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NSW Plans to Share Licence Photos With National Face-Matching Database
A new bill before the New South Wales parliament would connect the state to a federal facial recognition system, hand police access to toll road camera images, and let investigators apply to search seized phones and laptops. Civil liberties groups say the changes amount to mass surveillance with too few safeguards.

A journalist scored 25% on an AI fake-image quiz. Experts say that is about average.
A new survey found Americans can barely tell real photos from AI-generated fakes. A CBS News reporter tried a 12-question quiz and got three right. Here is what that means for the rest of us.

Former College Basketball Player Charged With $2.2 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Fake Identities
Kerr Kriisa, who played at Arizona, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, faces five counts of wire fraud after allegedly posing as his own mother and a made-up person to extract money from two victims over four years.

AI Tools Surge in Ransomware Markets, Lowering Entry Barriers
Underground markets see a boom in AI-driven tools, making ransomware more accessible and profitable.

Your Hiring Process Is Now a Weapons Financing Loophole
North Korea and Iran are using AI to manufacture legitimacy at scale. The threat isn't a genius hacker. It's industrialized paperwork.