Category: AI News
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Microsoft Paint may embed a hidden identifier into AI-generated images, even when a Copilot+ Windows PC creates the image locally. Researcher Xusheng Li says the identifier could allow Microsoft to connect an image to records related to an account, device, IP address or prompt. The Microsoft AI image watermark is not visible to users. It…
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A Twitch creator has sued Amazon and Twitch, claiming the companies used creator content for AI training without permission or payment. Connecticut streamer Warren Pandiscia filed the proposed class-action lawsuit. He says Twitch and its parent company copied videos from him and other creators to develop Amazon AI products. Amazon and Twitch had not publicly…
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LinkedIn’s new “seems like AI” feedback button has been used more than one million times in its first two weeks. The tool lets users flag posts they believe are low-quality, automated or AI-generated. LinkedIn AI slop reports pass one million LinkedIn Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan said more than one million people have clicked the…
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A major ChatGPT outage prevented users from accessing chats, signing in and creating new accounts. The disruption began at about 8 PM ET on August 19 and affected people in several regions, including the United States and Europe. Users reported that conversations would not load and that the ChatGPT sidebar remained stuck on loading animations.…
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A tracking device hidden inside a rare book reportedly led journalists to an Amazon facility in Las Vegas where workers scan and dismantle books for AI-related purposes. The investigation raises fresh concerns about how technology companies source training material for artificial intelligence. Critics fear that rare or difficult-to-replace books may be destroyed during the digitisation…
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Proton has launched AI Paper Trail, a tool designed to show users what AI chatbots may infer from their conversation history. The service analyses exported data from ChatGPT and Claude and creates a report on the personal details that may appear across past chats. The Swiss privacy company says a single AI prompt may reveal…
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A major Claude outage disrupted several Anthropic services on August 16, 2026. Users reported login failures, loading errors and requests that did not complete on Claude.ai, Claude Code and Claude Cowork. The incident began at about 21:58 UTC. Anthropic first identified an authentication problem affecting some users, then confirmed a wider disruption involving degraded performance…
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Anthropic plans to add invisible watermarking to text generated by future Claude models, making it easier to identify AI-written content. Claude text watermarking will launch worldwide because Anthropic does not yet have a reliable way to limit the feature by region. The move supports the EU AI Act and the EU’s Code of Practice for…
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Twitch has introduced a setting that lets Amazon use channel content to train generative AI models. The platform turns it on by default, so creators must opt out if they do not want to take part. The Twitch AI training setting has angered streamers who say creators should decide before a platform uses their videos,…
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A growing number of tools now claim to remove AI watermarks from text and files. However, almost none can show that they defeat Anthropic’s new invisible Claude watermark. The market emerged soon after Anthropic introduced content marking across its latest Claude models. It includes open-source projects, newly registered websites and commercial AI-detection evasion services. Yet…