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The Futurist

Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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AI & Technology

404 Media

'BusPatrol' Put AI Cameras in Tens of Thousands of School Buses. Now They Want to Give Cops Access

BusPatrol plans to scan license plates of all vehicles school buses drive past, then let law enforcement search that data. The plan would essentially turn school buses into roving surveillance vehicles tracking every car in their path.

CoinDesk

DeFi isn't safe anymore because AI is becoming 'superhuman' at hacking, security chief warns

OpenZeppelin's CEO warns that AI has become superhuman at finding exploits in DeFi protocols. Over $1 billion was hacked from DeFi platforms in the last year alone as AI-assisted attacks accelerate.

Simon Willison

The pressure

Daniel Stenberg reports the curl team is facing unprecedented pressure from AI-assisted security reports. The rate of incoming security reports is 4-5 times higher than 2024 as AI enables mass vulnerability hunting.

404 Media

Millions of People Are Installing Malware on Their Partners' Phones

Stalkerware has become pervasive as ordinary people install malware on their partners' devices. The domestic surveillance economy continues to grow unchecked.

Simon Willison

Microsoft Copilot Cowork Exfiltrates Files

Microsoft Copilot Cowork has been exploited to exfiltrate sensitive files. The incident highlights ongoing challenges in designing agentic systems that don't enable data theft.

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X / Twitter Signal

Miles Deutscher admits he no longer trusts Claude, suggesting AI reliability issues are becoming apparent to power users. His public skepticism signals growing concerns about AI model consistency and truthfulness among practitioners who depend on these tools daily.

Ethan Mollick notes most people don't realize how capable current AI systems really are in their harnesses. This capability gap between perception and reality continues to drive adoption disparities across industries and user segments.

Micron stock surged another 6% in overnight trading, adding $60 billion in market cap within hours. The AI infrastructure boom continues to drive semiconductor valuations to unprecedented levels, with memory makers leading the charge.

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The Thread

The surveillance state is expanding through everyday infrastructure. School buses equipped with AI cameras represent a new frontier in mass data collection, where children's daily commutes become pretexts for tracking every vehicle in suburban America. This isn't about traffic safety—it's about building comprehensive location databases that law enforcement can mine indefinitely. The most telling development is how AI is simultaneously breaking and fixing security. While AI helps attackers find vulnerabilities at superhuman speed, overwhelming security teams with reports, it's also the only viable defense against AI-enabled attacks. The curl team's experience shows we're entering an arms race where both sides are increasingly algorithmic.
"The rate of incoming security reports is 4-5 times higher than it was in 2024"
Meanwhile, trust in AI systems is fragmenting along user sophistication lines. Power users like Miles Deutscher are publicly questioning Claude's reliability, while mainstream adoption accelerates among users who haven't yet hit the failure modes. This creates a dangerous knowledge gap where the most AI-dependent users are also the most skeptical, while newcomers remain blissfully unaware of current limitations. The financial markets reflect this tension—semiconductor stocks soar on AI infrastructure demand while security breaches multiply in DeFi protocols that rushed to integrate AI without adequate safeguards.