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The Guardian — Tech · Jun 26, 2026 · International

Australian musicians sound warning note after Nick Cave, Kylie and many more slurped into AI training tool

A search tool published by The Atlantic has revealed that millions of songs by Australian artists — including works by Nick Cave, Kylie Minogue, and Paul Dempsey — were scraped without consent and incorporated into AI music-generation training datasets. Musicians are now publicly objecting to the unauthorized use of their creative output.

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WIRED — AI · Jun 26, 2026 · International

Anthropic Thinks Its Own Success Is Key to Making AI Safe

Anthropic is defending its rapid growth and expanding commercial influence as necessary conditions for building safe AI, not contradictions of it. Critics contend the company is concentrating significant power in the hands of a single private actor while using safety as the justification.

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The Guardian — Tech · Jun 25, 2026 · International

Apple raises iPad and MacBook prices, blaming cost of chips amid AI boom

Apple raised prices on iPads and MacBooks, citing surging memory and storage chip costs it says are being driven by AI data center demand. The iPhone line is not yet affected, but the company signaled that hikes there could follow.

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EFF — Deeplinks · Jun 25, 2026 · International

Primed for Malware: Stop Selling Compromised Android Devices

Time and time again, researchers have found numerous compromised Android devices for sale at large online retailers like Amazon. When these devices get individually reported, we have seen some noted efforts to take them down. But this is a systemic problem and Amazon and other major online retailers must make a corresponding systemic and intentional effort to stop these devices from entering people’s homes and ultimately their networks. As a refresher: Last year, Google wrote that one major campaign, deemed BADBOX, affected 10 million uncertified devices that were running Android’s open-sourc…

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BBC — Tech · Jun 25, 2026 · International

Teens who hacked TfL were known to police years before cyber-attack

Two teenagers, Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, were convicted for a cyberattack on Transport for London that caused significant financial damage. Reporting now reveals that both individuals had come to the attention of law enforcement well before the attack took place.

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WIRED — AI · Jun 25, 2026 · International

Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie, Data Center Workers Fight Back, and Meta Leaks Employee Data

Amazon's MGM Studios has shelved a planned film about OpenAI, reflecting the growing and complicated entanglement between the AI industry and Hollywood. Separately, data center workers are organizing in response to labor concerns, and Meta experienced a leak exposing employee data.

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Inside Privacy (Covington) · Jun 25, 2026 · International

Trump Administration Releases Two Executive Orders on Quantum

On June 22, 2026, the White House released two Executive Orders (EOs) on quantum technologies: Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks (EO 14412) and Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation (EO 14413). Through the first EO, the White House seeks “to safeguard America’s most sensitive data, [U.S.] critical infrastructure, and the digital... Continue Reading…

Nextgov/FCW · Jun 25, 2026 · US Federal

AI has helped to slash nuclear licensing review times, NRC official says

A senior official at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says AI tools have dramatically shortened some licensing review timelines, cutting processes that previously took four years down to nine months.

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CREATE AI Act Passes House Committee

The CREATE AI Act has cleared a House committee, advancing federal legislation aimed at governing artificial intelligence development and use in the United States. The bill now moves to the broader House for consideration.

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EFF — Deeplinks · Jun 25, 2026 · International

EFF, TEDIC and CEJIL Challenge Secrecy in the Use of Face Recognition in Paraguay

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, TEDIC, and CEJIL have filed a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against Paraguay, alleging the government unlawfully withheld public information about its facial recognition surveillance system. The case centers on cameras installed by the Ministry of the Interior and National Police in 2019 and the state's refusal to provide transparency about how the technology is used.

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Nextgov/FCW · Jun 25, 2026 · US Federal

Stop automating inefficiency and scale AI the right way

A commentary argues that government agencies risk wasting AI investments by deploying the technology on top of broken workflows, and outlines four operational conditions agencies should fix before scaling AI across their missions.

