OpenAI Starts Testing Ads in ChatGPT
The company said on Friday that it would start serving ads in the free version of its chatbot over the next several weeks.
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Cyber scammers run riot as members sound alarm in National Assembly
MNAs from across party lines call for urgent policy formulation to curb such crimes as scams take new forms Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq, Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry, and PTI MNA Sheharyar Afridi address the National Assembly during a session on Friday. Photo: National Assembly/Facebook Members of the National Assembly on Friday … Read more
PTA blocks over 1.4 million links as courts step in over judge smear campaigns
Largest number of blocks carried out on Facebook, TikTok; content against “decency and morality” shows biggest share The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has informed the Lahore High Court that it has blocked more than 1.4 million web links and URLs in its ongoing drive against “unlawful online content” amid growing concern over coordinated social media campaigns targeting … Read more
Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse
“If we can’t win on social media, then we definitely can’t win on A.I.,” says Haidt.
A.I. Has Arrived in Gmail. Here’s What to Know.
Google’s A.I. assistant, Gemini, can create a to-do list based on recent emails, among other new tricks. There are implications for your privacy.
OpenAI Teams Up With Cerebras in Chip Maker Deal
The agreement with the start-up Cerebras is the latest in a series intended to expand the A.I. company’s computing power.
California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok
The state will examine whether xAI, which owns the social media platform X and created the A.I. chatbot Grok, violated state law.
Can A.I. Generate New Ideas?
Systems like OpenAI’s GPT-5 are accelerating research in math, biology and chemistry. But there is a debate over whether it can do that work on its own.
Pakistan issues nationwide alert over surge in WhatsApp account hijackings
Advisory says that hackers use social engineering rather than WhatsApp vulnerabilities to breach accounts Pakistan’s National Cyber Emergency Response Team has issued a nationwide advisory warning of a sharp rise in WhatsApp account hijacking incidents, saying the attacks are active, widespread and targeting users across all demographics. In the advisory, Pakistan’s National Cyber Emergency Response … Read more
Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofit Says
Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, an organization that works on web access said.
