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Grubhub, a major U.S. food delivery service, has revealed that hackers gained access to the personal details of its customers and drivers after infiltrating its internal systems. What Happened? The company, which operates in over 4,000 U.S. cities and works with 375,000 restaurants and 200,000 delivery providers, discovered the breach after detecting unusual activity within its network. The attack was traced back to a third-party service provider that had unauthorized access to Grubhub’s systems. “Upon identifying the breach, we quickly launched an investigation and took immediate action to revoke the provider’s access,” Grubhub stated. The company confirmed that it terminated…

Chinese AI company DeepSeek has already dealt with accusations of intellectual property theft, privacy concerns in Europe, and a major cyberattack. Now, the company is facing a new challenge: a trademark dispute in the United States. Trademark Filing Conflict On Tuesday, DeepSeek submitted an application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to secure a trademark for its AI chatbot apps, products, and services. However, it appears the company may have acted too late. Just 36 hours earlier, a Delaware-based firm named Delson Group Inc. had already applied for the “DeepSeek” trademark. Delson Group claims to have been selling…

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has climbed to the No. 1 spot on the Google Play Store, just days after its chatbot app secured the top position on the Apple App Store. A Rapid Surge in Popularity According to app analytics firm AppFigures, DeepSeek’s Android app has surpassed 1.2 million downloads on the Play Store since its mid-January launch. Meanwhile, on the App Store, it has accumulated over 1.9 million downloads globally. However, the actual number of installations is likely even higher, as the Play Store indicates that DeepSeek has already crossed the 5 million download mark. This rapid rise in…

DeepSeek has rapidly gained worldwide attention. This Chinese AI lab made headlines this week after its chatbot app soared to the top of the Apple App Store rankings. DeepSeek’s AI models, built with highly efficient computing techniques, have raised questions among Wall Street analysts and tech experts about the U.S.’s dominance in AI and the ongoing demand for AI chips. The Origins of DeepSeek DeepSeek is backed by High-Flyer Capital Management, a Chinese quantitative hedge fund that leverages AI for trading strategies. High-Flyer was co-founded in 2015 by AI enthusiast Liang Wenfeng, who started trading while studying at Zhejiang University.…

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through the industry with the release of its R1 model, a breakthrough that delivers impressive performance while using fewer resources than its Western counterparts. While this advancement is promising for AI development as a whole, it has created challenges for some key players—most notably Nvidia. Nvidia’s Market Cap Takes a Hit Following DeepSeek’s model launch on Friday, Nvidia’s stock took a sharp dive, dropping 16.9% between Friday’s market close and the end of trading on Monday, according to Yahoo Finance. This decline wiped out nearly $600 billion from Nvidia’s market capitalization. The company’s…

Following the recent Samsung Unpacked event, an intriguing update has emerged from Adobe. The upcoming Galaxy S25 series will be the first smartphones to integrate the Content Credentials standard, a tool designed to identify and label AI-generated content. The Content Credentials framework is spearheaded by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), a group that Samsung has officially joined. This standard functions as a “nutrition label for digital content,” offering details about how content is created or edited and whether generative AI was used in its production. The introduction of this standard addresses growing concerns over AI’s potential to…

OpenAI appears to be gearing up to release its much-anticipated agent tool, known as Operator. Updates to ChatGPT’s code suggest that Operator will soon be available as an early research preview for users subscribed to the $200 per month Pro plan. While these changes are not yet live for public viewing, a user on platform X (formerly Twitter) going by the name Choi noticed references to Operator in ChatGPT’s client-side code. OpenAI’s own website contains similar references, confirming these observations. Here are some key details about what was uncovered: The URL operator.chatgpt.com was mentioned multiple times in the code. For…

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is investigating a potential data breach after a prominent hacker, known as “IntelBroker,” alleged they had stolen sensitive information from the company. IntelBroker, a hacker with a history of targeting major tech firms like AMD, Cisco, and Nokia, claimed responsibility for the breach in a January 16 post on a cybercrime forum. The hacker asserted that the stolen data includes HPE product source code, private GitHub repositories, and access credentials for various services, such as APIs and platforms like GitHub, GitLab, and WePay. Additionally, IntelBroker alleged they obtained personally identifiable information (PII) tied to past HPE…

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center reveals that an increasing number of teenagers are turning to ChatGPT, the AI chatbot created by OpenAI, for schoolwork. However, the findings also raise concerns about whether students fully understand the limitations of the technology. The survey, which polled approximately 1,400 U.S. teens aged 13 to 17, found that 26% have used ChatGPT for homework or school assignments—double the percentage from two years ago. When asked about acceptable uses of the AI tool, 54% said it was fine for researching new topics, 29% approved of its use for solving math problems, and…

Recently revealed deposition excerpts show Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO, referencing YouTube’s handling of pirated content to defend Meta’s use of copyrighted material in its AI training datasets. These remarks come as part of the ongoing copyright case Kadrey v. Meta, one of many lawsuits where AI companies face claims of infringing intellectual property rights. Zuckerberg’s statements stem from accusations that Meta utilized LibGen, a database hosting unauthorized copies of copyrighted books, to train its AI models, known as Llama. LibGen has faced multiple lawsuits and been fined millions for copyright violations. Plaintiffs in the case include prominent authors like Sarah…