AI Research
Anthropic Let Researchers See Claude Usage, But Not Conversations
Each new query would have required a fresh privacy review, so partners tested their questions against a different, public dataset instead.
Aug 27, 2026
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Google AI
Google Open-Sourced a Compiler That Runs AI Models on Data It Cannot Read
HEIR converts pre-trained models to run inference directly on homomorphically encrypted inputs. Four reference applications ship with it, and none of them are a hosted product.
Aug 16, 2026
AI Safety
ChatGPT Will Now Log Your Clicks and Keystrokes to a File OpenAI Says Is Not Encrypted
Computer History replaces the screenshot-based Chronicle preview with an event stream pulled from macOS accessibility APIs. OpenAI's own documentation warns other programs can read it.
Aug 14, 2026
US AI Regulation
A Federal Judge Refused to Call an AI Notetaker a Party to the Call
Otter.ai argued its bot was a participant, not an eavesdropper. The court disagreed, and wiretap and biometric claims are now heading into discovery.
Aug 14, 2026
AI Regulation
German NGO Files Criminal Complaint Over Meta's Smart Glasses
HateAid invoked a law banning recording devices disguised as everyday objects. Executives face up to two years if prosecutors take it up.
Aug 13, 2026
US AI Regulation
Flock Pitched 350,000 Rideshare Dashcams, But Drivers Bought Them
A presentation obtained by public records request describes police access to Uber, Lyft and delivery cameras through a Nexar partnership.
Aug 9, 2026
AI Safety
Shared Claude Conversations Turned Up in Google, and It Was Not a Breach
The "Share with link" pages were missing a noindex tag, so three search engines crawled them. Google's results vanished within a day; Bing and Brave held on longer.
Jul 27, 2026
Healthcare AI
OpenAI Opens ChatGPT Health To US Users, HIPAA Protection Ends
The January pilot failed for an unexpected reason: 70% of health questions happened outside the dedicated health tab. So OpenAI tore down the tab.
Jul 24, 2026
Apple AI
Apple Is Piloting 'Live Notes' AI Transcription of Genius Bar Conversations
A system being tested in select Apple Stores records and transcribes support conversations in real time and auto-fills the service record — opt-in, but raising fresh questions about consent and employee monitoring.
Jul 20, 2026
