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10 articles in the TruthFoundry index. Each links out to the original.

• Generative AI emergency alert adoption raises safety and trust concerns · Local emergency managers are unofficially using AI for disaster alerts despite official restrictions.
• ChatGPT macOS Vulnerability Exposes User Data to Attackers · A patched flaw in ChatGPT's macOS app allowed attackers to hijack the application and access sensitive user data.
• Health Care Workers Criticize Palantir's AI Scheduling Tool · Nurses at HCA Healthcare report that Palantir's Timpani AI scheduling tool causes exhaustion and staffing issues.
• Satirical Plushie Highlights Noise and Power Issues of AI Data Centers · A satirical plushie called Bezzy uses data center noise to critique AI infrastructure impacts.
• Ideological Split Emerges on American Left Over AI Existential Risks · A divide opens on the American left between those prioritizing current AI harms and those focusing on existential threats.
• Napster partners with Gems Education to build AI teacher clones in Dubai · Napster, now an AI platform, partners with Gems Education in Dubai to create digital twins of teachers using its Napster Learn system.
• Scientists Weigh Low Risk of AI-Engineered Bioweapons Amid Alarm · Experts argue AI cannot independently create bioweapons due to physical bottlenecks and human oversight.
• Sonos Unveils New App, AI Voice, and Hardware to Pivot to Audio OS · Sonos launches a new app with generative AI and announces the Ace Ultra, Beam Ultra, and Fabric network updates.
• Teachers in California and UK Face Sexual Harassment via Student AI Deepfakes · Substitute teachers report students creating and sharing sexualized AI-generated deepfakes of them.
• Inner Mongolia Becomes China's AI Data Center Hub Amid Water and Coal Concerns · Chinese AI firms are building massive data centers in Inner Mongolia for cheap power, facing water scarcity and coal reliance.