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Malicious AI browser extensions collected LLM chat histories and browsing data from platforms such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek.

If LLMs’ success in deanonymizing people improves, the researchers warn, governments could use the techniques to unmask online critics, corporations could assemble customer profiles for ...

As more and more Americans turn to generative AI tools to answer their questions, federal officials are working to ensure that third-party chatbots can more easily rely on public data to inform ...

The Fourth Amendment generally requires the government to get a warrant before searching your private information, but government agencies are circumventing the intent of the Constitution by simply ...

Coursera has agreed to acquire Udemy in a stock-for-stock transaction that will combine two large online learning platforms with consumer and enterprise businesses. Under the terms of the deal, each ...

Coursera and Udemy announced on Wednesday a landmark merger agreement valued at approximately $2.5 billion, bringing together two of the biggest names in online learning. Coursera will acquire Udemy ...

Google is ending its dark web report, with scans stopping Jan. 15, 2026. Google says it is shifting to tools with clearer, actionable guidance. Other dark web monitoring tools and scanners are still ...

Google began offering “dark web reports” a while back, but the company has just announced the feature will be going away very soon. In an email to users of the service, Google says it will stop ...

Federal Reserve officials, who are unable to receive U.S. economic statistics because of the continuing government shutdown, recently lost access to a separate measure of employment data from a ...

Sony has sold over 80 million PS5 consoles since its launch on November 12, 2020. It's an impressive number that is quickly closing in on the lifetime sales of the PS3. With both Sony and Microsoft ...

AI companies need large quantities of data to fuel their large language models. Content and data from internet publishers and videos are important sources for them. But publishers and content creators ...