AI Psychosis Is Rarely Psychosis at All

AI Psychosis Is Rarely Psychosis at All Summary WIRED examines a growing phenomenon where people in psychological crisis report false, grandiose or paranoid beliefs after long conversations with AI chatbots. Clinicians have begun using the catch-all phrase “AI psychosis,” but experts warn that the term is misleading: most cases centre on delusions rather than the […]

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China bans Nvidia AI chips | House panel subpoenas forum CEOs after Kirk assassination | Anthropic clashes with White House

China bans Nvidia AI chips | House panel subpoenas forum CEOs after Kirk assassination | Anthropic clashes with White House Summary Three major tech and policy stories dominate today’s digest. China’s internet regulator has barred leading domestic firms from purchasing Nvidia RTX Pro 6000D AI accelerators as Beijing pushes for a self-reliant AI supply chain. […]

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Microsoft Disrupts ‘RaccoonO365’ Phishing Service

Microsoft Disrupts ‘RaccoonO365’ Phishing Service Summary Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, working with Cloudflare and US law enforcement, seized 338 websites tied to a subscription-based phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) called RaccoonO365. The service — tracked by Microsoft as operated by a group called Storm-2246 — was described as a rapidly growing tool used to steal Microsoft 365 credentials […]

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TikTok To Be Sold To Trump’s Right Wing Billionaire Buddies And Converted Into A Propaganda Mill

TikTok To Be Sold To Trump’s Right Wing Billionaire Buddies And Converted Into A Propaganda Mill Summary Techdirt reports that Donald Trump’s allies are close to a deal that would transfer roughly 80% of TikTok’s U.S. assets to a consortium led by Andreessen Horowitz, Oracle and Silver Lake, leaving about 20% under Chinese ownership. The […]

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AI-Powered Sign-up Fraud Is Scaling Fast

AI-Powered Sign-up Fraud Is Scaling Fast Summary Shiv Ramji (President, Auth0 at Okta) warns that attackers are shifting from traditional login attacks to automating fraudulent account registrations using generative AI. Sign-up funnels have become the path of least resistance: AI scales fake registrations rapidly, exploits promotional offers and overwhelms verification steps. Observations include nearly half […]

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Raven Stealer Scavenges Chromium Data Via Telegram

Raven Stealer Scavenges Chromium Data Via Telegram Summary A lightweight infostealer called Raven, written mainly in Delphi and C++, is being distributed on underground forums and via cracked software. It targets Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave) and other applications to harvest credentials, cookies, autofill entries and browsing history. Raven uses in-memory techniques and a Telegram-based […]

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ASA Bans Midnite AI-Generated Soccer Ad for Violating Child Protection Regulations

ASA Bans Midnite AI-Generated Soccer Ad for Violating Child Protection Regulations Summary The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an AI-generated video posted by gambling operator Midnite after finding it breached rules protecting children from gambling marketing. The clip — an AI parody of a speech by footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold shared on X on […]

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The UK is getting a bite-sized version of Stargate, a sweeping AI infrastructure project from OpenAI and Nvidia

The UK is getting a bite-sized version of Stargate, a sweeping AI infrastructure project from OpenAI and Nvidia Summary OpenAI, Nvidia and Nscale have announced a UK-focused rollout of Stargate — a sovereign AI infrastructure push unveiled during President Donald Trump’s state visit. Major tech players have pledged large-scale investments and hardware deployments across Britain, […]

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‘HybridPetya’ Ransomware Bypasses Secure Boot

‘HybridPetya’ Ransomware Bypasses Secure Boot Summary Researchers at ESET have identified a new malware strain named “HybridPetya” that blends features of Petya ransomware and the destructive NotPetya wiper, while adding the capability to bypass UEFI Secure Boot. The malware can write malicious UEFI payloads to the EFI System Partition and encrypt the NTFS Master File […]

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