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As AI eats the world, it’s not just disrupting industries—it’s devouring rivals and developers’ lunches. Today’s headlines remind us that while tech is moving fast, safety isn’t keeping up. Either AI still has growing pains…or it’s already outsmarting us.

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Apple and Anthropic ‘Vibing’ Together To Let AI Write Code

Apple is reportedly diving headfirst into “vibe coding.” The tech giant is teaming up with Amazon-backed Anthropic to build a souped-up, AI-fueled version of Xcode that writes, edits, and tests code so humans don’t have to.

According to Bloomberg, the new system will run on Claude Sonnet—Anthropic’s large language model—and marks Apple’s most aggressive move yet to automate the guts of software development. The tool is initially slated for internal use only.

Apple’s last shot at AI coding support—Swift Assist—was demoed at WWDC24 but quietly dropped later over concerns about its effectiveness.

Why it matters: The partnership marks Apple's strategic push to stay relevant in the AI coding tool arena as tech rivals race ahead. With OpenAI eyeing a $3 billion grab for coding tool Windsurf and Google jamming AI into everything but the office water cooler, Apple’s feeling the heat—and jumping back in.

From “Think Different” to “Think Prompt,” Apple’s just evolving with the times.

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Google’s New AI Is Smarter, But Less Safe—Maybe By Design

Introducing Gemini 2.5: same brain, fewer rules, and…10x the liability.

In a recently published technical report, Google admits its latest AI model, Gemini 2.5 Flash, is worse at following safety guidelines than its predecessor.

Internal benchmarks show a notable regression for text prompts and a steep drop in performance on image-based safety checks. This means it’s more likely to generate risky or inappropriate content when handling visuals.

It appears the industry is leaning toward looser guardrails, with AI giants like Meta and OpenAI also easing restrictions on what their models can say. That may not be a bug—it might be the new business strategy. Looser filters mean more “creative freedom,” which means more engagement, demos, and viral screenshots.

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Security Alerts

Adobe Magento Mayhem: 1,000 E-Stores Compromised in Years-Long Supply Chain Breach

A stealthy supply chain attack has compromised up to 1,000 e-commerce stores through 21 backdoored Magento extensions, some of which have been tainted since 2019 but only activated in April 2025.

Sansec security researchers discovered that multiple vendors were hacked in the coordinated supply chain attack, including the webstore of a $40 billion multinational firm. Magento users are advised to check their webstores for the backdoor immediately to prevent getting hacked.

Moral of the story? Just because a plugin’s been quiet for five years doesn’t mean it’s safe. Regular audits and updates aren’t optional unless you like surprises in your checkout flow.

Microsoft Exchange Online Glitch Marks Legit Gmail Messages as Spam

Microsoft has resolved a bug in Exchange Online in which a machine learning model wrongly flagged legitimate Gmail messages as spam. The issue began on April 25 and stemmed from the AI mistaking regular emails for spam due to their content similarities, raising fresh concerns over AI in email security.

Apparently, AI thinks your grandma’s cookie recipe is a phishing attack.

Industry Shakeups

TikTok Hit With €530M GDPR Fine Over Data Transfers to China

TikTok is sending data to China. Okay, maybe no surprise there, but Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) just slammed the beleaguered social media platform with a staggering €530 million ($601 million) fine for funneling European user data to China in a blatant violation of the EU’s GDPR.

This marks one of the largest GDPR penalties ever handed down, putting TikTok in the same hot seat as Meta and Amazon in the EU’s data privacy hall of shame.

The ruling also came with an ultimatum: fix your data practices in six months or face even more fines and disciplinary measures. That means major engineering overhauls, internal audits, and—most likely—some very long legal meetings.

Guess “don’t worry, we pinky swear” didn’t land with European regulators.

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