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Michigan’s Department of Corrections plans a December pilot of Recidiviz software in men’s prisons to inform security classification and housing placement, Futurism reports.
Michigan’s housing classifications determine access to programs and resources, as well as which prison population an incarcerated person lives with.
Microsoft filed a patent describing AI agents that could alter words in live video and edit a speaker’s face and mouth to match, Futurism reports.
Altered audio paired with a recognizable face could make speakers appear responsible for wording they did not choose, complicating consent and attribution.
Wired published its 2026 guide to Star Wars gifts, presenting a selection that ranges from marble runs to advent calendars for fans of different ages.
Gift buyers must choose objects recipients can use or enjoy, rather than treating affection for Star Wars as a reason to welcome any franchise-branded present.
Steve Yedlin, the cinematographer behind Knives Out, released the $13 iPhone app Chromagraph Camera, which processes RAW photographs using a formula similar to his film-production processing, Wired reports.
A one-time $13 purchase gives iPhone photographers access to a cinematographer’s curated color processing, but leaves framing, lighting, and timing in their hands.
Wired’s reviewer installed Backup by BioLite at home and found the refrigerator-focused battery system capable but limited, with installation complicated by a cramped refrigerator alcove.
Households must weigh the purchase and installation burden against realistic food losses, because refrigerator backup does not provide whole-house protection or unlimited runtime.
DoorDash reported orders from Muse and other AI agents in the hundreds, while Hilton called agent bookings insignificant, according to Wired’s account of corporate responses to Meta’s assistant.
If agents redirect purchases toward cheaper providers, businesses could lose repeat customers or accept lower margins even without losing all their transaction volume.
France’s Maison Lineti is making single malt whisky with a wine-inspired production approach that includes concrete eggs, Wired reports.
Wine-derived credentials can help buyers understand an unfamiliar whisky, but those credentials do not establish its quality or explain which production choices deserve credit.
Wired reports that Govee Christmas Lights 2 are discounted by $25 for the 66-foot string, with larger discounts on longer versions intended for indoor or outdoor decorating.
Buyers must weigh the discount and programmable displays against app setup, outdoor power needs, and the work of installing and storing another seasonal device.
Cisco Talos researchers identified Volta-Autodoxer, malware that gathers credentials and activity records and sends a compiled dossier to AI tools for analysis, Wired reports.
Stolen account access can expose both usable credentials and routine records that help an attacker assess a person’s habits and potential value as a target.
Futurism reports that accounts on X published AI-altered paparazzi photographs showing Callum Turner shirtless in New York City, although the originals show him clothed.
The alterations attach invented bodily exposure to recognizable people while retaining the street photograph’s appearance of a witnessed event.
OpenAI reduced its fundraising target by $10 billion and is seeking about $20 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, the Financial Times reports.
A smaller completed raise would provide less new capital than originally sought, but its effect on OpenAI’s spending capacity depends on financing terms and cash needs.
Pope Leo XIV rejected legal personhood for AI in a thread on X, warning that granting machines rights could obscure human responsibility, Futurism reports.
Treating AI as a separate legal actor could complicate injured people’s efforts to hold the humans who build and use the systems accountable.