Venting at Claude is fine, but ‘extreme’ abuse will be banned Nov. 12
“You f*cking idiot, I asked for…” might seem harmless if you’re saying it to an AI chatbot, and a lot of people are doing it. But if you’re one of them and your LLM of…
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Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
Apple says it is changing its macOS privacy settings to stop third-party app developers from misusing them to access message histories. Friday’s announcement comes two weeks after tech columnist Jason Aten said that Meta’s new…
Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works
Surveillance technology startup Flock announced a series of new policies and tools on Thursday, claiming they will help curb abuse of its automated license plate camera reader systems and help keep its law enforcement customers…
Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing abuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others?
Last year, the phone hacking tool maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as customers, after human rights researchers alleged local police and intelligence agencies used its tools to hack into the phones of…
Microsoft accuses group of developing tool to abuse its AI service in new lawsuit
Microsoft has taken legal action against a group the company claims intentionally developed and used tools to bypass the safety guardrails of its cloud AI products. According to a complaint filed by the company in…
As 2024 election looms, OpenAI says it is taking steps to prevent AI abuse
On Monday, ChatGPT maker OpenAI detailed its plans to prevent the misuse of its AI technologies during the upcoming elections in 2024, promising transparency in AI-generated content and enhancing access to reliable voting information. The…