Shutterstock to pay $35M over hard-to-cancel subscriptions
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/shutterstock-pay-35-million-settle-ftc-allegations-over-illegal-subscription-cancellation-practices
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/shutterstock-pay-35-million-settle-ftc-allegations-over-illegal-subscription-cancellation-practices
Federal Trade Commission
Shutterstock to Pay $35 Million to Settle FTC Allegations Over Illegal Subscription and Cancellation Practices
Shutterstock Inc.
US bill proposes new national EV tax, while some push to slash gas tax to zero
https://electrek.co/2026/05/18/us-bill-would-overcharge-evs-to-pay-for-road-damage-they-arent-doing/
https://electrek.co/2026/05/18/us-bill-would-overcharge-evs-to-pay-for-road-damage-they-arent-doing/
Electrek
US bill proposes new national EV tax, while some push to slash gas tax to zero
As it becomes more clear how bad an idea it is to burn gas, some want to level the field by... eliminating gas taxes and overcharging EVs.
Alignment pretraining: AI discourse creates self-fulfilling (mis)alignment
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10160
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10160
arXiv.org
Alignment Pretraining: AI Discourse Causes Self-Fulfilling (Mis)alignment
Pretraining corpora contain extensive discourse about AI systems, yet the causal influence of this discourse on downstream alignment remains poorly understood. If prevailing descriptions of AI...
Mexican government breached by solo user with Claude, 150 GB exfiltrated
https://konstantintkachuk.com/writing/the-floor-doesnt-exist/
https://konstantintkachuk.com/writing/the-floor-doesnt-exist/
Konstantintkachuk
The Floor Doesn't Exist
AI did not invent new attacks. It billed the old ones monthly. Crypto is the only place we can count it, and the early signals are in.
Anthropic co-founder to present AI encyclical alongside Pope Leo XIV
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-first-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas.html
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-first-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas.html
www.vaticannews.va
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical Magnifica humanitas to be published May 25 - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, will be released on May ...
What political censorship looks like inside an LLM's weights (Qwen 3.5)
https://vas-blog.pages.dev/qwen-censorship/
https://vas-blog.pages.dev/qwen-censorship/
Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-its-first-server-linux-distribution-azure-linux-4-0/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-its-first-server-linux-distribution-azure-linux-4-0/
ZDNET
Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux distribution: Azure Linux 4.0
You'll be able to run this Linux distro on both Azure and your desktop using Windows Subsystem for Linux. Here's what we know about it so far.
The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-american-rebellion-against-ai-is-gaining-steam-94b72529
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-american-rebellion-against-ai-is-gaining-steam-94b72529
The Wall Street Journal
The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
Booed commencement speakers, blocked data centers, plummeting poll numbers: The fast-growing industry has a faster-growing crisis.
Mini Shai-Hulud Strikes Again: 314 npm Packages Compromised
https://safedep.io/mini-shai-hulud-strikes-again-314-npm-packages-compromised/
https://safedep.io/mini-shai-hulud-strikes-again-314-npm-packages-compromised/
SafeDep - Real-time Open Source Software Supply Chain Security
Mini Shai-Hulud Strikes Again: 317 npm Packages Compromised
A compromised npm maintainer account published 637 malicious versions across 317 packages including size-sensor, echarts-for-react, timeago.js, and hundreds of @antv scoped packages, affecting 15M+ monthly downloads.
Show HN: Id-agent – Token efficient UUID alternative for AI agents
https://github.com/vostride/id-agent
https://github.com/vostride/id-agent
GitHub
GitHub - vostride/id-agent: Token efficient IDs for AI agents. UUID alternative for the agentic era
Token efficient IDs for AI agents. UUID alternative for the agentic era - vostride/id-agent