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An app called Remini claims to use generative AI to show users what their future kids might look like. Security experts wonder if it's safe.

Crystal Ball

"The scary thing about this... is how accurate it has been."

App Claims to Use AI to Show What Your Children Would Look Like

Germany, France, and the UK are all investigating OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's company Worldcoin, which scans irises into a database.

Pondering the Orb

Are the walls closing in?

Multiple Countries Investigating Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb

A new lawsuit is alleging that OpenAI violated individual data privacy and copyright by using scraped data to train its AI language model.

Fighting Words

"...Defendants took a different approach: theft."

OpenAI Sued for Using Everybody's Writing to Train AI

Oopsie

Cancer

Oops!

Startup Accidentally Tells Over 400 Patients They Might Have Cancer

A startup called Telly is planning to give away a whopping 500,000 55-inch TVs to consumers with a second screen that shows ads.

Free Is Never Free

It's a data privacy nightmare come to life.

Company Giving Away TVs With Second Screen That Shows Constant Ads

A group of ex-TikTok employees has blown the whistle on the company's list of users who watched so-called "gay content."

No Bi List

This ain't great!

TikTok Reportedly Kept a Log of Users Who Watched Gay Content

Facebook is sending users money in a class action lawsuit settlement — and if you used the site at any point in the last 15 years, you can get some, too.

Facebookie

Here's how to get in on the action.

Facebook Is Giving Away Free Money, Y'all

The anti-artificial intelligence push continues apace in Italy, which just moved to temporarily ban OpenAI's ChatGPT pending a data privacy investigation. 

Sp-AI-cy Meatball

This is a spicy meatball.

Mama Mia! Italy Has Banned ChatGPT!

TikTok CEO Shou Chew finally took the stand in Congress yesterday. The biggest takeaway? Congressman Richard Hudson doesn't know how WiFi works.

Technology Geniuses

It's almost hard to watch.

Clueless Congressman Bewildered That TikTok Connects Using WiFi

Norwegian regulator Datatilsynet hit dating app Grindr with a €6.3 million fine for sharing user data with advertisers without their consent. 

International Protector

Hey thanks, Norway. Seriously.

Grindr Slammed With Huge Fine for Spying on Users

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