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Not every AI tool you stumble across in your phone's app marketplace is the same. In fact, many of them may be more of a privacy gamble than you would have previously thought.

A plethora of unlicensed or unsecured AI apps on the Google Play store for Android, including those marketed for identity verification and editing, have exposed billions of records and personal data, cybersecurity experts



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Microsoft's Asha Sharma and Matt Booty.
  • Phil Spencer, the longtime head of Microsoft's gaming business, is retiring.
  • Microsoft named Asha Sharma, an executive in its CoreAI group, as Spencer's replacement.
  • Xbox's president, Sarah Bond, is leaving during the transition, and exec Matt Booty has been promoted.

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is retiring, according to an email to employees


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Murati's AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is seeking a $2 billion seed funding round, which could be the largest seed funding round in history.
Thinking Machines Lab CEO Mira Murati.
  • Another Thinking Machines Lab employee is rejoining OpenAI.
  • Multiple cofounders and researchers have recently exited the high-profile startup.
  • OpenAI and Thinking Machines Lab declined to comment on the latest hire.

Another employee at Thinking Machines Lab is leaving to rejoin OpenAI.

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Xbox is making big changes at the very top of the corporate ladder.

IGN reported the bombshell news on Friday afternoon that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is retiring, effective on Monday, Feb. 23. On top of that, Xbox president Sarah Bond, who recently confirmed some important details about the next Xbox console in an interview with Mashable, has also resigned from the company.

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Yet another lawsuit has been filed against OpenAI over "AI psychosis," or mental health issues allegedly caused or worsened by AI chatbots like ChatGPT.

The latest lawsuit, from Morehouse College student Darian DeCruise in Georgia, marks the eleventh such suit against OpenAI. Notably, the law firm representing DeCruise, The Schenk Law Firm, is even marketing its lawyers as "AI injury attorneys" on



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President Trump Holds a poster showing tariff rates during the 'Make America Wealthy Again Event' at White House Rose Garden

The Supreme Court struck down one of President Donald Trump's signature accomplishments on Friday, ruling 6-3 that the president lacked the authority to impose many of his tariffs.

Since returning to the White House, President Trump has tested the boundaries of executive power, and the Supreme Court decision was a clear check on presidential authority.

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Trump holding up a poster of his tariffs
  • The Supreme Court overturned Trump's IEEPA tariffs, which collected $133 billion in taxes.
  • Now that the refund process can begin, it won't be easy.
  • Here's how to get a refund and how long it could take.

The Supreme Court on Friday overturned the centerpiece of President Donald Trump's tariff plans, ruling the federal government


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