Apple's AI Can Now Change Your Passwords. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Hacker News (AI keywords)5 days agoCommentaryApple's AI assistant has gained the ability to change account passwords on behalf of users, raising eyebrows in the security community. The author uses pointed sarcasm to question whether delegating password management to an AI system is wise. This development reflects a broader trend of AI agents gaining deeper OS-level permissions, blurring the line between helpful automation and dangerous over-trust.
Apple’s AI promises are finally, almost, sort of, here★ 72
The Verge AI5 days agoCommentaryApple kicked off its annual developer conference with bold AI promises centered around a revamped "Siri AI" and Apple Intelligence. While CEO Tim Cook touted these as boundary-pushing innovations, the announcements largely represent Apple playing catch-up in the generative AI race. The slow, phased rollout suggests Apple is still struggling to match the rapid pace of competitors like Microsoft and Google.
Apple Says Its AI is Still Private Even When Running on Google's Servers★ 75
Ars Technica AI5 days agoEthicsApple clarified that running some of its AI models on Google's cloud infrastructure does not compromise user privacy. Through its Private Cloud Compute (PCC) architecture, Apple ensures that all data is processed in secure enclaves with end-to-end encryption. Consequently, Google has zero access to user data, addressing privacy concerns over Apple's cloud partnerships.
The Smart TV in Your Living Room Is a Node in the AI Scraping Economy★ 74
Hacker News (AI keywords)8 days agoEthicsInclude Security examines how Bright Data’s SDK supplies residential proxy capacity through partner apps on phones and connected TVs. The post argues smart TVs are especially attractive because they are always powered, often on fast Wi-Fi, and rarely monitored. It details public configuration endpoints, peer tunnel behavior, telemetry, VPN visibility bypasses, bandwidth limits, and practical DNS or network-blocking defenses.
South Korean forums may need AI scans for uploaded images and videos
Hacker News (AI keywords)9 days agoRegulationA Privacy Guides community post says South Korean forums and online communities may be required to scan user-uploaded images and videos with AI under telecom-related rules. The post claims operators must provide their own hardware, including costly Nvidia GPUs. The debate centers on illegal sexual imagery and CSAM prevention, but also raises concerns about prior censorship, false positives, free expression, and burdens on small domestic communities.
Elon Musk tries again to escape FTC audits of X data handling
Ars Technica AI10 days agoRegulationArs Technica reports that Elon Musk is again seeking to escape FTC audits over how X handles user data. Public commenters warned the FTC that Musk cannot be trusted to protect X users’ privacy. The story centers on platform governance, privacy oversight, and whether external audits should remain in place for X’s data practices.
As browser wars heat up, top Chrome and Safari alternatives in 2026
TechCrunch AI15 days agoCommentaryTechCrunch frames 2026’s browser competition around alternatives to Chrome and Safari. The roundup covers AI-centric browsers like Perplexity Comet, Dia, Opera Neon, OpenAI Atlas, and Aside, alongside privacy-focused options such as Brave, DuckDuckGo, Ladybird, and Vivaldi. It also highlights niche products including Opera Air, SigmaOS, and Zen Browser, showing how browsers are becoming AI assistants, productivity hubs, privacy layers, and wellness-oriented tools.
Reachy Mini goes fully local
Hugging Face Blog18 days agoHardwareHugging Face published a tutorial for running Reachy Mini conversations without cloud audio processing or API keys. The setup uses its speech-to-speech library as a cascaded VAD, STT, LLM, and TTS pipeline exposed through a Realtime API-compatible WebSocket. Recommended defaults include llama.cpp with Gemma 4, Silero VAD, Parakeet-TDT, and Qwen3-TTS, while allowing swaps to vLLM, MLX, Transformers, or hosted Responses API providers.
Vercel AI Gateway 推出「零數據留存 (Zero Data Retention)」功能，強化企業級隱私與安全合規★ 75
Vercel Changelog67 days agoReleaseVercel's official blog announced a major security and privacy upgrade for its AI Gateway product line: "Zero Data Retention (ZDR)." Vercel AI Gateway serves as…
Import AI 438：無聲的警報，為我們所有人閃爍（網路安全能力過剩與對話隱私）★ 75
Import AI (Jack Clark)174 days agoCommentaryIn this issue of Import AI 438, Jack Clark examines two key issues concerning AI security and privacy: **1. You Are Your LLM History** As large language models…
在 Hugging Face Endpoints 上運行隱私保護的全同態加密 (FHE) 推理★ 75
Hugging Face Blog789 days agoReleaseThis article introduces how to run privacy-preserving inference based on Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) on Hugging Face Endpoints. In traditional…
邁向加密大語言模型：利用全同態加密（FHE）實現隱私保護推論★ 75
Hugging Face Blog1,047 days agoTutorialThis blog post, co-authored by Hugging Face and Zama — a cryptography company specializing in Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) — explores how to address a…
使用 Substra 打造保護隱私的 AI 模型：Owkin 與 Hugging Face 的聯手實踐
Hugging Face Blog1,159 days agoNew ToolAs artificial intelligence advances rapidly, data privacy and regulatory compliance (such as GDPR) have become one of the greatest challenges for enterprises…