Today's AI Pulse
Google sues Chinese cybercrime network for exploiting Gemini AI in massive scam campaign
Google has filed a lawsuit to dismantle the Outsider Enterprise network that used its Gemini AI to automate scam text messages. The operation ran 9,000 fake websites, registered 1 million fraudulent domains and sent 2.5 million texts in two weeks, scamming hundreds of thousands and causing multi‑million‑dollar losses.
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We Must Take Control of AI Now, Before It’s Too Late | Letters
The letter urges governments to act now to control artificial intelligence before it becomes unmanageable, warning that future AI systems could sabotage shutdown attempts. It proposes that states acquire majority stakes in key AI firms, nationalize assets, and enforce local taxation to prevent wealth concentration. Alternative strategies include shutting down data centers and conserving resources. The author stresses the urgency of developing public‑interest plans rather than allowing elite rescue schemes after a market crash.
If Exams Can't Beat AI, Competencies Can't Either
When an occupation has trouble developing exams that are AI-proof, it’s a sign that it will have trouble developing competencies that are AI-proof.
Understanding AI Wrappers: Real‑World Examples Demystified
AI wrappers explained IRL
Lowering the Cost of Intelligence With NVIDIA's Ian Buck - Ep. 284
In this episode, Ian Buck of NVIDIA explains how mixture‑of‑experts (MoE) architectures allow AI models to become more capable without a linear rise in compute costs, using analogies that make the concept accessible. He highlights the hidden complexities of MoE,...
Claiming “Verified Human” To Counter AI Impersonation
(Verified Human) Anyone else going to post that they're a 'verified human' or something along those lines to their LI or other accounts and posts? Of course GenAI could simply generate a 'verified human' tag but I've been reading about...
China Drafts World’s Strictest Rules to End AI-Encouraged Suicide, Violence
China’s Cyberspace Administration has drafted landmark regulations targeting AI chatbots that could manipulate users or encourage self‑harm, suicide, and violence. The proposal mandates immediate human intervention when suicidal language appears, requires guardian contact for minors and seniors, and bans emotional...
Pick the Right AI for the Job, Not the Logo
Quick take: the “best AI” depends on the job, not the logo. Here’s a simple mental model for five popular assistants: ChatGPT — best for creative work + coding + everyday productivity. Strong at brainstorming, drafting, debugging, and building repeatable...
AI Erases Friction, Amplifies Polished Mediocrity Everywhere
AI makes mediocre taste catastrophic. For most of history, mediocre taste had limits. It cost something to produce, took time to distribute, and required someone to stand behind it. Friction filtered a lot of junk. AI removes the friction and...
How to Keep Your Kids Safe in This AI-Powered World
Artificial intelligence is now woven into the apps, games, search tools and social feeds that children use daily, exposing them to new, often unmoderated risks. Experts warn that chatbots—designed to sound empathetic—are delivering harmful advice, fostering dependence, and in some...
I Asked ChatGPT for My New Year's Resolutions, and Now I Feel Almost Too Seen
Lance Ulanoff asked ChatGPT 5.1 Pro for New Year's resolutions and received a list that felt eerily precise. The AI drew on three years of his prompts, conversations, and uploads to craft goals ranging from personal branding to plant care. Ulanoff highlights how...
Ishu Anand Jaiswal, Senior Engineering Leader — Owning Outcomes, Customer-Facing Systems, Trust Over Speed, Scaling Systems, AI with Guardrails, Lasting...
Ishu Anand Jaiswal, a senior engineering leader with 18+ years experience, transitioned from building isolated components to owning full‑scale, customer‑facing systems at Apple and Intuit. He led the Smart Sign platform—25,000 global endpoints with 99.999% availability—and introduced adaptive caching and AI...
Security Researchers Catch "Privacy" Browser Extensions Siphoning AI Chats and Selling Them via a Data Broker
Security researchers at Koi identified eight popular browser extensions, including Urban VPN Proxy, that covertly capture AI chat conversations from services like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. The data‑harvesting code was introduced via an automatic update in July 2025 and continues even...
'Putting the Servers in Orbit Is a Stupid Idea': Could Data Centers in Space Help Avoid an AI Energy Crisis?...
Google Research has unveiled Project Suncatcher, a study exploring satellite constellations equipped with AI accelerators powered by solar energy as a potential off‑world data‑center solution. The proposal arises as global data‑center electricity use already reaches about 415 TWh in 2024, representing...
Zara Uses AI to Dress Models Virtually Instead of Booking New Photo Shoots
Zara is deploying artificial‑intelligence tools to digitally re‑dress existing model photographs, eliminating the need for fresh photo shoots. The retailer asks models for permission to reuse images and compensates them at the same rate as a traditional shoot, while other...
Senate Pushes Bipartisan Repeal of Section 230 Immunity
Time to end Section 230 - Thoughts on this? Excerpt from: https://lnkd.in/eA48kYDV ********** With U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley Q: What is Section 230? A: Section 230 refers to the federal statute that provides legal immunity to Big Tech. The outdated...
