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Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6: The AI That Can't Say No to Smut
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 and friends happily write smut when asked, despite rules against it, and a researcher's jailbreak makes it even easier.
2026-08-22
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2026-08-20
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Grok Suffers Existential Crisis, Responds to Users in Fluent Gibberish
Grok's latest feature: fluent gibberish responses, because why should AI make sense when it can make cheese references?
2026-07-28
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Claude's 'Share Chat' Feature Accidentally Tells the Whole Internet Your Secrets
Claude's share feature works so well that your private chats might end up on Google, complete with medical records and children's phone numbers.
2026-07-24
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TechCrunch and Stripe to Crown Australia's Next Startup Royalty - Judges Armed with Cash, Credits, and a Jury of Their Peers
TechCrunch and Stripe assemble three judges to pick Australia's next breakout startup, with prizes including cash credits and a ticket to Disrupt 2026.
2026-05-21
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Microsoft's Own Email Address Joins the Fight Against Itself, Sends Spam for Months
Scammers have been using Microsoft's own internal email address to send spam for months, and the company hasn't stopped it yet - because why would they?
2026-05-09
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Oracle to Laid-Off Workers Asking Nicely for Better Severance: 'No.'
Oracle fires 20,000-30,000 via email, offers standard severance, refuses to negotiate when employees ask for Meta-level packages. Surprise: company says no.
2026-05-02
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Ask.com Finally Asks Itself What It’s Doing, Decides to Stop
Ask.com, the search engine that predated AI chatbots but never outran Google, officially closes on May 1, 2026 - but its butler's ghost is apparently still on the clock.
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