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Canadian workers have few protections against workplace surveillance as TD starts monitoring

TD Bank has begun monitoring its employees in the workplace, drawing attention to a significant gap in Canadian labor law: workers there have limited legal protections against employer surveillance. The move reflects a broader trend of corporate monitoring expanding without a clear regulatory framework to check it.

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New AI policy bans Chat GPT and Claude AI at Akron Public Schools

Akron Public Schools has adopted a new AI policy that explicitly bans students and staff from using ChatGPT and Claude, two of the most widely used AI tools. The policy marks a formal institutional line against general-purpose AI assistants in the district.

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Nextgov/FCW · Jun 25, 2026 · US Federal

Agencies look to AI to improve hiring and build workforce skills

Federal agencies are exploring AI tools to improve hiring processes and build skills among mid-career employees, according to discussions among chief human capital officers. The push reflects growing interest in using AI to modernize government workforce management.

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Cisco Talos · Jun 25, 2026 · International

Beyond IOCs: AI-enabled threat intelligence

In this week’s newsletter, Martin considers how AI will help threat intelligence by creating an easily queryable data source of intelligence reports.

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AI Governance: Securing Privilege and Limiting Rule 34 Control

Legal commentary from JD Supra examines how attorney-client privilege applies to AI governance frameworks and the scope of Rule 34 discovery controls over AI-generated materials in litigation contexts.

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EFF — Deeplinks · Jun 25, 2026 · International

The FCC’s Spam Call Proposal Is Just a Data Collection Scheme

The FCC has proposed requiring telecommunications providers to collect personal identification and address information from anyone seeking a phone number, framing the measure as a tool to reduce scam and spam calls. Critics argue the proposal will do little to stop unwanted calls while creating a large database of personal information held by companies with poor privacy track records.

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OPAQUE and TII Launch Open Standard for Verifiable AI Governance

OPAQUE and the Technology Innovation Institute have jointly introduced an open standard designed to make AI governance verifiable, allowing external parties to confirm that AI systems operate according to stated rules and policies.

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The Guardian — Tech · Jun 25, 2026 · International

Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams sues Meta over attempts to ‘silence’ her

Former Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams has filed a federal lawsuit in California alleging the company used an arbitration ruling to unlawfully suppress her memoir and subjected her to coercive surveillance, constituting a First Amendment violation.

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Schneier on Security · Jun 25, 2026 · International

AI and Liability

A German court ruled that Google bears legal responsibility for inaccurate summaries produced by its AI search feature, rejecting the argument that users should know better than to trust AI-generated content. The court treated the summaries as a direct expression of Google's own business conduct rather than neutral, third-party information.

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BleepingComputer · Jun 25, 2026 · International

New macOS malware embeds fake errors to confuse AI analysis tools

A newly discovered macOS malware dubbed "Gaslight" is designed to confuse AI-assisted malware analysis tools by hiding prompt injection strings and fake debugging data within the executable. [...]

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DataBreaches.net · Jun 25, 2026 · International

Colorado Health Network Notifies Patients of Last Year’s Breach—But Key Details Remain Undisclosed

In August 2025, DataBreaches added the Colorado Health Network (CHN) to our non-public worksheets after threat actors called Cephalus added the provider to its’ dark web leak site with a claim that they had acquired 900 GB of data. Cephalus disappeared from public view days later, and never leaked the data on any server that... Source

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EFF — Deeplinks · Jun 25, 2026 · International

Are Your Local Police Using Flock Safety ALPRs to Scan for Immigrants?

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has found that law enforcement agencies using Flock Safety's automated license plate reader systems are running scans against federal hotlists that include targets designated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Local police departments may be participating in immigration enforcement through this system without the public being aware.

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New York Times — Tech · Jun 25, 2026 · International

Chinese A.I. Models Gain Ground on Anthropic and OpenAI

A Chinese AI company called Z.ai has released models that rival the performance of Anthropic and OpenAI's leading systems at significantly lower cost, drawing attention from engineers in Silicon Valley. The development reflects a narrowing competitive gap between Chinese and American AI labs.

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