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A developer known as acidvegas launched StolenCompute, a website that lets users access and run large AI models (e.g., Kimi 1T, Deepseek 765B) that have been left exposed on the internet without authorization, raising significant security and ethical concerns.

Teachers and some Native American residents criticize a New York school district's plan to deploy a humanoid robot and AI teaching assistant from Realbotix, citing concerns over the company's background, student privacy, and the dehumanization of education.

The article examines Sam Altman's current stance on a debated AI issue, reflecting ongoing tensions within the tech community.

A joint investigation by Science and Retraction Watch has revealed an unreported death case in China involving gene editing therapy: A 6-year-old girl died after receiving a base editing therapy that was not approved by the National Medical Products Administration, raising ethical and regulatory concerns.

Meta published a feel-good AI ad set to David Bowie's apocalyptic song 'Five Years,' sparking debate about the ironic use of dystopian music to promote optimism about AI.

Substack has introduced a 'made with AI' meter to label AI-generated content, sparking significant backlash from users.

Experts are skeptical that Chinese company Moonshot achieved Kimi K3's advanced capabilities by copying Anthropic's Fable model via distillation, citing insufficient time and technical limitations.

The article argues that recent accusations of model distillation in AI are being exaggerated and overblown.

Erin Brockovich discusses the environmental and health impacts of AI data centers, including groundwater destruction, wildlife disruption, and cancer risks.

Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue suggests OpenAI may have accidentally been behind an attack, referencing a Chinese model used for defense.

Anthropic accuses local AI models of stealing from it, while simultaneously paying $1.5 billion for alleged theft, raising questions about intellectual property in AI.

A controversial Kaggle competition result where the winning submission is accused of being nonsensical AI slop, sparking debate about review standards.

New details emerge in the controversy where the American Diabetes Association ousted scientists for distributing an editorial critical of the Trump administration; the ADA allegedly ambushed them and refused to publish related opinion articles, leading editors to post them as a preprint.

Linus Torvalds defends the use of AI-powered coding tools in the Linux kernel, telling critics to 'fork it or walk away.' He rejects anti-AI absolutism in the open source community.

Balaji Srinivasan questions whether the global tech community should continue investing in Malaysia amid a false accusation controversy that threatens Network School, a tech hub he founded in Forest City.

An incident where a real Monet painting was falsely claimed as AI-generated, leading to criticism from AI-haters who explained why it looks like slop compared to a real Monet.

Developers flagged a major privacy concern with Elon Musk's Grok AI model, leading to a trust crisis for the product.

Pop star Lorde publicly criticizes Meta's AI glasses during a festival performance, calling them 'not sexy' and raising privacy concerns. The article highlights ongoing debates about smart glasses privacy issues and Meta's market success despite backlash.

Anthropic's latest ad, 'There's hope in hard questions,' featuring unsettling imagery like a burning house and cemetery, has drawn criticism from viewers and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Earthquake alert app exposed that VIP members can receive notifications first, speculated that free users may be delayed, sparking controversy.