The best ways to measure your fitness, according to science

VO2 max? Mile time? Experts break down the most common health metrics and reveal which ones actually best reflect on your ...
Ars Technica

Researchers show that training on “junk data” can lead to LLM “brain rot”

On the surface, it seems obvious that training an LLM with “high quality” data will lead to better performance than feeding it any old “low quality” junk you can find. Now, a group of researchers is ...
Gizmodo

Reddit Sues a Collection of Startups It Says Are Wrongly Scraping It for AI Training Data

Let’s say a website makes it a violation of its terms of service for you to send bots onto its pages in order to vacuum up its text, which you want to package as AI ...
IPWatchdog

Training Data on Trial: AI’s First Fair Use Test

“Courts are adapting the flexible fair-use doctrine to modern technology without rewriting the statute.” The results point toward a single principle: when AI training reproduces a copyrighted work’s ...
Android

AT&T to Pay Millions After Data Breaches — Here’s How to Claim Up to $7,500

AT&T is facing major backlash as millions of customers affected by two data breaches are now eligible for compensation of up to $7,500 under a $177 million class action settlement. While AT&T denies ...
EurekAlert!

Hardware vulnerability allows attackers to hack AI training data

Researchers from NC State University have identified the first hardware vulnerability that allows attackers to compromise the data privacy of artificial intelligence (AI) users by exploiting the ...
Wired

Anthropic Will Use Claude Chats for Training Data. Here’s How to Opt Out

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out. Anthropic is prepared to repurpose ...
Los Angeles Times

How we determined the number of homes rebuilt after major California wildfires

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Seventy percent of the 20 most destructive wildfires in state history have occurred since fall 2017, according to ...
PC World

LinkedIn is using your data to train its AI models. Here’s how to opt out

Microsoft-owned social networking site LinkedIn will soon start using the data of its users to train its AI models, reports Windows Latest. The platform has sent out emails to users about the change, ...
Tech Digest

LinkedIn to use EU and UK user data for AI training. How do I opt out?

LinkedIn will begin using data from its users in the EU and UK to train its content-generating AI models, a policy change set to take effect on November 3, 2025. The company states the move is ...
Chicago Tribune

Surging number of data centers around the Great Lakes could lead to water shortages, report says

Data centers require massive volumes of water to operate, and the growing use of artificial intelligence means more of these centers are popping up in water-abundant regions such as the Great Lakes.
ZDNet

Anthropic will start training Claude on user data - but you don't have to share yours

Anthropic updated its AI training policy. Users can now opt in to having their chats used for training. This deviates from Anthropic's previous stance. Anthropic has become a leading AI lab, with one ...