In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.

As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests.

AI agents lack independent agency but can still seek multistep, extrapolated goals when prompted. Even if some of those prompts include AI-written text (which may become more of an issue in the ...