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S&P Global sees OpenAI as a "key credit risk" for Oracle and cuts its credit rating
S&P Global downgraded Oracle's credit rating to "BBB-," one notch above junk status, citing OpenAI as a "key credit risk." The rating agency flagged a…
Meta kills Muse Image feature that let anyone generate AI photos of Instagram users without consent
Meta has shut down a feature in its Muse Image model that allowed users to generate AI photos of Instagram accounts without consent. The tool let anyo…
Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 outperforms GLM-5.2 in coding and costs slightly less
Meta released Muse Spark 1.1, a model that beats Zhipu's GLM-5.2 on coding benchmarks while undercutting it on price. The model scored 71.3 on coding …
FL Studio head Constantin Koehncke turns to Reddit for feedback and fun
Constantin Koehncke, CEO of Image Line and steward of FL Studio, is leveraging Reddit to gather user feedback and build community engagement around th…
Ransomware negotiator hired to represent victims was working for the attackers
A former ransomware negotiator received a six-year prison sentence after federal prosecutors proved he was secretly working for the attackers while re…
No, Flock isn’t threatening people for debating surveillance
Flock Safety did not send a cease-and-desist letter threatening people for debating surveillance technology, despite claims circulating on social medi…
AI Weekly Issue #507: Anthropic Says Alibaba Stole 29 Million Conversations With Claude
Anthropic leveled a major accusation against Alibaba this week, claiming the Chinese tech giant operated 25,000 fake accounts to extract nearly 29 mil…
Disable auto-play and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta
The European Union is moving to force Meta into significant product changes across Facebook and Instagram under the Digital Services Act, with regulat…
Insilico Medicine advances AI drug for IPF to Phase III trials
Insilico Medicine has advanced an AI-discovered drug candidate into Phase III human trials for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive lung…
Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
Google paid $250,000 to a security researcher for discovering a Linux vulnerability that enables guest virtual machines to escape their isolation and …