#ai-misuse

#ai-misuse

OpenAI has intensified its efforts to combat the misuse of artificial intelligence. In a new report, the company reveals that it has dismantled several international networks in recent months that were using its models for cyberattacks, scams, and political influence. The analysis shows how malicious actors are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their use of AI, while OpenAI is simultaneously expanding its defense mechanisms.

"Agentic AI systems are being weaponized." That's one of the first lines of Anthropic's new Threat Intelligence report, out today, which details the wide range of cases in which Claude - and likely many other leading AI agents and chatbots - are being abused. First up: "Vibe-hacking." One sophisticated cybercrime ring that Anthropic says it recently disrupted used Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding agent, to extort data from at least 17 different organizations around the world within one month.

The court has gained the impression that the lawyers placed false trust in the veracity of AI-generated legal research and, out of laziness, failed to check this research.

The High Court of England and Wales emphasizes the need for lawyers to prevent AI misuse and conduct thorough research, as AI can produce false legal information.

The Sun-Times came under fire this week after readers called attention to a 'summer reading list' published in the paper's weekend edition that recommended books that turned out to be completely nonexistent.

"It makes me feel a myriad of things," Charlotte Woodward, a 35-year-old woman with Down Syndrome told The Post. "Not only do I find it disturbing, I find it personally upsetting. I also feel anger and outrage."

It was from Sylvania, with a whopping 9-inch screen, and came with a power source that hooks up into your car's cigarette lighter for when the grid goes down and we're fucked.