Hackathon Projects Show AI Wellness Apps Can Leak Sensitive User Info
As emotional computing applications proliferate, the security threats they face require frameworks beyond traditional approaches.
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Could ChatGPT Convince You to Buy Something?
Eighteen months ago, it was plausible that artificial intelligence might take a different path than social media. Back then, AI’s development hadn’t consolidated under a small number of big tech firms. Nor had it capitalized on consumer attention, surveilling users and delivering ads.
Unfortunately, the AI industry is now taking a page from the social media playbook and has set its sights on monetizing consumer attention. When OpenAI launched its ChatGPT Search feature in late 2024 and its browser, ChatGPT Atlas, in October 2025, it kicked off a …
Weaponized Invite Enabled Calendar Data Theft via Google Gemini
A simple payload allowed attackers to create a new event leaking summaries of the victim’s private meetings.
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Google Gemini AI Tricked Into Leaking Calendar Data via Meeting Invites
Cybersecurity researchers at Miggo Security found a flaw in Google Gemini that uses calendar invites to steal private data. Learn how this silent attack bypasses security.
AI-Powered Surveillance in Schools
It all sounds pretty dystopian:
Inside a white stucco building in Southern California, video cameras compare faces of passersby against a facial recognition database. Behavioral analysis AI reviews the footage for signs of violent behavior. Behind a bathroom door, a smoke detector-shaped device captures audio, listening for sounds of distress. Outside, drones stand ready to be deployed and provide intel from above, and license plate readers from $8.5 billion surveillance behemoth Flock Safety ensure the cars entering and exiting the parking lot aren’t driven by criminals…
India, Japan Launch AI Dialogue, Joint Working Group On Critical Minerals
India and Japan have unveiled significant new initiatives to deepen bilateral cooperation in artificial intelligence and critical minerals, marking a pivotal moment in their strategic partnership.During the 18th Strategic Dialogue held in New Delhi on 17 January 2026, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi formally launched a dedicated AI
AI Agents are the Weakest Link in Your Cybersecurity
Last Updated on January 16, 2026
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AI and the Corporate Capture of Knowledge
More than a decade after Aaron Swartz’s death, the United States is still living inside the contradiction that destroyed him.
Swartz believed that knowledge, especially publicly funded knowledge, should be freely accessible. Acting on that, he downloaded thousands of academic articles from the JSTOR archive with the intention of making them publicly available. For this, the federal government charged him with a felony and threatened decades in prison. After two years of prosecutorial pressure, Swartz died by suicide on Jan. 11, 2013.
The still-unresolved questions raised by his case have resurfaced in today’s debates over artificial intelligence, copyright and the ultimate control of knowledge…
Cyber Insights 2026: Social Engineering
We’ve known that social engineering would get AI wings. Now, at the beginning of 2026, we are learning just how high those wings can soar.
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Vibe Coding Tested: AI Agents Nail SQLi but Fail Miserably on Security Controls
Vibe coding generates a curate’s egg program: good in parts, but the bad parts affect the whole program.
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