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Google says its flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Gemini, has been inundated with “commercially motivated” attackers who repeatedly prompt it, sometimes requesting thousands of different queries, in an attempt to clone it (including one campaign that prompted Gemini more than 100,000 times).In a report released Thursday, Google said chatbots are increasingly being subjected to “distillation attacks,” or repeated questions, aimed at forcing them to reveal their inner workings. Google describes this activity as “model extraction,” in which would-be imitators examine a system to find patterns and logic that make it work. Attackers appear to be using that information to build or…

A recruiter displays information while talking to a job applicant at the WorkSource North Seattle Career Fair on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 in Seattle, Washington, USA.David Ryder Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJob gains in January were better than any for the U.S. economy in 2025, but still not enough to fully unravel a stagnant labor market.The numbers suggest that while layoffs appear to be contained, hiring is at least stemming, as nonfarm payrolls rose by 130,000 and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, the lowest since August.However, there were some problems within it. It’s about staying focused on just a few…

LONDON – British police said Wednesday they had consulted with the Crown Prosecution Service as part of an ongoing assessment into allegations that former Prince Andrew shared confidential documents with the late convicted man Jeffrey Epstein. “Thames Valley Police is leading an ongoing assessment of allegations related to misconduct in public office,” the force’s deputy chief constable Oliver Wright said in a statement. “This specifically relates to documents within the Epstein file at the U.S. Department of Justice.” As part of the assessment, he said investigators had “consulted with Crown Prosecution experts” from the Crown Prosecution Service, the independent body…

A job seeker speaks with a recruiter behind an event sign during the WorkSource North Seattle Career Fair on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 in Seattle, Washington, USA. David Ryder Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJanuary’s nonfarm employment report beat Wall Street expectations for both job creation and unemployment. Here are the top 5 important points:From a headline perspective, the news was good. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 130,000 people, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%. The unemployment rate is thanks to booming household employment of 528,000 people. The Dow Jones consensus was for 55,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 4.4%. Wages…

Job growth was stronger than expected in early 2026, easing some concerns about the state of the U.S. labor market.Nonfarm payrolls rose by 130,000 in January, beating the Dow Jones consensus estimate of 55,000, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The total also improved from December, when it increased by 48,000 cases, after being revised slightly downward.The unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.3%, lower than the 4.4% expected to remain unchanged from last month. The more inclusive measure, which includes disengaged workers and those in part-time jobs for economic reasons, fell to…

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A “Now Hiring” sign hangs in the window of a business in Manhattan, New York City, on January 9, 2026.Spencer Pratt | Getty ImagesWednesday’s jobs report will give the market plenty to think about as investors parse the latest data and a series of revised data. Economists expect January’s nonfarm payrolls report to show zero or modest growth in that month. In addition, the annual revision also reveals that the U.S. economy created almost no net jobs going back to early 2024, potentially raising further questions about the health of the labor market.”The expectation is it’s going to be zero,”…

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday took steps to ban BHA, a food additive used in processed foods such as meat and bread.BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) has been used in the food supply for decades. The FDA first listed the substance as “generally recognized as safe” in 1958 and approved it as a food additive in 1961. It is used to prevent fats and oils from spoiling in food and can be found in products such as frozen foods, breakfast cereals, cookies, ice cream, and some meat products.The agency said it would launch a new safety review of the chemical,…

The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that consumer activity slowed sharply ahead of the December holiday season due to continued severe weather, the impact of tariffs and persistently high inflation.Retail sales were flat last month, following a 0.6% increase in November, according to figures that are adjusted for seasonality rather than inflation. Economists polled by Dow Jones had expected a rise of 0.4%. Sales excluding automobiles were also flat compared to the expected 0.3% increase.On an annual basis, sales rose 2.4%, down sharply from November’s 3.3% pace. Sales excluding automobiles rose at an annual rate of 3.3% in December.The report says…

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