Google Updates Chrome’s Incognito Warning to Admit It Tracks Users in ‘Private’ Mode

Google is updating the warning on Chrome’s Incognito mode to make it clear that Google and websites run by other companies can still collect your data in the web browser’s semiprivate mode. The change is being made as Google prepares to settle a class-action lawsuit that accuses the firm of privacy violations related to Chrome’s … Read more

Researchers Uncover the ‘Most Sophisticated’ iPhone Exploit Ever

What happens when you hack a cybersecurity researcher? Kaspersky, a Moscow-based security firm, presented new details regarding zero-day vulnerabilities in Apple products on Wednesday. Kaspersky researchers are calling this the most sophisticated attack they’ve ever seen, exposing a previously unknown hardware feature. The attack has been front of mind for Kaspersky researchers because it’s been … Read more

Grok Gets Some Competition, ChatGPT Gets Depressed, and More of the Top AI News Stories This Week

Image: Maurice NORBERT (Shutterstock) What happened with AI this week? Well, the passage of the European Union’s AI Act—a landmark piece of regulation that seeks tackle the potential harms of the AI industry—is a pretty big deal. It could totally reshape how European nations’ relationship to the technology. But a lot of less consequential if … Read more

Russian Spyware Company Uses ChatGPT for Surveillance

Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly roundup where we do a deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future Tech This week, Forbes reported that a Russian spyware company called Social Links had begun using ChatGPT to conduct sentiment analysis. The creepy field by which … Read more

This Uncommon Case of Inexperienced Furry Tongue Is Pure Nightmare Gasoline

Medical imagery tends to burst with gore and horror, from grisly gashes and festering flesh to a cruel gush of different odious afflictions. However probably the most disturbing sights aren’t all the time probably the most grievous illnesses—as a latest case in Ohio demonstrates. A person there developed a very benign situation. His prognosis was … Read more