Cybersecurity researchers from Koi Security have uncovered a massive, data-harvesting operation that has been secretly collecting and selling the private conversations of over 8 million users with leading AI chatbots. The malicious activity was traced to a popular suite of browser extensions, most prominently the widely used Urban VPN Proxy. The operation is a great example of how seemingly trustworthy software can exploit its privileged access to capture some of the most sen

Updated Guidelines Prioritize Minor Protection Over General Usefulness, Introduces AI-Based Age Prediction System OpenAI has announced a major update to its internal rules, or Model Spec, establishing explicit U18 Principles that mandate ChatGPT's behavior must prioritize the safety of users aged 13 to 17 above all other objectives, including the platform's traditional goal of maximizing helpfulness and freedom. The move comes amid mounting public and regulatory pressure, inc

The Walt Disney Company has announced a groundbreaking partnership with generative AI leader OpenAI, which includes a $1 billion equity investment in the startup and a three-year licensing agreement that will fundamentally change how fans interact with Disney’s intellectual property. The deal, which makes Disney the first major content partner for OpenAI’s text-to-video model Sora, allows users to create short, fan-inspired videos featuring over 200 iconic characters from the

In a major move to merge conversational AI with professional creative workflows, Adobe has launched free integrations for its three flagship applications, Photoshop, Adobe Express, and Acrobat—directly within the ChatGPT interface. The integration, available to all of ChatGPT's estimated 800 million weekly users, allows for the execution of common image editing, design, and document tasks simply by typing commands into the chatbot, eliminating the need to leave the chat windo

The New York Times (NYT) has significantly escalated the legal battle between publishers and the AI industry, filing a federal lawsuit against the high-flying generative AI search startup Perplexity AI. The Times accuses Perplexity of the "illegal copying, distribution, and display of millions" of its copyrighted articles to train and power its products. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, is the second major action taken by th