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By now, you’ve probably heard about a new AI-based password cracker that can compromise your password in seconds by using artificial intelligence instead of more traditional methods. Some outlets have called it “terrifying,” “worrying,” “alarming,” and “savvy.” Other publications have fallen over themselves to report that the tool can crack any password with up to seven characters—even if it has symbols and numbers—in under six minutes. As with so many thi

do anything How ChatGPT turned generative AI into an “anything tool” Until recently, AI models were specialized tools. Modern LLMs are different. Haomiao Huang – Aug 23, 2023 7:30 am | 106 Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav The chief technology officer of a robotics startup told

The promo image in question was posted in a now-deleted (but still archived) social media post last Thursday, showing five new “retro frame” versions of lands from the upcoming Ravnica Remastered set in a nondescript steampunk-style laboratory. While the image looks unobjectionable at first glance, careful viewers soon zoomed in on specific and incongruous background details in the lab that showed telltale errors common to some AI image generators. (The hu

A new survey of thousands of game development professionals finds a near-majority saying generative AI tools are already in use at their workplace. But a significant minority of developers say their company has no interest in generative AI tools or has outright banned their use. The Game Developers Conference’s 2024 State of the Industry report, released Thursday, aggregates the thoughts of over 3,000 industry professionals as of last October. While the an

Amid a flurry of lawsuits over AI models’ training data, US Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has introduced a bill that would require AI companies to disclose exactly which copyrighted works are included in datasets training AI systems. The Generative AI Disclosure Act “would require a notice to be submitted to the Register of Copyrights prior to the release of a new generative AI system with regard to all copyrighted works used in building or alterin

Dominic Dudley / Shutterstock / Futurism It may already feel like a distant memory, but Cambridge Analytica was once implicated in one of the biggest social media scandals in history. Back in March 2018, journalists at The Observer and The New York Times revealed that the little-known data analytics firm had improperly harvested the Facebook data of tens of millions of users without their consent. Owned by billionaire Robert Mercer and operated by Donald T

Shutterstock / Futurism Book publisher Minotaur, which is owned by leading publishing company Macmillan US, has walked away from a $2.4 million deal for an unpublished debut novel “Call Me, I’ll Hide the Body” by author Jerry Falade. As Deadline reports, questions surrounding the use of AI during the writing of the book made the publisher drop the contract altogether. But it’s not because the company is drawing an ethical line in the sand while highlightin

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Eklip Studio / Shutterstock The majority of workers agree: AI has turned their lives into slop-filled misery, making them yearn for the good old days before the tech existed. According to a new survey of office workers by professional services company Adaptavist, just shy of two thirds of respondents say they regularly long for their old, pre-AI work life. Over a third of them would delete generative

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Railway infrastructure could be made safer and more reliable using AI, artificial intelligence, according to research published in the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology. The research outlines a new automated, real-time fault detection system based on deep learning that can identify problems with track, bridges, tunnels, and signaling equipment. The work could address long-standing challenges

Shutterstock / Futurism Back in 2023, we reported on AI-generated influencers that were pulling thousands of reactions per thirst trap on Instagram. Years later, the schemes are only getting more sophisticated. Instead of still images, Meta’s platforms are now filling with AI-generated video of nonexistent young woman that are objectified beyond belief while pushing the platform’s rules on sexualized content to the absolute breaking point. After years of p

Fenix Flexin via YouTube The LA-based rapper Fenix Flexin is denying that his hit new single was AI-generated after extensive allegations. The song, “Rubberz,” climbed to number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 after dropping in June. Many of his peers gassed up the track, but listeners immediately noticed something off. A lot of things, actually. For one, many pointed out that the vocals didn’t sound like Fenix at all, both in terms of the quality of his voice

Shutterstock / Kristi Blokhin Not immediately jumping on the AI bandwagon like everyone else is? It says something that Chili’s doing this— yes, the casual dining chain with the big red pepper logo — is being seen as shrewd decision making and not just common sense. Chris Caldwell, the chief information officer at Chili’s owner Brinker International, emphasized in recent interviews how the company wasn’t “all in” on AI, and is instead focused on overhaulin

Over the weekend I engaged in one of my occasional bouts of getting the computer in order. Yes, this is going to be a story, alright. Gather around. The first order of business was freeing up some space by moving my music library onto a flash drive. That involved a couple of hours spent mournfully paring down 135GB of music, so it’d fit onto a 128GB flash drive—yes, I still have a bunch of actual music files, and no, I’m not getting rid of them in favor of

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool for science—it is starting to reshape how science itself is practiced. A team at Manchester is exploring this transformation, analyzing how AI is changing the way researchers work, collaborate and make discoveries. Their project combines large-scale data analysis with on-the-ground case studies from labs across the U.K. and internationally. By analyzing millions of publicat

Credit: University of Warwick A University of Warwick-led analysis of almost 5,000 student-authored reports suggests that student writing has become more polished and formal since the introduction of ChatGPT in late 2022—but grades have remained stable. Published in Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, the new study examines student reports submitted over a 10-year period and finds that the 'language' in students' writing has become more sophi

Published on August 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM Comment 0 𝕏 Print © Anthropic Anthropic announced the introduction of a labeling system to flag content modified or generated by one of its AI models. It did not take long for services on the Internet claiming to be able to circumvent it to proliferate. However, it is best to be wary of them. Anthropic recently announced the introduction of a labeling system applied to certain of its AI models, such as Claude Code,

Microsoft is accusing three individuals of running a “hacking-as-a-service” scheme that was designed to allow the creation of harmful and illicit content using the company’s platform for AI-generated content. The foreign-based defendants developed tools specifically designed to bypass safety guardrails Microsoft has erected to prevent the creation of harmful content through its generative AI services, said Steven Masada, the assistant general counsel for M

Shutterstock / Futurism There are a litany of reasons to take the output of generative AI with a heavy dose of salt. Its answers are known to sound authoritative, convincing, and elaborate — while simultaneously being completely and utterly wrong. It’s a lesson astrophysicist and science communicator Paul Sutter learned the hard way, and was brave enough to share with the world. In a article for the publication Nautilus earlier this month, Sutter retold a

Shutterstock / Futurism Now that AI models have officially passed the Turing Test, there’s no doubt that they’re capable of imitating human traits — at least in text form — to a degree that would have flabbergasted even an expert just few years back. After all, large language models are built by digesting copious amounts of human-authored content, making them little more than algorithms that mirror our behavior back at us. But the more we use AI tools like

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 11, 2025, that aims to supersede state-level artificial intelligence laws that the administration views as a hindrance to innovation in AI. State laws regulating AI are increasing in number, particularly in response to the rise of generative AI systems such as ChatGPT that produce text and images. Thirty-eight states enacted laws in 2025 regulating AI in one way or