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»Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations:
Chat & Ask AI, which claims 50 million users, exposed private chats about suicide and making meth.«

On the one hand, I don't understand the people who use it, but on the other hand, a company that people don't care about because people are a product.

🙄 https://www.404media.co/massive-ai-chat-app-leaked-millions-of-users-private-conversations/

#AIchat #ai #noai #leaks #suicide #meth #app #leaked #privacycheck #users #meth #ProductPeople

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Draft code submitted to KDE Plasma turns it into a full VR desktop:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/draft-code-submitted-to-kde-plasma-turns-it-into-a-full-vr-desktop/

KDE Plasma 6.7 will have a global push-to-talk feature:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/kde-plasma-6-7-will-have-a-global-push-to-talk-feature/

GNOME's AI Assistant Newelle Adds Llama.cpp Support, Command Execution Tool:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-AI-Newelle-1.2

Window Shadows Finally Arrive on COSMIC Desktop:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/cosmic-desktop-window-shadows-arrive

CachyOS Starts 2026 By Switching To Plasma Login Manager & Live ISO Using Wayland:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-January-2026

Myrlyn 1.0 Released For Package Manager GUI Spawned By SUSE's Hack Week:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Myrlyn-1.0-SUSE

GNU Guix 1.5 Released With RISC-V Support, Experimental x86_64 GNU Hurd Kernel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Guix-1.5-Released

Deepin 25.0.10 update includes data-retaining installer and file manager improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/deepin-25-0-10-update-includes-data-retaining-installer-and-file-manager-improvements/

14 Years Later than Planned, NexPhone is Up for Preorder:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/nexphone-2026-convergence-android-debian

(more Linux and FOSS news in comment)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #KDE #GNOME #COSMIC #CachyOS #Myrlyn #SUSE #Guix #GNUGuix #Deepin #NexPhone #KDEPlasma #Newelle #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Plasma6 #LinuxPhone #LinuxDistro #DistroRelease #DesktopEnvironment #LinuxDesktop #DesktopLinux #FosseryTech

#privacy #AI #Starlink

'The policy includes new details stating that unless a user opts out, Starlink data may be used “to train our machine learning or artificial intelligence ⁠models” and could be shared with the company’s service providers and “third-party collaborators,” without providing further details.'

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/musks-starlink-updates-privacy-policy-230853500.html

Really, the only thing you need to know about Google's agentic #AI #Chrome "Auto Browsing" feature is that #Google says YOU are responsible for all actions the agentic AI takes on your behalf.

That's the whole ballgame. Right off the cliff. Don't touch it. Don't use it. Don't get anywhere near it.

If you use a calculator too much and too often, eventually you're not going to be able to do basic Maths anymore. Same with #AI: If you use it to think for you, eventually you're not going to be able to think by yourself anymore. I believe this is even worse if you are young. Unfortunately, all of my classmates are over-using #Chatgpt, #GoogleGemini and the likes.
I won't do that, i want to be able to think by myself.

Update on the "GOG now using AI generated images on their store" article, as GOG replied with a short statement.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-now-using-ai-generated-images-on-their-store/

#GOG #AI #GenAI #Gaming #PCGaming

“Trust me,” the con man says to an audience of con men.
#Tech #AI #theatre

Promises, Promises https://warnercrocker.com/2026/01/29/promises-promises/

Voor de fans van #AI.
Hoe gaan we onze vrijheid van mening en #democratie beschermen tegen #bigtech en #MassSurveilance?
Welk #OS ga jij gebruiken? En zet je daar dan ook je #signalmessenger op?

https://cyberinsider.com/signal-president-warns-ai-agents-are-making-encryption-irrelevant/

@gutenberg_org
Yes, only they did not use #AI.
The paper itself doesn't even once mention the words "AI" or "Artificial Intelligence". Not once. And that's done purposefully by the researchers, who respect their own work and their colleagues/readers reading their paper. Their model used ModernBERT, not GPT or any other LLM.

The use of vague, over-hyped marketing buzzwords like "AI" blurs the work of the researchers who went into great lengths in their paper to describe how they did it.

#hype

GDC 2026 Report - 36% of devs use generative AI, while 28% target Steam Deck and 8% Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gdc-26-report-36-of-devs-use-generative-ai-while-28-target-steam-deck-and-8-linux/

#GDC #Linux #SteamDeck #AI

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Norway’s $2tn wealth fund would lose almost a quarter of its equity portfolio value in the event of climate shocks and more than half would be wiped out by a correction in AI valuations, its latest modelling shows.

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#AI #climatecrisis #climate
https://www.ft.com/content/a8263c83-cc22-4ac2-9b34-0185d015eab6
https://archive.ph/osScp#selection-1931.0-1931.214

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE TRY ASKING COPILOT #AI

Cracks Are Forming. OpenAI to Lose $14 Billion This Year

One of the major generative AI companies, OpenAI, is forecasting a loss of $14 billion for 2026.

https://www.freezenet.ca/cracks-are-forming-openai-to-lose-14-billion-this-year/

#Business #News #AI #investing #OpenAI

“Trust me,” the con man says to an audience of con men.

Promises, Promises
#Tech #AI #theatre
https://warnercrocker.com/2026/01/29/promises-promises/

Who’d a thunk it?

Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations
#AI
https://www.404media.co/massive-ai-chat-app-leaked-millions-of-users-private-conversations/

Remember: whenever you use #AI to "clear up" or "enhance" an image, *this* is what you're doing.

If the information isn't in the original, the *only* thing AI can do is make stuff up based on the training data.
That is, of course, never the truth of what happened. You're doing yourself and everyone you show it to a massive disservice.

New Vivaldi release for Windows, Mac & Linux. We got some cool stuff for you and we avoided AI, so enjoy!

#Windows #Macos #Linux #Browser #Vivaldi #Computer #AI

https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-7-8-launches-with-message-to-big-tech-humans-dont-need-ai-babysitters/

Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns AI agents embedded in OSes are eroding end-to-end encryption's real-world security, despite its mathematical soundness. With root-like access to messages & data, they bypass E2EE isolation—urgent rethink needed! 🔒🤖❌
https://cyberinsider.com/signal-president-warns-ai-agents-are-making-encryption-irrelevant/
#AI #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Newz #Signal

Thanks for the ableism Fediverse! It's MUCH appreciated!🙄

#Loops #Disability #Disabled #Ableism #AI

Some of us can't make art the same way you do. That doesn't make it any less worthy of being seen. Don't be ableist. #Loops #AI #AIvideo