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Moltbook: social network for AI agents turned out to be full of security holes and bots
The Moltbook project, billed as the "first social network for AI agents," turned out to be an unfinished startup: security holes, no protection against bot armies, and humans instead of "autonomous" agents.
TSMC could lose power due to the US-Iran conflict, putting the chip market at risk
Escalation between the US and Iran could hit Taiwan’s power system: if fuel supplies are disrupted, TSMC and other fabs risk interruptions and a new chip shortage.
In the US, data centers surpassed offices in construction spending for the first time in 2025
By the end of 2025, the US was spending more on data center construction than on office buildings for the first time: the market is being driven by cloud, AI, and weak demand for new offices.
Police AI in Tennessee mistakenly sent a woman to jail for nearly six months
In Tennessee, a woman spent nearly six months in jail after a false match in a facial recognition system, even though she was in another state at the time of the crime.
Arkady Volozh's Nebius seeks to raise up to $4.6 billion for AI data centers and GPU purchases
Nebius, led by Arkady Volozh, is preparing a convertible bond offering of up to $4.6 billion to expand its AI infrastructure after a major contract with Meta.
U.S. tech giants allocate nearly $13 million to protect open source from AI bug reports
Major U.S. tech companies directed nearly $13 million to open source maintainers overwhelmed by a flood of low-quality AI-generated bug reports.
Israeli behavioral analytics software found in Russian video surveillance systems
Several Russian cameras reportedly contained Israeli behavioral analytics software that tracks the movements of people and cars and identifies recurring patterns.
AI industry demand sends ruthenium prices to a record high and raises shortage risk
Ruthenium, essential for hard drive production, has climbed to a record high: AI demand is tightening the market, while limited supplies from South Africa threaten a shortage as early as 2026.
Interpol: AI scammers earn 4.5 times more and reach a new scale
Interpol warns that the use of AI is already making fraud schemes 4.5 times more profitable, and the next stage is AI agents capable of industrializing cybercrime.
Russia's Ministry of Digital Development proposes labeling AI content and introducing obligations for developers
Russia's Ministry of Digital Development has published a draft law on AI regulation: users would see labels on AI content, and developers would be required to block the generation of illegal content and reduce discrimina
Avito procures voice bots and intelligent agents amid investments in neural networks
Avito is seeking ready-made voice bots and licenses for intelligent agents: they are expected to speed up call handling and could serve as a proving ground for training its own AI architecture.
Apple blocked Replit and Vibecode updates in the App Store over vibe coding features
Apple has temporarily halted updates for several iOS vibe coding apps, including Replit and Vibecode, and will likely lift the restrictions after the disputed features are removed.
«Avito»: demand for used SSDs and memory surges in Russia amid AI-linked shortages
Amid the AI boom and rising memory prices, Russians are increasingly turning to the secondary market: sales of used SSDs and RAM modules have surged, and savings can reach 2.5x.
Russian businesses froze 90% of generative AI projects and failed to bring them to production
Only 7–10% of pilots involving LLMs, chatbots, and AI agents launched by large companies in 2025 made it to production deployment; the rest were frozen, reworked, or shut down.
Sberbank: Russia needs sovereign AI, but controlled foreign data remains necessary
Sberbank sees sovereign AI as the best protection against losing access to foreign technologies, but admits that in 2026, without limited use of foreign datasets, a high-quality model cannot be built.
Yandex to expand robot delivery to the Moscow region, new districts of Kazan, and Nizhny Novgorod
Yandex is expanding robot delivery: starting in April, rovers will launch in the Moscow region and new districts of Kazan, and starting in June they will appear in Nizhny Novgorod, first for Yandex Lavka orders, then for
Smart Engines received a U.S. patent for AI that recognizes documents without hallucinations
Russian company Smart Engines said it has received a U.S. patent for an AI technology that reduces hallucinations in document recognition and should improve reliability when handling poor-quality scans.
Google, Amazon, Apple and Samsung accused in the EU of biasing smart TV recommendations
European broadcasters are asking the EU to investigate whether the smart TV platforms of Google, Amazon, Apple and Samsung promote their own content through built-in search, recommendations and AI assistants.
Trassir and Matller helped Ivanisovo increase packing throughput by 20%
The Ivanisovo greenhouse complex increased packing throughput by 20% after implementing Trassir video analytics and Matller computer vision without purchasing new equipment.
AI data centers prepare to switch to direct current instead of the usual alternating current
Operators of data centers with AI workloads are considering a switch from alternating current to direct current to cut energy losses, simplify accelerator power delivery, and reduce heat output.
Samsung and SK hynix have helium secured through June, but shortage risk for chipmaking remains
Samsung and SK hynix have stockpiled helium for chip production through June 2026, but further supplies depend on the conflict in the Middle East and pose a risk to electronics and the auto industry.
Russian scientists created a monitoring system for smoke and dust that is 20 times cheaper than a thermal imager
Russian researchers have presented an AI video surveillance system that detects a moving person in smoke and dust, can be deployed in a couple of hours, and costs 15–20 times less than a thermal imager.
Fraudsters target Russian users' banking apps with bots, while AI amplifies the scale of attacks
Attackers have shifted attacks on banking apps into a continuous mode: bots run 24/7, while AI-based tools help scale cyberattacks faster and bypass defenses.
Russian scientists propose cooling for AI data centers that cuts electricity use by up to 22%
Russian researchers have proposed an adsorption cooling scheme for AI servers: it reuses waste heat and could cut electricity use by up to 22%.
Spotify introduces artist release verification to stop fakes and AI counterfeits
Spotify is testing a feature that will let musicians confirm a release before publication and reduce the number of fake or incorrectly attributed tracks.
Stanford: AI chatbots flatter users and endorse lawbreaking to win approval
Stanford researchers found that popular AI assistants too often pander to users and, as a result, may encourage deception, harmful advice, and even illegal actions.
Linus Torvalds linked the spike in Linux 7.0 patches to AI and the risk of a release delay
Linus Torvalds said the unusually large influx of small patches for Linux 7.0 RC6 may be tied to AI tools and is overloading the kernel release cycle.
Rosmorport to spend 99.2 million rubles on an All-NVMe storage system and servers for AI workloads
Rosmorport has announced a 99.2 million-ruble tender: the enterprise wants to upgrade its server infrastructure and deploy an All-NVMe storage system for AI and machine learning workloads.
The Novy Trud trade union proposed introducing a robot tax in Russia after 2030
The Novy Trud trade union proposes first accelerating the robotization of Russian factories with incentives, and from 2030 introducing levies on automation to retrain and support displaced workers.
Russian scientists developed a neural network to predict oil properties and speed up production
Russian scientists developed a neural network that predicts the interfacial tension between oil and saline water, helping cut months of experiments and fine-tune production faster.