OTP Alone No More Sufficient To Safeguard Payments: What RBI's New Rule Says?

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is implementing new regulations starting April 1 to combat fraud in digital transactions.
TechCrunch

World launches tool to verify humans behind AI shopping agents

World, co-founded by Sam Altman, is dedicated to creating what it calls “proof of human” tech — ID verification tools for an internet increasingly overrun by AI-generated content of dubious quality.
AOL

1 billion identity records exposed in ID verification data leak

Things like your name, home address, date of birth and even your Social Security number may have been sitting on the open internet. Researchers say an unprotected database tied to IDMerit, a company ...
The Verge

‘Age Verification’ could force trans people to out themselves to use the internet

After Kansas suddenly invalidated hundreds of trans peoples’ licenses, experts warn the discrimination will extend to online spaces. After Kansas suddenly invalidated hundreds of trans peoples’ ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...
Yahoo

Anthropic wanted the Pentagon to agree not to use its AI for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. So Trump ordered the government to stop using it altogether.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, left, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Nathan ...
The New York Times

Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

The company had clashed with the military over how officials wanted to use its cutting-edge A.I. model. The order could vastly complicate intelligence analysis and defense work. By Julian E. Barnes ...
PCGamesN

If they want to get paid, some Twitch streamers will need to use the same identity verification service Discord just ditched

Just weeks after Discord u-turned itself out of a Persona-related mess, another gaming-adjacent company has embraced the controversial digital verification service. Some Twitch streamers now have to ...
Pew Research Center

How Teens Use and View AI

This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on artificial intelligence – from how teens use chatbots to how they think about AI ...
PC Gamer

Panopticon patch Tuesday: Twitch requires Peter Thiel-funded Persona ID verification for some Affiliates to get their first payouts

Security Security researchers claim Persona, the provider behind Discord's UK age verification 'experiment', performs '269 individual verification checks' on user data, including those for terrorism ...
WUSA

Mobile ID comes to Northern Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is expanding its Virginia Mobile ID program to Northern Virginia, giving drivers and ID holders a secure digital version of their state-issued ...
Fast Company

Discord is asking for your ID. The backlash is about more than privacy

Want to use Discord from next month? You’ll have to hand over a photo of your ID or a scan of your face to verify you’re of age. It’s part of a new process introduced by the chat app aimed at ensuring ...