2026-07-19
AI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as confident, researchers found
Researchers from three French and Italian universities found that access to AI advice collapsed people’s willingness to say “I don’t know” from 44% to 3%. Accuracy dropped from 27% to 9%. Confidence, meanwhile, rose from 30% to 76%. “People became much worse, the accuracy was only one third, but they were twice as confident,” said […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-19
Korea’s AI chip market is now the opening bell for global stocks
Fund managers in London, New York, and Tokyo have added a new step to their morning routine: checking South Korean stocks. Korea’s $4 trillion equity market is now offering an early read on global AI risk appetite, as swings in SK Hynix and Samsung ripple through chip stocks worldwide. “We are all Korean investors now,” […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-19
FAA and federal workers forced to install $1.4 million White House app containing Russian-built Elfsight code onto government-issued mobile devices
Official White House app faces scrutiny after researchers uncovered Russian-linked software origins, data concerns, and unanswered federal security approval questions. [...]
2026-07-19
'The bypass is still six lines of JavaScript': Security experts warn that Claude for Chrome browser extension could be hijacked, despite it alerting Anthropic several times that something was wrong
Researchers found Claude’s Chrome extension still contains vulnerabilities allowing fake clicks and permission bypasses despite Anthropic releasing multiple updates. [...]