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. The startup, called Prometheus, aims to develop AI-powered engineering tools to aid in the design of physical products. The NYT first reported on Prometheus last November, but now […]

They swear they haven’t peeked at the closely guarded secret and that they’ll keep the cryptographic competition going.

After Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson stoked anger over a horrific knife attack in Belfast, a youth group linked to a global neo-Nazi movement quietly orchestrated anti-immigrant riots.

These nifty tools combine the ease of jotting notes by hand with the power of saving them digitally.

This World Cup, refs will use digital twins of each player to view plays from every angle.

Outbreak responses are still playing catch-up as US works to isolate itself.