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📰 In today's Neuronix:

• 🕵️‍♂️ Lawsuit calls Perplexity’s ‘Incognito Mode’ a sham LINK

• 🛡️ Hackers weaponize Claude Code leak on GitHub LINK

• 🇯🇵 Microsoft to invest $10B in Japan for AI and cyber LINK

• 🇨🇳 China moves to regulate digital humans, curb addictive apps LINK

• ➕ 10 other news & articles you might like

• 🧰 4 trending tools

• 📚 3 trending papers & reports

🕵️‍♂️ Lawsuit says Perplexity’s ‘Incognito Mode’ is a sham that shares chats with ad platforms LINK

• A new complaint alleges Perplexity’s “Incognito Mode” misleads users while their chats are shared with Google and Meta to boost ad revenue.

• Plaintiffs claim “millions” of private chats were transmitted and seek class-action status, damages, and an injunction.

• The case intensifies scrutiny of privacy disclosures and data flows across AI chat products.

🛡️ Claude Code leak exploited to push info‑stealer malware on GitHub LINK

• Attackers used repositories tied to the Claude Code source leak as lures, delivering info‑stealer malware disguised as developer tools.

• The campaign leverages cloned repos and malicious binaries to harvest credentials and other sensitive data.

• Security teams urge developers to verify sources, signatures, and checksums before installing “leaked” tools.

🇯🇵 Microsoft to invest $10 billion in Japan to expand AI and cybersecurity LINK

• Microsoft will spend $10B to grow AI infrastructure and cybersecurity capabilities in Japan, including additional data center capacity.

• The initiative is framed as a public‑private effort to accelerate digital transformation and defense readiness.

• It underscores intensifying regional investment as providers race to localize compute, talent, and partnerships.

🇨🇳 China unveils rules to regulate digital humans and bans addictive services for minors LINK

• New measures target AI‑generated avatars and tighten controls on services deemed addictive for children.

• Platforms and vendors will face stricter obligations around content, safety, and identity standards.

• The policy continues Beijing’s push to shape AI usage via youth protection and compliance enforcement.

🌐 Other news & articles you might like

• Claude Code leak raises privacy alarms over data collection LINK

• UK’s leading AI research institute ordered to make ‘significant’ changes LINK

• Economists see stronger links between AI and jobs LINK

• Microsoft warns Copilot isn’t for serious advice, says Tom’s Hardware LINK

• AI architects warn on job losses, but few listen LINK

• Courts test legal shields as cases target Meta and Google LINK

• Reddit’s r/programming bans LLM content LINK

• Experts say Anthropic’s next model could reshape cybersecurity LINK

• Colorado right‑to‑repair law faces pushback from tech giants LINK

• Report: Banks seeking SpaceX IPO allocation asked to subscribe to Grok LINK

🧰 Trending tools

• Gemma 4 (Open‑weight models): Google’s next‑gen open‑weight LLMs for fast, lightweight deployment and fine‑tuning. LINK

• Microsoft AI Agent Governance (open source): Runtime security framework to govern and secure AI agents during execution. LINK

• Cursor Coding Agent Platform: An AI agent experience to generate code, analyze projects, and fix errors via natural language. LINK

• DeepSeek Next‑Gen Model (preview): Upcoming AI model positioned to benefit Huawei’s ecosystem and hardware stack. LINK

📚 Trending papers & reports

• Anthropic researchers identify distinct, causally influential “emotion” circuits emerging inside a large language model. LINK

• Researchers demonstrate a low‑cost, portable AI‑powered eye scanner to expand community screening access. LINK

• MIT study argues the near‑term AI job apocalypse is overstated, with adoption costs slowing displacement. LINK