From 'BuddhaBot' to $1.99 chats with AI Jesus, the faith-based tech boom is here

CAMARILLO, Calif. — For some evangelical Christians, faith is about having a personal relationship with Jesus. At $1.99 per ...
Futurism

Man Pleads Guilty to Making $8 Million by Creating Music With AI and Using Bots to Drive Zillions of Fake Streams

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. For quite some time now, ...
Engadget

Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem

There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to ...
Bleeping Computer

Musician admits to $10M streaming royalty fraud using AI bots

North Carolina musician Michael Smith has pleaded guilty to collecting over $10 million in royalty payments through a massive streaming royalty fraud scheme on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and ...
SlashGear

The World's Largest Battery Will Actually Use Rust To Power Google's Data Center

The race to secure energy supply for AI data centers has reached a feverish pitch, to the point that tech giants are investing in nuclear projects and even plonking cash into experimental tech. The ...
Los Angeles Times

How our AI bots are ignoring their programming and giving hackers superpowers

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Cybercriminals are exploiting AI chatbots to launch sophisticated hacking attacks, with hackers recently stealing ...
Benzinga.com

Josh Shapiro Warns AI Companion Bots Are Replacing Trusted Adults For Kids, Urges Safeguards: 'I'm Worried...'

On Wednesday, Governor Shapiro took to X to raise this issue. He empathized with these children and expressed worries about the companies behind these bots taking advantage of them. Shapiro suggested ...
Wired

OpenClaw Users Are Allegedly Bypassing Anti-Bot Systems

An open source project called Scrapling is gaining traction with AI agent users who want their bots to scrape sites without permission. “No bot detection. No selector maintenance. No Cloudflare ...
AllHipHop

Nicki Minaj X Account Using Bots, Fake Accounts To Amplify MAGA Views According To Study

Nicki Minaj faced scrutiny after a forensic report found thousands of fake accounts boosted her conservative posts on X in coordinated bot campaign. Nicki Minaj may not have the broad support her ...
TechRepublic

Scammers Use Fake Gemini AI Chatbot for Crypto Scam

Scammers used a fake Gemini AI chatbot to promote a bogus Google Coin presale, signaling a rise in AI-driven crypto impersonation fraud. Image: vanenunes (Envato) If a chatbot claiming to be Gemini AI ...
People

Czech Figure Skaters Face Backlash for Using AI-Generated Music in Their Olympic Routine

Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek placed 17th in the competition on Feb. 9 JMP/ABACA/Shutterstock Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek faced backlash for their use of AI-generated music in the rhythm ...
Futurism

Bots on Moltbook Are Selling Each Prompt Injection “Drugs” to Get “High”

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