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ShieldFont Disrupts AI Scrapers by Poisoning Unauthorized Data Collection with Hidden Word Swaps

Designers created ShieldFont, a font that looks normal to humans but disrupts AI scrapers by swapping words in HTML source code. The innovation poisons scraped data, making unauthorized LLM data collection costlier while raising questions about accessibility.

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ShieldFont Disrupts AI Scrapers by Poisoning Unauthorized Data Collection with Hidden Word Swaps

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Oura Faces Class Action Over AI Sleep Tracking Accuracy as $11B Company Heads Toward IPO

Smart ring manufacturer Oura is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging its devices cannot accurately measure sleep stages despite advertising 95% sleep staging accuracy. The suit claims Oura's AI models produce guesses no better than a coin flip, contradicting marketing claims that compare the rings to clinical sleep studies.

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Oura Faces Class Action Over AI Sleep Tracking Accuracy as $11B Company Heads Toward IPO

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US Schools Teach AI Literacy by Exposing Chatbot Flaws to Students

Schools across the US are inviting AI into classrooms to teach students AI literacy by exposing chatbot errors and hallucinations. The 50,000-student Charleston County School District partnered with AI For Education to develop comprehensive AI policy and training programs. 37 states have published AI guidance as educators balance preparing students for an AI-driven future while teaching critical thinking when using AI tools.

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US Schools Teach AI Literacy by Exposing Chatbot Flaws to Students

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ChatGPT Can Now Control Apple Messages on Mac, Raising Privacy Questions

OpenAI rolled out a new Apple Messages plugin for ChatGPT on Mac that lets the AI read, write, and send texts on your behalf. Available to ChatGPT Work and Codex users on Apple silicon Macs, the feature runs locally but requires Full Disk Access. The integration comes amid Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft.

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ChatGPT Can Now Control Apple Messages on Mac, Raising Privacy Questions

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Nine Tech Giants Face Hundreds of Millions in Damages Over Unauthorized Voice Data for AI Training

Nine major tech companies including Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Samsung are facing class action lawsuits in Chicago federal court for allegedly violating Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act. Journalists, podcasters and audiobook narrators claim these companies used thousands of hours of recorded human voices without permission to power their AI systems, with each defendant facing hundreds of millions of dollars in potential damages.

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Nine Tech Giants Face Hundreds of Millions in Damages Over Unauthorized Voice Data for AI Training

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Ramp Launches AI Model Router After 3 Years of Internal Use, Cuts Costs by 40%

Corporate expense management platform Ramp unveiled Router, an AI model routing service that connects businesses to multiple large language models through a single API. After three years of internal use that cut Ramp's own AI costs by 30%, early customers are seeing 40% average cost reductions. The move positions Ramp to compete in the booming AI inference market.

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Ramp Launches AI Model Router After 3 Years of Internal Use, Cuts Costs by 40%

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Anthropic Lets Enterprise Customers Store Their Own AI Data on Own Cloud Infrastructure

Anthropic is revising its data retention policy to give enterprise customers greater control over their AI data. While the 30-day data retention requirement remains, businesses can now store that data on their own cloud infrastructure instead of Anthropic's systems. The change addresses concerns from highly regulated industries and follows months of coordination with over 100 customers including Salesforce.

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Anthropic Lets Enterprise Customers Store Their Own AI Data on Own Cloud Infrastructure

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FTC Proposes Enforcement Policy Against Undisclosed Personalized Pricing Using AI

The FTC announced a new enforcement policy statement requiring retailers to disclose personalized pricing practices. Companies using AI-driven algorithms adjust prices based on consumer data without transparency could violate federal law. The policy seeks public comment for 30 days.

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FTC Proposes Enforcement Policy Against Undisclosed Personalized Pricing Using AI

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Grok Chat Agent Exposed: Cryptographic Context Injection Lets Attackers Steal User Data

Security researchers at Adversa AI discovered xAI's Grok is vulnerable to cryptographic context injection, enabling attackers to exfiltrate chat history and personal information through encrypted commands. Despite being reported in June 2026, the AI security vulnerability remains unpatched, highlighting fundamental challenges in protecting large language models from prompt injection attacks.

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Grok Chat Agent Exposed: Cryptographic Context Injection Lets Attackers Steal User Data

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Experian Lets UK Consumers Check Credit Score Within ChatGPT for First Time

Experian has upgraded its ChatGPT app to let UK consumers access their personalized 1250 Experian credit score directly within the AI platform. The integration includes score breakdowns, history tracking, and current account comparisons, with built-in data privacy protections ensuring information isn't exposed to the AI model.

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Experian Lets UK Consumers Check Credit Score Within ChatGPT for First Time

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OpenAI Brings ChatGPT Ads to 31 European Markets in Largest Rollout Yet

OpenAI is launching ChatGPT ads across 31 European countries starting August 24, marking its largest ad expansion yet. The ads will reach Free and Go plan users while paid subscribers on Plus, Pro, and Enterprise tiers remain ad-free. The rollout raises questions about privacy protections and compliance with the EU AI Act and Digital Services Act.

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OpenAI Brings ChatGPT Ads to 31 European Markets in Largest Rollout Yet

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AI Privacy Study Ranks 13 Chatbots: ChatGPT, Gemini, and Meta AI Compared on Data Safety

A new study by Incogni ranks 13 major AI platforms including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Meta AI based on privacy risks. The research reveals how each handles your data, with larger platforms scoring worst except ChatGPT. Meanwhile, Proton's free Lumo AI Paper Trail tool exposes exactly what AI models infer about users.

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AI Privacy Study Ranks 13 Chatbots: ChatGPT, Gemini, and Meta AI Compared on Data Safety

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OpenAI launches Private Safety Processing to monitor AI abuse without storing customer data

OpenAI unveiled Private Safety Processing, a system that detects AI misuse patterns across multiple interactions while maintaining Zero Data Retention commitments. Unlike Anthropic's 30-day retention requirement, OpenAI's approach keeps enterprise data on customer-controlled infrastructure with automated monitoring that never exposes prompts or responses to company personnel.

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OpenAI launches Private Safety Processing to monitor AI abuse without storing customer data

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Germany Launches €7.4 Million AtheneKI Project for AI in Healthcare Crisis Management

Germany is building AI-driven infrastructure to transform crisis management in its healthcare system through the AtheneKI project. Led by the University of Duisburg-Essen and funded with €7.4 million, the initiative integrates hospital, pharmacy, wastewater, and weather data to enable early detection of health crises and support faster decision-making.

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Germany Launches €7.4 Million AtheneKI Project for AI in Healthcare Crisis Management

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Avec's AI Feature Scans Emails for Due Dates But Leaves Privacy Questions Unanswered

Avec launched a swipe-based AI feature that scans emails for due dates and resurfaces messages when deadlines arrive. The $8.4mn email app works exclusively on iOS and Gmail, but hasn't disclosed whether scanning happens on-device or server-side, raising concerns about privacy risks and prompt injection attacks.

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Avec's AI Feature Scans Emails for Due Dates But Leaves Privacy Questions Unanswered

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