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Tech's Wild Ride: TikTok's Here, Windows Wins, and AI Gets Weird!

Tech World Grapples with TikTok Changes, Windows 11 Adoption, AI Security Risks, and the Rise of Vitalism

The tech landscape is witnessing a series of significant developments, ranging from user concerns over TikTok's future to the widespread adoption of Windows 11, emerging AI security threats, and the growing influence of the Vitalism movement.

Following the transfer of corporate ownership of TikTok US last weekend, some users have expressed apprehension about the platform's future, according to The Verge. The company attributed recent technical issues, including upload problems and skewed view counts, to a power outage at a US data center partner.

Despite criticism from tech enthusiasts, Windows 11 has reached 1 billion users, Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, said during the company's most recent earnings call, Ars Technica reported. The operating system remains popular, with users often preferring to stick to familiar systems.

VentureBeat reported that infostealers are now targeting Clawdbot, an AI agent, even before many security teams were aware of its existence. Security researchers validated architectural flaws in Clawdbot's MCP implementation, including a lack of mandatory authentication and the allowance of prompt injection and shell access. Commodity infostealers like RedLine, Lumma, and Vidar have already added the AI agent to their target lists. Shruti Gandhi, general partner at Array VC, reported 7,922 attack attempts on her firm's Clawdbot instance. The project rebranded from Clawdbot to Moltbot on January 27 after Anthropic issued a trademark request over the similarity to "Claude."

MIT Technology Review revealed that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is utilizing AI video generators from Google and Adobe to create and edit content for public consumption. A document released on Wednesday detailed the use of commercial AI tools for tasks ranging from drafting documents to managing cybersecurity. This comes as immigration agencies have increased their social media content in support of President Trump's mass deportation agenda, some of which appears to be AI-generated.

Also according to MIT Technology Review, the Vitalism movement, founded by Adam Gries and Nathan Cheng, is gaining influence. Vitalism is a philosophy and movement focused on hardcore longevity, aiming to slow or reverse aging through scientific advances, influencing key figures, and changing laws to allow access to experimental drugs. The movement believes that death is humanity's core problem and is morally wrong.

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