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08 Apr 2026

Deepfake nudes crisis spreads to 90 schools globally, impacting over 600 students

A global analysis reveals that deepfake sexual abuse incidents have hit around 90 schools worldwide, impacting more than 600 pupils across 28 countries since 2023. Teenage boys are using AI-powered nudify applications to create fake nude images of classmates, leaving victims traumatized while schools and law enforcement struggle to respond adequately to what experts call child sexual abuse material.

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Courts worldwide resist AI in judicial decision-making despite efficiency gains

Courts globally are drawing strict boundaries around artificial intelligence use, welcoming it for administrative tasks but firmly rejecting its role in judicial decision-making. India's Gujarat High Court recently banned AI from drafting judgments, while the UK's Geoffrey Vos sparked debate by suggesting AI might handle mechanical cases. The divide highlights tensions between efficiency and the fundamental right to human judgment.

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Perplexity revenue surges 50% as startup pivots from search to AI agents

AI startup Perplexity reported a 50% revenue jump in just one month, reaching over $450 million in annual recurring revenue by March 2025. The surge comes as the company executes a strategic pivot to AI agents from its original chatbot-style search engine, introducing usage-based pricing alongside its new Perplexity Computer tool that performs tasks autonomously.

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Google AI Overviews deliver millions of wrong answers every hour, analysis reveals

A study by AI startup Oumi found that Google AI Overviews are accurate only 91% of the time, meaning tens of millions of inaccurate AI answers are served every hour across Google's 5 trillion annual searches. The analysis also revealed that over half of the AI-generated summaries cite sources that don't support their claims, raising concerns about user trust in AI and the unprecedented scale of misinformation.

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Goldman Sachs Report Reveals AI Job Loss Leaves Displaced Workers With Years of Financial Pain

A Goldman Sachs analysis of 40 years of labor market data shows workers who lose jobs to AI face lasting financial consequences. Displaced workers experience 3% pay cuts, earnings growth nearly 10 percentage points slower than peers, and take a month longer to find new employment. The report warns of occupational downgrading and delayed wealth accumulation, with AI already eliminating 16,000 net jobs monthly in the US.

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Google Gemini brings AI shopping features to India with Circle to Search and product comparison

Google has launched AI-powered shopping features in India, integrating Gemini models with its Shopping Graph containing over 50 billion products. The updates span the Gemini app, AI Mode in Search, and Circle to Search, enabling users to discover, compare, and purchase products through conversational queries and visual search capabilities.

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Anthropic Taps Former Microsoft Executive Eric Boyd to Lead Infrastructure Amid Soaring Demand

Anthropic has hired Eric Boyd, a senior Microsoft AI platform leader, as its new head of infrastructure. The strategic hire comes as the company's revenue run rate surges past $30 billion and it races to expand computing capacity to meet unprecedented demand for Claude AI models, including a $50 billion commitment to build AI data centers in the US.

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Ghost Murmur: CIA's alleged quantum heartbeat detector sparks scientific skepticism

The CIA reportedly deployed Ghost Murmur, a secret tool combining long-range quantum magnetometry and artificial intelligence, to locate a downed American airman hiding in Iran. The technology allegedly detects human heartbeats from miles away. But physicists say the public claims clash with fundamental physics, raising questions about whether this represents cutting-edge surveillance technology or strategic disinformation.

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Skilled older workers turn to AI training as job insecurity and age bias intensify job market

Experienced professionals with decades of expertise are struggling to find stable employment and turning to AI training work out of necessity. Workers over 60 take 50% longer to find jobs than younger counterparts, with many facing age discrimination. The shift highlights how AI is reshaping career paths, pushing skilled workers into unstable, contract-based roles like data annotation.

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Google's Gemma 4 turns your phone into a local AI powerhouse with full offline capability

Google launched Gemma 4, an open-source AI model that runs entirely offline on smartphones via the AI Edge Gallery app. Unlike cloud-based tools like Gemini, this on-device AI solution processes text, images, and audio locally without sending data to servers. Available free under Apache 2.0 license, it delivers private AI capabilities even at 35,000 feet or in the middle of the ocean.

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07 Apr 2026

Amazon S3 Files gives AI agents native file system access, ending two decades of storage friction

Amazon Web Services launched S3 Files, a native file system interface that lets AI agents access S3 object storage directly using standard file operations. The new capability eliminates the need for duplicate storage layers and data synchronization pipelines that have plagued developers for nearly 20 years, particularly as agentic AI workflows demand seamless access to enterprise data.

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Nutanix expands AI infrastructure platform to control costs as agentic workloads explode

Nutanix unveiled major expansions to its agentic AI infrastructure platform at .NEXT 2026, introducing an AI gateway for governance and Service Provider Central for multi-tenant GPU clouds. As agent sprawl drives token costs skyward, CEO Rajiv Ramaswami positions the company as the unified platform bridging legacy applications and tomorrow's AI workloads across hybrid environments.

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Anthropic restricts Mythos AI model release, citing unprecedented cybersecurity capabilities

Anthropic has launched its most powerful AI model yet, Claude Mythos Preview, but only to vetted organizations including Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. The company says the model can identify thousands of critical software vulnerabilities at unprecedented scale—but also exploit them, raising concerns about what happens when such technology becomes widely available.

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Indianapolis politician's home shot 13 times after backing AI data center in escalating dispute

Indianapolis City-County Council member Ron Gibson's home was targeted with 13 gunshots and a threatening note after he supported a $500 million data center project. The violent incident marks the first reported attack in growing nationwide backlash against AI infrastructure, as communities raise concerns about energy consumption, water supply issues, and environmental impact.

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AI firms face scrutiny as Annual Recurring Revenue becomes Silicon Valley's least trusted metric

Silicon Valley's AI firms are increasingly questioned over their Annual Recurring Revenue figures, with startups taking liberties in how they calculate and report the metric. A recent controversy involving Cluely's CEO admitting to lying about ARR numbers has highlighted how the metric has become one of the least trusted yardsticks for measuring startup growth, despite its widespread use across companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.

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