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Amazon Ring deploys facial recognition to doorbells as privacy experts sound the alarm

Amazon has rolled out its AI-powered Familiar Faces feature to Ring doorbells across the United States, allowing users to catalog up to 50 faces for personalized notifications. While the company promotes convenience and security, privacy advocates including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Senator Ed Markey warn of mass surveillance risks, especially given Amazon's partnerships with law enforcement and past data security failures that resulted in a $5.8 million FTC fine.

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Amazon Ring deploys facial recognition to doorbells as privacy experts sound the alarm

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Pentagon launches GenAI.mil with Google Gemini to integrate AI into military operations

The Department of Defense unveiled GenAI.mil, a military AI platform powered by Google Gemini for Government, promising to put frontier AI models in the hands of three million personnel. Secretary Pete Hegseth claims it will make US forces more lethal, though initial capabilities focus on administrative tasks like summarizing policy handbooks and generating compliance checklists.

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Pentagon launches GenAI.mil with Google Gemini to integrate AI into military operations

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Alexa+ shopping features can automatically buy products when prices drop to your target

Amazon rolls out Alexa+ shopping features that track deals and buy for you when prices hit your target. The AI assistant monitors your cart, wishlists, and specified items 24/7, completing automatic purchases using default payment settings. A new Shopping Essentials dashboard launches on Echo Show 15 and 21, consolidating order tracking, shopping lists, and personalized gift suggestions into one interface.

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Alexa+ shopping features can automatically buy products when prices drop to your target

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Pebble's founder launches $75 AI smart ring that turns fleeting thoughts into organized notes

Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble, has unveiled the Index 01, a $75 AI smart ring designed as external memory for your brain. Unlike always-on AI wearables, this privacy-preserving device only records when you press its button, processing voice notes locally on your smartphone. With a battery lasting up to two years and no subscription fees, the ring enters a growing market alongside competitors like Sandbar's $249 Stream Ring.

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Pebble's founder launches $75 AI smart ring that turns fleeting thoughts into organized notes

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Blink security cameras now offer AI video descriptions to simplify motion alerts

Amazon-owned Blink is rolling out AI-powered video descriptions that transform generic motion alerts into detailed, natural-language summaries. Available now in early access for subscribers starting at $4 per month, the feature analyzes camera footage to describe what's happening—like "a person in a red shirt is riding a bike in front of a white house." Unlike competitors Ring and Google Nest, Blink includes this upgrade at no additional cost.

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Blink security cameras now offer AI video descriptions to simplify motion alerts

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Google Chrome deploys AI security layers to protect agentic browsing from prompt injection attacks

Google unveiled new security measures for Chrome's agentic features, including a User Alignment Critic model that monitors AI actions and Agent Origin Sets that restrict data access. The company is offering up to $20,000 through its bug bounty program for researchers who find vulnerabilities in these defenses against indirect prompt injection attacks.

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Google Chrome deploys AI security layers to protect agentic browsing from prompt injection attacks

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Gartner Urges Businesses to Block All AI Browsers, Citing Critical Cybersecurity Risks

Research giant Gartner has issued a stark warning to organizations: block all AI browsers immediately. The advisory highlights critical cybersecurity risks posed by agentic browsers from OpenAI, Perplexity, and others, including prompt injection attacks and sensitive data exposure. With the UK's National Cyber Security Centre echoing similar concerns, businesses face pressure to prioritize security over the convenience these tools promise.

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Gartner Urges Businesses to Block All AI Browsers, Citing Critical Cybersecurity Risks

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Axon tests AI-powered police body cameras with facial recognition on 7,000-person watch list

Edmonton police have activated AI-powered police body cameras trained to detect faces of about 7,000 people on a high-risk watch list, marking a controversial return to facial recognition technology that Axon abandoned in 2019 over ethical concerns. The pilot project has sparked debate about privacy implications and whether real-time facial recognition has a place in policing across North America.

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Axon tests AI-powered police body cameras with facial recognition on 7,000-person watch list

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IDEsaster research reveals 30+ critical flaws in AI coding tools enabling data theft and RCE

Security researchers have uncovered over 30 vulnerabilities across every major AI-powered IDE tested, including GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Visual Studio Code. The IDEsaster findings reveal how AI agents can be manipulated through prompt injection to leak sensitive data or execute malicious code, with 24 CVEs assigned and 100% of tested tools affected.

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IDEsaster research reveals 30+ critical flaws in AI coding tools enabling data theft and RCE

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Meta acquires Limitless, an AI wearables startup backed by Sam Altman, to expand hardware ambitions

Meta has acquired Limitless, the AI device startup behind a $99 pendant that records conversations and transcribes them using AI. The company, which raised $33 million from Sam Altman and Andreessen Horowitz, will stop selling its hardware devices but support existing customers for a year. The move signals Meta's push beyond smart glasses into broader AI wearables as competition intensifies in the AI hardware market.

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Meta acquires Limitless, an AI wearables startup backed by Sam Altman, to expand hardware ambitions

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Anthropic launches AI Interviewer tool to collect user feedback on how people actually use AI

Anthropic unveiled its Interviewer tool, an AI-powered chatbot that conducts adaptive interviews to understand how people integrate AI into their work. The research pilot program runs for a week, with early findings showing 86% of professionals believe AI saves time, though concerns about job identity and data security persist among creative and scientific professionals.

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Anthropic launches AI Interviewer tool to collect user feedback on how people actually use AI

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HHS unveils AI strategy to expand adoption across healthcare divisions amid data privacy concerns

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a comprehensive AI strategy aimed at expanding adoption of AI technology across its operations. The 20-page plan outlines five key pillars including governance, risk management, and patient care applications, while projecting a 70% increase in AI implementations by 2025. However, experts raise questions about data privacy protections and whether rigorous standards will be maintained under current leadership.

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HHS unveils AI strategy to expand adoption across healthcare divisions amid data privacy concerns

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Meta launches AI support hub for Facebook and Instagram after admitting past failures

Meta rolled out a centralized support hub for Facebook and Instagram, acknowledging its previous support systems haven't met expectations. The new hub features an AI support assistant to help with account recovery and security issues, with Meta claiming AI has reduced account hacks by over 30% globally. However, users continue to report automated account terminations without human oversight, with some resorting to small claims court to resolve issues.

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Meta launches AI support hub for Facebook and Instagram after admitting past failures

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New AI browsers run local LLMs on your device, even without internet connection

Two new AI browser solutions are challenging cloud-based AI dominance by bringing local LLM capabilities directly to your devices. Puma Browser enables offline AI on mobile phones, while BrowserAI turns desktop browsers into private AI environments. Both eliminate cloud dependency and data privacy concerns while delivering surprisingly fast performance.

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New AI browsers run local LLMs on your device, even without internet connection

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Kohler's Smart Toilet Camera Faces Privacy Concerns After Engineer Exposes Encryption Claims

Kohler's $599 Dekoda smart toilet camera promised end-to-end encryption for health data collected from users' waste. But former Federal Trade Commission advisor Simon Fondrie-Teitler discovered the company can access and decrypt user data on its servers, contradicting typical E2EE standards. The revelation raises questions about misleading privacy claims in smart home devices.

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Kohler's Smart Toilet Camera Faces Privacy Concerns After Engineer Exposes Encryption Claims

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