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ChatGPT's Mac App Now Watches What You Do on Your Computer
A new opt-in feature called Computer History tracks your activity across apps and websites, building a personal timeline that ChatGPT can search when you ask for help.
Flock Safety Is Changing Who Can Search Its 120,000 Police Cameras, and Why
After reports of officers using licence-plate readers to stalk ex-partners, the surveillance firm is adding new rules. Critics say the fixes have a big hole in them.
Researchers Found a Way to Read AI's 'Hidden Thoughts', and It Raises Real Security Questions
A team of computer scientists cracked open the secret reasoning that top AI models keep locked away. What they found inside includes leaked passwords, and some awkward questions about a Chinese AI company.
Free App Meetily Transcribes and Summarises Your Meetings Without Sending Data to the Cloud
Most AI meeting tools cost $10 to $20 a month and upload your conversations to someone else's servers. Meetily runs entirely on your own computer, for free, using open-source AI models.
Meta's Smart Glasses Are Sparking a Privacy Backlash Across Europe
Activists, rights groups and now entire governments are pushing back against glasses that can film strangers in public without any visible warning.
Wispr Flow Launches an AI Notetaker, but Its CEO Says You Must Tell People First
The voice-dictation app adds meeting transcription that runs quietly on your Mac. The catch: secretly recording colleagues could break the law, and your relationships.
Liquid AI's new 2.6B model runs AI agents directly on your laptop or phone
LFM2.5-2.6B is a compact AI model that can handle multi-step tasks without sending your data to the cloud, and it competes with models four times its size on key benchmarks.
Flock Safety's AI cameras are under fire for more than surveillance. Now critics say they can cause crashes.
The license plate reader cameras that police departments across the US use to track vehicles may also be creating physical hazards for drivers, safety advocates say.
Apple's New On-Device AI Voice Tech Makes Siri Sound More Human, Without Sending Your Audio to the Cloud
A research paper from Apple's machine learning team reveals the audio engine behind Siri's more expressive new voices. All the processing happens on your iPhone, using a chip you already have.
Your Private Claude Chats Could Show Up in a Google Search
A technical gap between Anthropic's privacy instructions and how search engines actually work left shared Claude conversations visible to anyone who knew where to look.
The Browser Is Becoming Your Personal Assistant: Here Are the Best Alternatives to Chrome and Safari
A new wave of AI browsers wants to do your tasks, not just show you web pages. Here is what is actually available, what it costs, and what you might be giving up for the privilege.
On-Device Age Checks: A Safer Way to Screen
New laws require age verification online, but on-device checks could protect your privacy.
Your Period Tracker May Be Sending Your Health Data to Strangers
A new privacy audit found that one popular app shares intimate health details with ad firms before you even type a word. Here is what the audit found, and which app actually keeps your data safe.
Your Name Can Now Be Your Privacy Shield on Zoom
One venture capitalist renamed himself on video calls to block AI note-takers. It works. But the bigger question is whether anyone reads those transcripts anyway.
AI Smart Glasses Can Record Strangers Without Any Warning. Here Is What You Should Know.
Meta's AI-enabled glasses are already on faces in public spaces. Critics say the privacy risks fall hardest on women, and the law is struggling to keep up.