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AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast

AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast

Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.

arstechnica.com
Jan 30
AIBiz & ITagentic AI
County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security

County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security

Settlement comes more than 6 years after Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn's ordeal began.

arstechnica.com
Jan 29
Biz & ITPolicySecurity
Site catering to online criminals has been seized by the FBI

Site catering to online criminals has been seized by the FBI

One of the last holdouts for ransomware discussions, RAMP is taken down.

arstechnica.com
Jan 28
Biz & ITSecuritycrime
OpenAI spills technical details about how its AI coding agent works

OpenAI spills technical details about how its AI coding agent works

Unusually detailed post explains how OpenAI handles the Codex agent loop.

arstechnica.com
Jan 26
AIBiz & ITagentic AI
Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"

Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"

The onslaught includes LLMs finding bogus vulnerabilities and code that won't compile.

arstechnica.com
Jan 22
AIBiz & ITSecurity
eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents

eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents

New policy requires "buy for me" AI tools and chatbots to obtain permission before accessing the platform.

arstechnica.com
Jan 22
AIBiz & ITagentic AI
Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS

Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS

Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.

arstechnica.com
Jan 21
Biz & ITPolicySecurity
Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there's a plugin to avoid them.

Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there's a plugin to avoid them.

The web's best guide to spotting AI writing has become a manual for hiding it.

arstechnica.com
Jan 21
AIBiz & ITAI detection
10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.

arstechnica.com
Jan 19
AIBiz & ITFeatures
Rackspace customers grapple with “devastating” email hosting price hike

Rackspace customers grapple with “devastating” email hosting price hike

Reseller says Rackspace plans to charge it 706 percent more.

arstechnica.com
Jan 16
Biz & ITcloudemail
A single click mounted a covert, multistage attack against Copilot

A single click mounted a covert, multistage attack against Copilot

Exploit exfiltrating data from chat histories worked even after users closed chat windows.

arstechnica.com
Jan 14
AIBiz & ITSecurity
Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform

Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform

Indie music store says it wants fans to have confidence music was largely made by humans.

arstechnica.com
Jan 14
AIBiz & ITAI music
ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up

ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up

New feature will allow users to link medical and wellness records to AI chatbot.

arstechnica.com
Jan 8
AIBiz & ITAI assistants
Supply chains, AI, and the cloud: The biggest failures (and one success) of 2025

Supply chains, AI, and the cloud: The biggest failures (and one success) of 2025

The past year has seen plenty of hacks and outages. Here are the ones topping the list.

arstechnica.com
Dec 31, 2025
AIAppleBiz & IT
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT image generator makes faking photos easy

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT image generator makes faking photos easy

New GPT Image 1.5 allows more detailed conversational image editing, for better or worse.

arstechnica.com
Dec 17, 2025
AIBiz & ITAI image generator
Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations

Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations

The extensions, available for Chromium browsers, harvest full AI conversations over months.

arstechnica.com
Dec 17, 2025
AIBiz & ITSecurity
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content

Dictionary codifies the term that took hold in 2024 for low-quality AI-generated content.

arstechnica.com
Dec 15, 2025
AIBiz & ITAI criticism
OpenAI built an AI coding agent and uses it to improve the agent itself

OpenAI built an AI coding agent and uses it to improve the agent itself

"The vast majority of Codex is built by Codex," OpenAI told us about its new AI coding agent.

arstechnica.com
Dec 12, 2025
AIBiz & ITagentic AI
OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 after “code red” Google threat alert

OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 after “code red” Google threat alert

Company claims new AI model tops Gemini and matches humans on 70% of work tasks.

arstechnica.com
Dec 11, 2025
AIBiz & ITagentic AI
Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora

Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora

Three-year deal lets users create AI videos of Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader, and more.

arstechnica.com
Dec 11, 2025
AIBiz & ITAI law
Meta offers EU users ad-light option in push to end investigation

Meta offers EU users ad-light option in push to end investigation

Facebook agrees to change "pay or consent" model after talks with European Commission.

arstechnica.com
Dec 8, 2025
Biz & ITEUFacebook
In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool

In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool

Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again?

arstechnica.com
Dec 4, 2025
AIBiz & ITcontractors
HP plans to save millions by laying off thousands, ramping up AI use

HP plans to save millions by laying off thousands, ramping up AI use

Product development, internal operations among teams expected to be hit hardest.

arstechnica.com
Nov 26, 2025
AIBiz & ITAI layoffs
Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble

Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble

Several companies are selling crypto stockpiles in effort to fund share buybacks, shore up stock prices.

arstechnica.com
Nov 26, 2025
Biz & ITbitcoincrypto
UK government will buy tech to boost AI sector in $130M growth push

UK government will buy tech to boost AI sector in $130M growth push

Plan will offer guaranteed payments for British startups making AI hardware

arstechnica.com
Nov 24, 2025
AIBiz & ITFinancial Times
Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.

Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.

Voting system required three keys. One of them has been "irretrievably lost."

arstechnica.com
Nov 22, 2025
Biz & ITSecurityelection systems
How to know if your Asus router is one of thousands hacked by China-state hackers

How to know if your Asus router is one of thousands hacked by China-state hackers

So far, the hackers are laying low, likely for later use.

arstechnica.com
Nov 21, 2025
Biz & ITSecurityASUS
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand

Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand

Google's AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.

arstechnica.com
Nov 21, 2025
AIBiz & ITGoogle
HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs

HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs

HEVC licensing gets more expensive in January.

arstechnica.com
Nov 20, 2025
Biz & ITTechdell
Massive Cloudflare outage was triggered by file that suddenly doubled in size

Massive Cloudflare outage was triggered by file that suddenly doubled in size

"I worry this is the big botnet flexing," CEO said. But outage was self-inflicted.

arstechnica.com
Nov 19, 2025
Biz & ITPolicycloudflare
Critics scoff after Microsoft warns AI feature can infect machines and pilfer data

Critics scoff after Microsoft warns AI feature can infect machines and pilfer data

Integration of Copilot Actions into Windows is off by default, but for how long?

arstechnica.com
Nov 19, 2025
AIBiz & ITSecurity
Tech giants pour billions into Anthropic as circular AI investments roll on

Tech giants pour billions into Anthropic as circular AI investments roll on

ChatGPT competitor secures billions from Microsoft and Nvidia in deal to use cloud services and chips.

arstechnica.com
Nov 18, 2025
AIBiz & ITAI bubble
Bonkers Bitcoin heist: 5-star hotels, cash-filled envelopes, vanishing funds

Bonkers Bitcoin heist: 5-star hotels, cash-filled envelopes, vanishing funds

Bitcoin mining hardware exec falls for sophisticated crypto scam to tune of $200k

arstechnica.com
Nov 18, 2025
Biz & ITSecuritysyndication
Google CEO: If an AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean

Google CEO: If an AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean

Sundar Pichai says no company is immune if AI bubble bursts, echoing dotcom fears.

arstechnica.com
Nov 18, 2025
AIBiz & ITAI energy
5 plead guilty to laptop farm and ID theft scheme to land North Koreans US IT jobs

5 plead guilty to laptop farm and ID theft scheme to land North Koreans US IT jobs

Fleets of laptops run from US residences gave appearance workers were in the US.

arstechnica.com
Nov 17, 2025
Biz & ITSecurityapt38
Oracle hit hard in Wall Street’s tech sell-off over its huge AI bet

Oracle hit hard in Wall Street’s tech sell-off over its huge AI bet

Company falls more than rivals over its borrowing and reliance on OpenAI contracts.

arstechnica.com
Nov 17, 2025
AIBiz & ITLarry Ellison
Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules

Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules

Ongoing struggles with AI model instruction-following show that true human-level AI still a ways off.

arstechnica.com
Nov 14, 2025
AIBiz & ITAI assistants
Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous

Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous

The results of AI-assisted hacking aren't as impressive as many might have us believe.

arstechnica.com
Nov 14, 2025
AIBiz & ITSecurity
OpenAI walks a tricky tightrope with GPT-5.1’s eight new personalities

OpenAI walks a tricky tightrope with GPT-5.1’s eight new personalities

New controls attempt to please critics on both sides with a balance between bland and habit-forming.

arstechnica.com
Nov 12, 2025
AIBiz & ITAI assistants
Meta’s star AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave for own startup

Meta’s star AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave for own startup

AI pioneer reportedly frustrated with Meta's shift from research to rapid product releases.

arstechnica.com
Nov 12, 2025
AIBiz & ITAI alignment
ClickFix may be the biggest security threat your family has never heard of

ClickFix may be the biggest security threat your family has never heard of

Relatively new technique can bypass many endpoint protections.

arstechnica.com
Nov 11, 2025
Biz & ITSecurityclickfix
Researchers isolate memorization from problem-solving in AI neural networks

Researchers isolate memorization from problem-solving in AI neural networks

Basic arithmetic ability lives in the memorization pathways, not logic circuits.

arstechnica.com
Nov 10, 2025
AIBiz & ITAI alignment