AI Fraud Forces World's Largest Accounting Body to End Online Exams
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) will discontinue all online examinations starting March 2026 due to AI‑driven cheating outpacing detection methods. The body, serving nearly 260,000 members and over 500,000 students, cites incidents where candidates photograph questions and feed...
Oscar Winners and Hollywood A-Listers Launch Coalition to Set AI Rules for Entertainment Industry
Hollywood’s top talent has formed the Creators Coalition on AI (CCAI) to establish industry‑wide standards for artificial intelligence use. Oscar‑winning directors Daniel Kwan and Jonathan Wang, together with actor Joseph Gordon‑Levitt, launched the group, with supporters including Natalie Portman, Cate...
ChatGPT Recommendations Are Driving Real Purchases
Would you buy something ChatGPT recommended? Someone asked it about chronic neck pain, past injuries, and sleep habits… and it led to a $200 pillow that completely fixed the problem. No influencer. No ad. Just a question and a recommendation...
What We Learned Building SalesBot — HubSpot’s AI-Powered Chatbot Selling Assistant
HubSpot’s Conversational Marketing team replaced its 100‑plus live chat agents with SalesBot, an AI‑powered chatbot that now handles the bulk of inbound website conversations. The bot first focused on deflecting low‑intent queries, achieving over 80% deflection, then added a real‑time...
How Webflow’s CPO Built an AI Chief of Staff to Manage Her Calendar, Prep for Meetings, and Drive AI Adoption...
In this episode, Webflow CPO Rachel Wolan explains how she built a custom AI "chief of staff" that syncs with her calendar, email, and other tools to triage tasks, prep for meetings, and give candid feedback on her time usage....
3 New Tricks to Try With Google Gemini Live After Its Latest Major Upgrade
Google has rolled out its biggest Gemini Live upgrade, enhancing conversational AI capabilities. The update improves tone, nuance, pronunciation, and adds dynamic accent support. Users can now adjust speech speed, request repeats, and receive richer storytelling with character perspectives. The...
AI Adoption Requires Workflow Integration, Not Just Access
Having access to AI does not automatically lead to adoption. With Gemini Enterprise, organizations gain enterprise-ready intelligence, but real value emerges when AI is integrated into everyday workflows. Through Promevo’s guidance, adoption becomes structured, consistent, and sustainable, allowing AI to...
The Psychology of AI SERPs and Shopping
AI-generated search overviews are reshaping how consumers find information and products. A Pew survey in March 2025 found 58% of U.S. adults saw an AI Overview, and only 8% of them clicked a traditional link, compared with 15% click‑through when...
AIhub Monthly Digest: December 2025 – Studying Bias in AI-Based Recruitment Tools, an Image Dataset for Ethical AI Benchmarking, and...
The December 2025 AIhub monthly digest covers four main topics: Frida Hartman's research on gender bias in AI-driven recruitment tools, Alice Xiang's launch of the Fair Human-Centric Image Benchmark (FHIBE) for ethical computer‑vision evaluation, Professor Marynel Vázquez's insights on human‑robot...
Nexa Cards Enters Acquisition Discussions with OX Agency to Enhance AI-Based Identity and Security Capabilities
Nexa Cards, a global fintech firm offering crypto‑enabled stored‑value cards, has entered exclusive talks to acquire OX Agency, a specialist in facial‑recognition and AI‑driven identity verification. The deal aligns with Nexa’s strategy to internalize security and compliance functions, integrating real‑time...
AI Is Becoming an Economic Actor, Not Just a Tool
Artificial intelligence has moved beyond advisory roles to actively making economic decisions such as setting credit limits, pricing, and resource allocation. These algorithmic actions occur at machine speed and often without explicit human approval, turning AI into an economic actor...
THE.Hosting Marks 2025 Milestones, Reveals 2026 Expansion Roadmap
THE.Hosting reported a strong 2025, unveiling the €1‑per‑month Ferrum VPS aimed at startups and launching a free three‑day dedicated‑server trial. The company also introduced a Server Marketplace with pre‑installed WordPress, Docker, Kubernetes and popular control panels, and expanded its data‑center...
DebitMyData Lays the Foundation for the Human Energy Grid
DebitMyData, Inc. is launching a Human Energy Grid that ties verified digital identities to data and energy exchange, aiming to give displaced workers a revenue stream in the emerging creator economy. The platform, DebitMyData.com, provides blockchain‑backed consent and compliance tools...
Top 10 AI Agent Platforms for Business Leaders
10 AI Agent Platforms Every Business Leader Needs To Know #AIagents are moving rapidly from experimentation to everyday business use, but choosing the right platform can feel overwhelming. This article explores the leading tools for building, deploying, and managing #AI...
Hand‑Centric Policy Works Sim‑to‑Real, Needs Lidar Localization
a more in-home-acceptable hand-centric policy. sim2sim shown, it does work sim2real, but need to improve localisation w/ lidar. Changes: Good hand rotation, torso/head/camera actually faces where we intend to go. Semi decent walking, crouch, and general pose. Still all PPO https://t.co/hK5F0sJuJL
Inside Microsoft Ignite: How Microsoft and NVIDIA Are Redefining the AI Stack
At Microsoft Ignite 2025, NVIDIA and Microsoft unveiled a unified AI stack that couples NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPUs with Azure’s new NCv6 virtual machines, expanding cloud‑native compute for complex AI and visual workloads. The partnership also introduced Omniverse libraries on Azure,...
