{"id":35845,"date":"2026-05-12T09:59:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/35845\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:59:25","slug":"fortune-tech-weaponizing-ai-meta-lawsuit-nadella-testifies-for-altman-v-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/35845\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortune Tech: Weaponizing AI, Meta lawsuit, Nadella testifies for Altman v. Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning. Huge news if you\u2019re a Venmo user: The PayPal-owned service will reportedly change<\/a> the default setting for the payments feed of new users to \u201cfriends only\u201d rather than \u201cpublic.\u201d<\/p>\n

If true, it\u2019s the end of a freewheeling era for a payments app that took the 2010s by storm for, well, letting it all hang out. (And creating another language all its own<\/a> to maintain a gossamer veil of privacy without going into lockdown.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019d say the change also brings to a close the era of discovering secret social media accounts for sitting U.S. presidents<\/a>, but something tells me that we\u2019re only at the beginning, eh?<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s tech news below. \u2014Andrew Nusca<\/p>\n

Want to send thoughts or suggestions to\u00a0Fortune Tech?\u00a0Drop a line\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Google: Hackers are using AI to weaponize zero-day vulnerabilities\"A<\/a>A mobile webpage discussing Anthropic’s Mythos tool on its Project Glasswing website on April 23, 2026.<\/p>\n

Brendon Thorne\/Bloomberg\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s Threat Intelligence Group said Monday<\/a> that it was able to stop an effort by hackers to use AI to \u201cplan a mass vulnerability exploitation operation.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Google, the hackers used an AI model to find, then exploit, a zero-day vulnerability, the name for a software flaw that developers aren\u2019t yet aware of.<\/p>\n

Google said its \u201cproactive counter discovery\u201d may have prevented the operation from occurring. The company added that it doesn\u2019t believe its own Gemini model was used.<\/p>\n

It is widely expected that AI will be used by threat actors, as they\u2019re known, to sow chaos. In April, for example, Anthropic delayed the rollout of its powerful Mythos model because it was concerned that the baddies would use it to exploit software vulnerabilities before they\u2019re patched. (Anthropic has since released the model in a limited fashion to allow those long-extant bugs to be squashed.)<\/p>\n

In its latest report, Google\u2019s TIG confirmed that threat actors are using AI and AI agents to find vulnerabilities and exploit them, create obfuscation networks and decoy logic to evade detection, autonomously orchestrate attacks, and fabricate digital consensus using synthetic media. The group added that there\u2019s notable activity among actors associated with China and North Korea.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs organizations continue integrating large language models (LLMs) into production environments,\u201d Google said, \u201cthe AI software ecosystem has emerged as a primary target for exploitation.\u201d \u2014AN<\/p>\n

Meta sued on allegations of scam advertisements<\/p>\n

Meta was sued<\/a> by Santa Clara County, California, over allegations that the company \u201cknowingly facilitates and profits from billions of scam advertisements\u201d on its social networks, including Facebook and Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The complaint accuses the social networking giant of defrauding seniors and families with scam ads, which the company allegedly tracks. Meta makes approximately $7 billion in revenue each year from these kinds of ads, according to a statement from Tony LoPresti, the Santa Clara County counsel, who is bringing the lawsuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

LoPresti is seeking injunctive relief, civil penalties and restitution for money lost as a result of Meta\u2019s actions. (A spokesperson for Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)<\/p>\n

Santa Clara County houses much of Silicon Valley, and many of Meta\u2019s employees live there, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Meta\u2019s headquarters are in neighboring San Mateo County.<\/p>\n

Meta makes the vast majority of its revenue from advertisements, and brought in over $200 billion in sales in 2025. LoPresti claims certain ads promote a series of scams, including \u201cfraudulent financial products, cryptocurrency schemes, purported cures for incurable diseases, ineffective nutritional supplements, and impersonations of celebrities asking for monetary contributions.\u201d \u2014Catherina Gioino<\/p>\n

Nadella: Musk never contacted me with concerns about Microsoft\u2019s OpenAI investments<\/p>\n

At long last, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has taken the stand in the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial.<\/p>\n

In several hours of questioning, the Big Tech chief shared details about the early days of Microsoft\u2019s long-running partnership with OpenAI and the role he played during the shocking temporary ouster of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But it was Nadella\u2019s comments about OpenAI co-founder and xAI CEO Elon Musk, whose lawsuit accuses OpenAI of abandoning its charitable mission for profit generation, that stood out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Musk never contacted Nadella with concerns that Microsoft\u2019s OpenAI investments were in violation of any existing commitments, the Microsoft CEO said<\/a>, despite Musk\u2019s later comments that Microsoft\u2019s $10 billion investment was evidence of OpenAI violating its charitable mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have each other\u2019s phone numbers,\u201d Nadella testified.<\/p>\n

Musk added Microsoft to the suit several months after suing OpenAI in 2024, alleging that the company helped OpenAI abandon its founding mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Monday, Nadella rejected that claim. \u201cIt has always been my view that the nonprofit approved the creation of the for-profit so that they could pursue the mission,\u201d he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And what of Microsoft\u2019s $13 billion of investments in OpenAI\u2019s for-profit arm? Nadella described it as a \u201cwin-win\u201d situation after Microsoft shouldered \u201call the risk\u201d once Musk stopped funding OpenAI and left its board in 2018.<\/p>\n

OpenAI had a \u201czero percent chance of success\u201d after Musk\u2019s departure, Musk allegedly told<\/a> co-founder Ilya Sutskever, because it didn\u2019t have a \u201cbig enough computer\u201d to pursue artificial general intelligence. So what\u2019s wrong with Microsoft footing the bill? \u2014AN<\/p>\n

More tech<\/p>\n

\u2014OpenAI launches a consulting arm<\/a> with a $4 billion investment and the acquisition of Tomoro.<\/p>\n

\u2014RCS messaging encryption<\/a> finally comes to Apple iOS.<\/p>\n

\u2014Texas sues Netflix<\/a> for allegedly collecting their data without consent.<\/p>\n

\u2014Federal AI regulation turf war.<\/a> Which agency will review new advanced AI models? The Office of the National Cyber Director and CAISI reportedly fight it out.<\/p>\n

\u2014Wise plans to debut on the Nasdaq<\/a> and relist in London on a secondary basis. The fintech firm specializes in multi-currency financial accounts.<\/p>\n

\u2014Thinking Machines Lab debuts \u201cinteraction models\u201d<\/a> to meet human users where they\u2019re at.<\/p>\n

\u2014Cowboy Space, an orbital data center startup<\/a> led by a Robinhood co-founder, is now worth $2 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning. Huge news if you\u2019re a Venmo user: The PayPal-owned service will reportedly change the default setting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5250,24,1483,319,140,3687,10639,132,1429,1122,320,7492,966,2008,157,13580,370,2806,22597],"class_list":{"0":"post-35845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-google","8":"tag-aerospace","9":"tag-ai","10":"tag-alphabet","11":"tag-apple","12":"tag-elon-musk","13":"tag-fintech","14":"tag-fortune-tech","15":"tag-google","16":"tag-google-ai","17":"tag-meta","18":"tag-microsoft","19":"tag-mira-murati","20":"tag-netflix","21":"tag-no-copyright","22":"tag-openai","23":"tag-paypal-holdings","24":"tag-sam-altman","25":"tag-satya-nadella","26":"tag-venmo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}