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I Vibe Coded a Global Mass-Surveillance Site in 2 Hours Using OpenAI's Codex. That's a Privacy Nightmare

With zero coding skills, I was able to quickly assemble camera feeds from around the world into a single view. Here's how I did it, and why it's both promising and terrifying for all of us.
WinBuzzer

Chrome Gemini Flaw Let Rogue Extensions Hijack AI Panel

A high-severity Chrome vulnerability has allowed malicious extensions to exploit the Gemini panel and gain elevated access to ...
ARN

Surge in GenAI use in cyber threat development: report

Threat actors are now weaponising generative AI to rapidly build tailored scripts and malicious payloads, dramatically ...
CNBC

Sam Altman defends AI resource usage: Water concerns 'fake,' and 'humans use energy too'

Altman dismissed claims that ChatGPT used gallons of water per query. He acknowledged that total AI energy use was rising and urged cleaner power. However, Altman argued that humans also consume ...
Wired

This Defense Company Made AI Agents That Blow Things Up

Scout AI is using technology borrowed from the AI industry to power lethal weapons—and recently demonstrated its explosive potential. In a recent demonstration, held at an undisclosed military base in ...
SiliconANGLE

SurrealDB raises $23M to expand AI-native multimodel database

SurrealDB Inc. today revealed that it has raised an additional $23 million in funding for its multimodel artificial intelligence-native database. The plan is to accelerate product maturity and ...
ZDNet

How to use your Android phone to master Linux Bash scripts (instead of doomscrolling)

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CNET

Using AI at Work May Actually Make Your Days Longer and More Unpleasant, Study Finds

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...
The Motley Fool

The AI Memory Crunch Is Creating Winners and Losers. Here Are the Stocks to Buy

Micron publicly stated the company is "sold out" of memory for all of 2026. Western Digital recently authorized a $4 billion stock buyback. SanDisk crushed its latest earnings, which sent the stock ...
Seeking Alpha

Amazon creating AI tools to ramp up movie, TV show production - Reuters

Amazon (AMZN) plans to use artificial intelligence to boost the process for making movies and TV shows, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The report said Albert Cheng, the operating chief at Amazon MGM ...
dbta

Oracle AI Database 26ai for Linux x86-64 On-Premises Platforms Is Now Generally Available

Oracle AI Database 26ai Enterprise Edition for Linux x86-64 is now generally available for on-premises platforms as part of Oracle’s January 2026 quarterly Release Update (version 23.26.1). According ...