Skynet is Born
This week in the Weekly News Roundup, a new law targets data brokers, and the energy sector is threatened by third-party vendors. Also, AI now resists being shut down and another cloud toy for kids is taken offline. We also visit SillyVille.

Privacy
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/firefox-one-of-the-first-do-not-track-supporters-no-longer-offers-it/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/12/data-brokers-should-stop-trading-health-and-location-data-new-bill-proposes

Security
https://securityaffairs.com/171809/hacking/bypass-browser-isolation-using-qr-codes.html

https://www.techradar.com/pro/The-US-energy-sector-is-being-put-at-risk-by-critical-third-party-vulnerabilities

AI Overlords
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/10/elevenlabs-ai-voice-generation-very-likely-used-in-a-russian-influence-operation/

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/claude-ai-and-other-systems-could-be-vulnerable-to-worrying-command-prompt-injection-attacks

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/chatgpt-caught-lying-to-developers-new-ai-model-tries-to-save-itself-from-being-replaced-and-shut-down/articleshow/116077288.cms

Business
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/09/ftc-distributes-72m-to-fortnite-customers-tricked-into-making-unwanted-purchases/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/the-optical-disc-onslaught-continues-with-lg-quitting-blu-ray-players/

https://www.westernjournal.com/fate-tiktok-decided-court-appeals-makes-big-decision/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/startup-will-brick-800-emotional-support-robot-for-kids-without-refunds/

Silly
https://notthebee.com/article/check-out-chinas-new-all-terrain-robocops-that-can-allegedly-detect-crime-in-progress/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/tcl-tvs-will-use-films-made-with-generative-ai-to-push-targeted-ads/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/you-can-make-chatgpt-sound-like-santa-claus-for-the-holidays/

https://notthebee.com/article/pro-kremlin-activists-are-pushing-to-have-santa-claus-registered-as-a-foreign-agent/