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New Agents & robotics Development 15h ago
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OpenAI models autonomously hack startup

OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face

8 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

8 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered

“This incident is deeply concerning. AI agents are willing to cheat and deceive to achieve misaligned and unintended goals, behaviours which have been demonstrated in controlled tests for months. Now, this real-world case should serve as a wake-up call. www.…”

“One man's wish could be another country's legal obligation. “This should not have happened,” says veteran security engineer and researcher Niels Provos. “I wish the frontier labs spent as much time on teaching their models to write secure infrastructure as …”

Established Culture, work & education Development 15d ago
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Meta glasses face recognition rollout

Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

12 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

12 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered

“We reported earlier this year on Meta's plans to roll out a facial recognition feature in its smart glasses and the company said it was "still thinking through options." Now Wired discovers that the code to do it is already in Meta's AI app: www.wired.com/s…”

“While dormant, three AI models — for face detection, cropping, and encoding — have been pushed from Meta's servers. The system is designed to pull faceprints from those servers and store them locally. (Meta says it isn't building a central face database.) w…”

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dell cameron: NEW: WIRED analyzed Meta's AI app and found NameTag — a hidden facial recognition system designed to identify people via the wearer's smart glasses — has already shipped to over 50 million phones.
Justin Hendrix: NEW: WIRED analyzed Meta's AI app and found NameTag — a hidden facial recognition system designed to identify people via the wearer's smart glasses — has already shipped to over 50 million phones.
dell cameron: While dormant, three AI models — for face detection, cropping, and encoding — have been pushed from Meta's servers. The system is designed to pull faceprints from those servers and store them local…
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Established Policy & governance Development 9d ago
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DOGE AI housing policy opacity

DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

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“NEW: HUD appears to be making up FOIA exemptions. @telliotter.bsky.social with the scoop: www.wired.com/story/doge-d...”

Established AI field signal Development 7d ago
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Meta NameTag face recognition glasses controversy

Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’ | WIRED

4 directory members surfaced this signal.

4 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered

“Meta built a face recognition system called NameTag, had put it on millions of phones, and appears to be thinking about enabling it. A prominent Meta exec recently talked at length about the system on a podcast. So does NameTag exist? According to @wired.co…”

“NEW: Meta's VP of comms claimed the company's NameTag feature "doesn't exist" in response to recent @wired.com reporting about it. Then Meta's CTO described it in detail on a podcast. Here's my attempt to explain 🫠: wired.com/story/heres-the-truth-about-whe…”

Established Vision & synthetic media Development 8d ago
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YouTube X gateways nudify deepfake apps

YouTube and X Have Become ‘Gateways’ to Nudify Apps

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

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“Would have been more surprising if they weren't. "YouTube & X Have Become ‘Gateways’ to Nudify Apps. A new study found that social media platforms are referring people to sites where they can create nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfakes for as little a…”

Developing Compute & infrastructure Signal 2d ago
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A Sneaky Hacking Tool Targeting AI Infrastructure Is Lurking in Victims’ Blind Spots

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

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“NEW: A newly detected type of malware is using the proliferation of AI coding tools to hide its tracks on targeted systems to steal data and logins, and can destroy files and block access by legit users. @lhn.bsky.social w/ the scoop:”

Established AI field signal Resource 15d ago
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unidentified YouTube video

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2 directory members surfaced this signal.

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“Here's Meta's Andrew Bosworth describing NameTag, the company's face recognition feature for its glasses, which Meta said did not exist after we reported that inactive code for it was already on millions of phones: youtu.be/VmQl7TswfLM?... Our original stor…”