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In response to mounting concerns about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to set individualized consumer prices and wages, lawmakers in Congress have unveiled a landmark proposal: the Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act of 2025. Sponsored by Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), the bill seeks to prohibit the use of personal data by companies to algorithmically determine prices and pay rates, a growing practice known as “surveillance pricing.”

BreachForums, one of the most infamous hubs for hacking and illicit data trading, has unexpectedly resurfaced on its original .onion address on the dark web as of July 25–26, 2025. This reemergence comes after several months of law enforcement pressure, community suspicion, and widespread disruption within the underground cybercrime ecosystem.

Recent research by Anthropic has uncovered an unexpected route by which large language models (LLMs) can pass behavioral traits to one another through subtle, undetectable signals embedded in data. This phenomenon, termed “subliminal learning,” highlights new risks and considerations for the future of AI alignment and development.

Ollie Holman, a 21-year-old university student from Eastcote, West London, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his pivotal role in the development and worldwide distribution of sophisticated phishing kits. These kits fueled an international fraud operation responsible for estimated losses exceeding £100 million (approximately $134 million).