Police in Jammu and Kashmir are stopping people to search their phones for VPN apps, having already penalized about 800 users. The two-month ban, enacted on December 29, is being challenged by digital rights advocates who say it’s an overreach of emergency powers.
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Health, a separate, protected space within its chatbot for health questions. It allows users to connect medical records and wellness apps for personalized insights, with strong privacy promises. The feature is rolling out gradually via a waitlist.
Roblox is now forcing all users who want to chat to undergo an AI-powered facial age estimation scan. The platform, with 151 million daily users, is betting this tech will become a “gold standard” for safety amid a storm of lawsuits and skepticism.
A California state senator has introduced a bill to ban the sale of AI chatbot-enabled toys for four years. The move follows incidents where such toys gave dangerous advice to children. The bill’s fate is uncertain, facing potential veto from the governor.
California has launched its Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP), allowing residents to request personal data deletion from over 500 registered data brokers in one go. The system is live now, but the real enforcement and heavy fines for non-compliance don’t kick in until August 2026.
Meta has officially updated its privacy policy to use data from user interactions with its AI services, like the Meta AI chatbot, for targeted ads. The change, announced in October, has prompted a coalition of 36 advocacy groups to call for an FTC investigation. Over a billion people use Meta AI mon
Poland has formally asked the European Commission to investigate TikTok for allegedly failing to stop AI-generated Russian disinformation. The content, which has since been removed, featured calls for Poland to leave the European Union. This escalates ongoing EU scrutiny of major platforms ahead of
A lone hacker is threatening to leak a database containing information on over 2.3 million Wired subscribers. While some verification suggests the data is real, security experts warn the hacker’s motives are purely financial. Condé Nast has not yet commented on the alleged breach.
A new study reveals AI-generated human faces are now essentially impossible to distinguish from real photos. Even people trained to spot fakes performed poorly, raising serious questions about trust and misinformation online.
China’s internet regulator has proposed new measures that would force AI chatbots to get your explicit permission before using your conversations for training. The draft rules, open for feedback until late January, aim to boost safety but could slow down how quickly these AI models learn and improve
