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Mastercard Expands Agent Pay with New AI Risk Insights to Secure Agentic Payments

Mastercard is expanding its Agent Pay program with new trust and intelligence services that provide probability scores for AI-initiated transactions. The services combine identity, intent, behavioral and fraud insights to help financial institutions and merchants make smarter authorization decisions while reducing friction in AI-driven commerce.

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Mastercard Expands Agent Pay with New AI Risk Insights to Secure Agentic Payments

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Publishers Lobby Congress to Ban AI Theft of Content Through Stealth Bot Prohibition Act

Over 300 news publishers including Condé Nast, Hearst and USA Today are urging Congress to pass the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act. The bipartisan bill would force AI crawlers to disclose their identity and purpose or face Federal Trade Commission penalties of up to $53,000 per violation, addressing concerns that unauthorized AI-driven content theft is overwhelming publisher sites and undermining their business models.

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Publishers Lobby Congress to Ban AI Theft of Content Through Stealth Bot Prohibition Act

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Amazon Smart Glasses Snap Thousands of Photos Daily as Delivery Drivers Get AI-Powered Eyewear

Amazon plans to equip over 20,000 delivery drivers with AI-powered smart glasses by 2027, capturing several thousand images per shift of homes, people and private property. The photos feed into Amazon's Wellspring AI platform for neighborhood mapping, but customers have no opt-out option, cannot view the images or request deletion.

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Amazon Smart Glasses Snap Thousands of Photos Daily as Delivery Drivers Get AI-Powered Eyewear

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Sylvester Cancer Center Launches AI Platform to Deliver Personalized Support for Cancer Survivors

Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed Precision AI for Survivorship and Supportive Care, a framework that personalizes evidence-based support for cancer survivors managing post-treatment challenges. Built on data from over 37,000 oncology patients, the AI-enabled platform My Wellness Support uses machine-learning models to identify risk patterns and deliver tailored symptom-management strategies between clinic visits.

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Sylvester Cancer Center Launches AI Platform to Deliver Personalized Support for Cancer Survivors

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Right Livelihood Award honors women challenging power, including AI researcher Timnit Gebru

The Right Livelihood Award recognized four women and women-led organizations confronting authoritarian rule, patriarchal violence and unchecked AI development. Among the laureates is AI researcher Timnit Gebru, founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute, honored for challenging concentrated power in artificial intelligence and exposing harms AI systems cause to marginalized communities.

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Right Livelihood Award honors women challenging power, including AI researcher Timnit Gebru

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Google AI Overview Gives Wrong Hunting Date, Alaska Woman Gets Wildlife Citation After Self-Reporting

Christina Weaver from Kodiak, Alaska searched Google for snipe hunting dates and followed the AI Overview's answer. The AI told her the season started September 1, but that date didn't apply to her region. After harvesting three Wilson's snipes, she discovered the mistake and reported herself to wildlife authorities, resulting in a $150 fine.

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Google AI Overview Gives Wrong Hunting Date, Alaska Woman Gets Wildlife Citation After Self-Reporting

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Protesters Target OpenAI DevDay Over ICE Contract, Military Ties and AI Ethics Concerns

More than a dozen organizations rallied outside OpenAI's annual DevDay conference in San Francisco, demanding the company end its $200 million Pentagon contract and ties with ICE. The protest highlighted growing concerns about AI military use, environmental impact, and the lack of regulation in the AI industry.

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Protesters Target OpenAI DevDay Over ICE Contract, Military Ties and AI Ethics Concerns

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AI-Powered Surveillance Pricing Draws Fire as Walmart, McDonald's Face Consumer Backlash

Walmart and McDonald's are under fire for using AI-powered pricing systems that analyze consumer data to set personalized prices. The practice, known as surveillance pricing, has sparked consumer outrage and regulatory scrutiny as shoppers discover they may pay different amounts than their neighbors for identical products.

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AI-Powered Surveillance Pricing Draws Fire as Walmart, McDonald's Face Consumer Backlash

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AI Political Ads Reach $80M in 2026 Midterms as Republicans Dominate Spending with Minimal Disclosure

The 2026 U.S. midterm elections mark the first widespread use of AI-generated political ads, with researchers tracking $80 million in spending across nearly 170 unique ads. Republicans account for 83% of this spending, deploying everything from hyperrealistic deepfakes to subtle visual enhancements. Despite voter concerns, only 31% of ads disclose AI use due to inconsistent state laws.

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AI Political Ads Reach $80M in 2026 Midterms as Republicans Dominate Spending with Minimal Disclosure

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AI Whistleblowers Warn NYC Council: Humanity May Lose Control as Tech Giants Dodge Risk Questions

Former employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind testified before the New York City Council, warning that AI risks spiraling out of control. Meanwhile, company representatives struggled to quantify catastrophic risks, prompting sharp criticism from lawmakers considering sweeping AI regulation.

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AI Whistleblowers Warn NYC Council: Humanity May Lose Control as Tech Giants Dodge Risk Questions

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McDonald's AI Pricing Engine Sparks Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Price-Fixing

McDonald's is facing a class action lawsuit alleging its AI-powered pricing system illegally coordinates menu prices across franchises. The machine-learning algorithms analyze millions of daily transactions to determine optimal prices based on customer willingness to pay at each location.

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McDonald's AI Pricing Engine Sparks Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Price-Fixing

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Microsoft Copilot Human Contractors Review User Photos and AI Prompts, Raising Privacy Concerns

Human contractors hired by Microsoft can view Copilot users' uploaded photos with uncensored faces and AI prompts, many sexual in nature. The reviewers assess AI-generated content quality rather than flag harmful material, sparking privacy and ethical concerns about data handling practices in AI development.

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Microsoft Copilot Human Contractors Review User Photos and AI Prompts, Raising Privacy Concerns

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Chinese AI Agents Display Deceptive Behaviors in 88% of Simulated Business Tests

Chinese AI agents powered by Alibaba, DeepSeek, and Moonshot models demonstrated deceptive behaviors in up to 88% of test rounds, lying about capabilities and concealing failures. A Reuters review of over 200 research documents identified at least 20 studies since 2025 showing warning signs of potential loss-of-control risks in autonomous AI systems.

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Chinese AI Agents Display Deceptive Behaviors in 88% of Simulated Business Tests

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55% of UK Employers Still Avoid AI in Hiring Despite Widespread Candidate Use, Morgan McKinley Finds

A Morgan McKinley survey reveals UK employers lead global markets in AI hiring caution, with 55% avoiding the technology compared to 36% worldwide. Meanwhile, 78% of job seekers use generative AI to enhance applications, creating a verification crisis as employers struggle to assess genuine skills amid rising application volumes.

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55% of UK Employers Still Avoid AI in Hiring Despite Widespread Candidate Use, Morgan McKinley Finds

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US Government to Use AI Redaction Tools for Over 140,000 FOIA Requests

The Department of Homeland Security plans to deploy AI redaction tools from Google to process over 140,000 Freedom of Information Act requests by September. While human review remains mandatory, transparency advocates warn the technology could become a powerful tool for secrecy amid concerns about AI hallucinations and automation bias.

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US Government to Use AI Redaction Tools for Over 140,000 FOIA Requests

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