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• Former WhatsApp security boss in lawsuit likens Meta’s culture to a “cult”

  Meta allegedly prioritized user growth over security, lawsuit said.

• AI will consume all of IT by 2030—but not all IT jobs, Gartner says

  AI still threatens entry-level IT jobs.

• ChatGPT’s new branching feature is a good reminder that AI chatbots aren’t people

  Users can explore multiple paths without losing their original chat thread.

• The number of mis-issued 1.1.1.1 certificates grows. Here’s the latest.

  Everything to know about the mishap that threatened to expose millions of users' queries.

• Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

  Historic interpreter taught millions to program on Commodore and Apple computers.

• New AI model turns photos into explorable 3D worlds, with caveats

  Openly available AI tool creates steerable 3D-like video, but requires serious GPU muscle.

• Mis-issued certificates for 1.1.1.1 DNS service pose a threat to the Internet

  The three certificates were issued in May but only came to light Wednesday.

• OpenAI announces parental controls for ChatGPT after teen suicide lawsuit

  Promised protections follow reports of vulnerable users misled in extended chats.

• Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

  Longtime acolytes are sidelined as CEO directs biggest leadership reorganization in two decades.

• Google warns that mass data theft hitting Salesloft AI agent has grown bigger

  Assume all Drift credentials are compromised after Workspace breach, Google says.

• High-severity vulnerability in Passwordstate credential manager. Patch now.

  Vulnerability can be exploited to gain access to customers' crown jewels.

• Unpacking Passkeys Pwned: Possibly the most specious research in decades

  Researchers take note: When the endpoint is compromised, all bets are off.

• The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality

  AI assistants don't have fixed personalities—just patterns of output guided by humans.

• Anthropic’s auto-clicking AI Chrome extension raises browser-hijacking concerns

  Malicious websites can embed invisible commands that AI agents will follow blindly.

• OpenAI admits ChatGPT safeguards fail during extended conversations

  ChatGPT allegedly provided suicide encouragement to teen after moderation safeguards failed.

• Senator castigates federal judiciary for ignoring “basic cybersecurity”

  Breaches in 2020 and 2025, reportedly by foreign adversaries, exposed confidential files.

• With AI chatbots, Big Tech is moving fast and breaking people

  Why AI chatbots validate grandiose fantasies about revolutionary discoveries that don't exist.

• College student’s “time travel” AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history

  Hobbyist training AI on Victorian texts gets an unexpected history lesson from his own creation.

• Is the AI bubble about to pop? Sam Altman is prepared either way.

  "Someone will lose a phenomenal amount of money," says CEO while fundraising at record prices.

• Is AI really trying to escape human control and blackmail people?

  Opinion: Theatrical testing scenarios explain why AI models produce alarming outputs—and why we fall for it.