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WhatsApp’s Meta AI is now rolling out in Europe, and it can’t be turned off
You can’t escape Meta AI in WhatsApp even if you are based in one of the 41 European countries, with the feature now rolling out to more devices. On March 19, WhatsApp owner Meta announced that a variety of AI upgrades would be coming to users in Europe after the company paused the rollout last year. Since […]
Claude is testing ChatGPT-like Deep Research feature Compass
Claude could be getting a ChatGPT-like Deep Research feature called Compass. You can tell Claude’s Compass what you need, and the AI agent will take care of everything. “Compass” will allow Claude to perform certain tasks, such as searching the web, scrapping materials, and creating a well-researched document for you, likely similar to ChatGPT’s Deep Research. […]
Google Gemini’s Astra (screen sharing) rolls out on Android for some users
At MWC 2025, Google confirmed it was working on screen and video share capabilities for Gemini Live, codenamed “Project Astra”. At that time, Google promised that the feature would begin rolling out soon, and now some users have spotted it in the wild. According to a video shared by a Reddit user who owns a Xiaomi phone with a […]
Windows Notepad to get AI text summarization in Windows 11
Microsoft is now testing an AI-powered text summarization feature in Notepad and a Snipping Tool “Draw & Hold” feature that helps draw perfect shapes. Dubbed “Summarize,” the new and highly-requested Notepad tool is rolling out today to Windows 11 Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11, who have upgraded to Notepad version 11.2501.29.0. […]
YouTube warns of AI-generated video of its CEO used in phishing attacks
YouTube warns that scammers are using an AI-generated video featuring the company’s CEO in phishing attacks to steal creators’ credentials. The attackers are sharing it as a private video with targeted users via emails claiming YouTube is changing its monetization policy. “We’re aware that phishers have been sharing private videos to send false videos, including […]
Google expands Android AI scam detection to more Pixel devices
Google has announced an increased rollout of new AI-powered scam detection features on Android to help protect users from increasingly sophisticated phone and text social engineering scams. The tech giant says these features come in response to AI-assisted scam campaigns that, according to statistics from the Global Anti-Scam Alliance, have defrauded people of over $1 […]
Nearly 12,000 API keys and passwords found in AI training dataset
Close to 12,000 valid secrets that include API keys and passwords have been found in the Common Crawl dataset used for training multiple artificial intelligence models. The Common Crawl non-profit organization maintains a massive open-source repository of petabytes of web data collected since 2008 and is free for anyone to use. Because of the large dataset, many […]
Police arrests suspects tied to AI-generated CSAM distribution ring
Law enforcement agencies from 19 countries have arrested 25 suspects linked to a criminal ring that was distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) generated using artificial intelligence (AI). Operation Cumberland, coordinated by Danish law enforcement and supported by Europol, resulted in the seizure of 173 electronic devices and the identification of 273 suspected members tied […]
Microsoft names cybercriminals behind AI deepfake network
Microsoft has named multiple threat actors part of a cybercrime gang accused of developing malicious tools capable of bypassing generative AI guardrails to generate celebrity deepfakes and other illicit content. An updated complaint identifies the individuals as Arian Yadegarnia from Iran (aka ‘Fiz’), Alan Krysiak of the United Kingdom (aka ‘Drago’), Ricky Yuen from Hong Kong, China […]
OpenAI’s GPT 4.5 spotted in Android beta, launch imminent
OpenAI’s newest model, GPT-4.5, is coming sooner than we expected. A new reference has been spotted on ChatGPT’s Android app that points to a model called “GPT-4.5 research preview.” At the moment, OpenAI offers several models, including GPT-4o, GPT-4o with scheduled tasks, o1, o3-mini, and o3-mini-high. This can be confusing due to the variety of […]