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A new #study by Common Sense Media found that 72% of #US #teens have used #AI companions, with 52% being regular users. The study, conducted in April and May 2025, highlights the appeal of AI #chatbots for #personalconversations, with teens using them for #entertainment, #advice, and #socialinteraction. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/72-of-u-s-teens-have-used-ai-companions-study-finds/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Hackers are working to exploit the DNS system to hide malicious code and prompt injection attacks against chatbots.
The technique sets up malicious scripts and early-stage malware to fetch binary files without having to download them from suspicious sites or attach them to emails, where they frequently get quarantined by antivirus software. It works because traffic for DNS look ups often goes largely unmonitored.
https://www.wired.com/story/dns-records-hidden-malicious-code/ #Hackers #DNS #Malware #Antivirus #Security #CyberSecurity #ChatBots #Internet
4 Ways Businesses Should Use AI Chatbots
Photo by Growtika on Unsplash UNSPLASH.COM AI chatbots may resemble their old, less-intelligent predecessors, but appearances are where…
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Studie aus #Dänemark zeigt: #KI-#Chatbots steigern die #Effizienz in Firmen kaum https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/ki-chatbots-steigern-die-effizienz-in-firmen-kaum/ via @caschysblog
"Not so long ago, you would be right to question why a seemingly innocuous-looking free “flashlight” or “calculator” app in the app store would try to request access to your contacts, photos, and even your real-time location data. These apps may not need that data to function, but they will request it if they think they can make a buck or two by monetizing your data.
These days, AI isn’t all that different.
Take Perplexity’s latest AI-powered web browser, Comet, as an example. Comet lets users find answers with its built-in AI search engine and automate routine tasks, like summarizing emails and calendar events.
In a recent hands-on with the browser, TechCrunch found that when Perplexity requests access to a user’s Google Calendar, the browser asks for a broad swath of permissions to the user’s Google Account, including the ability to manage drafts and send emails, download your contacts, view and edit events on all of your calendars, and even the ability to take a copy of your company’s entire employee directory.
Perplexity says much of this data is stored locally on your device, but you’re still granting the company rights to access and use your personal information, including to improve its AI models for everyone else.
Perplexity isn’t alone in asking for access to your data. There is a trend of AI apps that promise to save you time by transcribing your calls or work meetings, for example, but which require an AI assistant to access your real-time private conversations, your calendars, contacts, and more. Meta, too, has been testing the limits of what its AI apps can ask for access to, including tapping into the photos stored in a user’s camera roll that haven’t been uploaded yet."
