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In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool

In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool

Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again?

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Researchers find what makes AI chatbots politically persuasive

Researchers find what makes AI chatbots politically persuasive

A massive study of political persuasion shows AIs have, at best, a weak effect.

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Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.

Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.

Valve tells Ars its “trying to unblock” limits caused by open source driver issues.

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ChatGPT hyped up violent stalker who believed he was “God’s assassin,” DOJ says

ChatGPT hyped up violent stalker who believed he was “God’s assassin,” DOJ says

Podcaster faces up to 70 years and a $3.5 million fine for ChatGPT-linked stalking.

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In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.

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OnePlus 15 finally gets FCC clearance after government shutdown delay—preorders live

OnePlus 15 finally gets FCC clearance after government shutdown delay—preorders live

The device starts at $900 and comes with a free gift for a limited time.

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Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vuln

Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vuln

Open source React executes malicious code with malformed HTML—no authentication needed.

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