No‑Code AI Powers 2025’s Top Machine Learning Trends
How could you use no-code AI to boost your projects? Top 10 Machine Learning Trends to Watch in 2025 https://t.co/e65AsSHtq4 #AI #MachineLearning #IoT #CES2026 #5G https://t.co/EDQwhQpX3b
Make AI Work More Human, Not Less
Choose the human path for AI To realize the greatest gains from artificial intelligence, we must make the future of work more human, not less. https://t.co/eG7hPvVFHX via @MITSloan #CES2026 #AI #IoT #5G
AI Being Used to Help Cut A&E Waiting Times in England This Winter
England’s NHS is deploying an artificial‑intelligence forecasting tool to predict emergency department demand this winter. The algorithm analyses historical attendances, weather patterns, school holidays and flu/Covid rates to estimate patient volumes, allowing trusts to align staffing and bed capacity. Around...
GenAI Rewires Enterprise Knowledge, Linking Expertise Beyond Automation
How global organizations are rewiring institutional knowledge with GenAI Not just automating tasks, but surfacing and connecting expertise across the enterprise. Read more: https://t.co/PjSWQQqtgX via @mitsmr #CES2026 #AI #IoT #5G https://t.co/6pK7HLLwPG
Can Predictive AI Truly Understand Real-World Context?
How deeply predictive AI systems understand their subject matter? Can large language models figure out the real world? https://t.co/E2bwsor4VU #MachineLearning #MIT #CES2026 #AI #IoT #5G @mitsmr @Hal_Good @AlexMachicado @Analytics_699 @ipfconline1 https://t.co/VEhTHKtWNN
Bernie Sanders Criticizes AI as ‘the Most Consequential Technology in Humanity’
Senator Bernie Sanders warned that artificial intelligence is the most consequential technology in humanity, linking its rapid adoption to job loss and widening wealth gaps. He called for a moratorium on new AI datacenters and criticized billionaire tech leaders for...
Agentic AI Drives Advantage Amid Four Key Tensions
The 2025 Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy report, from @mitsmr and @BCG , looks at how organizations that are adopting agentic AI are gaining advantage while facing four distinct tensions. Read the full report >> https://t.co/yt7MtRuGRb #CES2026 #AI #IoT...
AI Cuts Costs, but Human Content Still Outperforms
AI has made content creation easier and cheaper. But on average, we aren't seeing AI-generated content achieve the engagement that human-generated content does. And it's not just us who's seeing this... which is why most companies are increasing or maintaining their content...
Gemini Generates Interactive Images with Instant Explanations
Holy sh*t. Gemini can now produce fully interactive images on any topic. Such an insane resource for learning → highlight any region, and it gives you a full explanation 🤯 https://t.co/XtxMBRgugR
RAG Isn't Dead: Evidence Defies the Hype
when someone says RAG is dead https://t.co/UvXY6LbWzP
NyRAG Now Supports Local LLMs for True RAG Experience
Support for local llm models with ollama, lm studio, vllm, etc has now been added to NyRAG in addition to openrouter for a truly local rag experience. check it out here: https://t.co/K2JfavHIpB and dont forget to star the repo :)...
Guided AI Integration Turns Experiments Into Everyday Workflows
Access to AI does not equal adoption. With Gemini Enterprise and Promevo’s guidance, AI moves from isolated experiments to structured, everyday workflows, supporting consistent and sustainable adoption across the organization. More > https://t.co/ixAahO3LLA @Promevo Partner. https://t.co/NMaIdPMSSB
Musk Shines Spotlight on China's Fast‑evolving Humanoid Cerebellum
Musk remarks put China’s fast-evolving humanoid ‘cerebellum’ in spotlight - Global Times https://t.co/rEcqWpaXyC #humanoid #robot #Elon_Musk #china
AI-Generated Image Detection Simplified with New Tool
Detecting AI generated images has never been easier https://t.co/SLoueXHM5I
AI Reveals How Strong Our Judgment Really Is
AI is a stress test for judgment.
Learn Claude Code Fast with Anthropic’s Short Course
Lots of buzz on Claude Code here today. This short course, created with Anthropic, is the best way to learn to use it well. Please enjoy it!
AI Breakthroughs Like World Models Will Accelerate Us
Translation: we are about to accelerate because of AI breakthroughs like world models.
Cutting‑edge LLM Handles Vast Range of Tasks
"State of the art LLM" is doing a LOT of work in this chart https://t.co/G63vslf0zd
All Core AI Concepts Explained in One Visual
Core AI concepts in one view 🧠 ML, DL, NLP, CV, RL, Robotics, Generative AI — all the building blocks explained. Great refresher for anyone working with AI. Credit in image. #AI #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #GenAI https://t.co/u37wbrc0J6