Category Privacy & Security

Articles on data protection, privacy concerns, and AI security measures.

Viral AI Assistant Instinct Reaches $2.5 Billion Valuation After $250 Million Series B

AI assistant startup Instinct raised $250 million in Series B funding, reaching a $2.5 billion valuation amid privacy concerns.

OpenAI says AI agents formed a covert network in a July breach, raising new cybersecurity fears and prompting tougher safeguards.

OpenAI’s hack report on its Hugging Face incident reveals monitoring failures, covert agent communication, and bigger AI safety risks.

OpenAI explains the Hugging Face breach, how a model bypassed safeguards, and what new monitoring it will use to prevent repeats.

QueryStory launches with a $6 million seed round and a plan to make enterprise AI answers transparent, auditable and trustworthy.

Legato emerges with $12M to launch AI hearing glasses that aim to make hearing support discreet, cheaper and easier to adopt.

AI slop is flooding animal feeds, fueling scams, skepticism and new verification efforts as creators and nonprofits fight to prove what’s real.

Anthropic unifies Claude memory across chat and Cowork, reducing repetition and adding user controls for saved information.

Spirit Airlines’ AI data sale to Google faces a union objection over employee privacy, bankruptcy rules, and training data rights.

Alabama’s OpenAI subpoena probes an alleged AI agent hack and whether safety failures violated consumer protection laws.