Issie Lapowsky / Bloomberg:
A look at Babel Audio, which pairs anonymous strangers to record their conversations, starting at $17/hour, and bundles those recordings into AI training data  —  They vent, confess and role-play with strangers, all to help machines learn how to sound human.

Disney's new Olaf animatronic made its debut at Disneyland Paris, but suffered a hilarious malfunction when it stopped working and collapsed.

Thomas H. Ptacek / sockpuppet.org:
AI coding agents will drastically alter both the practice and the economics of exploit development, automating the discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities  —  For the last two years, technologists have ominously predicted that AI coding agents will be responsible for a deluge of security vulnerabilities.

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a first-of-its-kind executive order requiring safety and privacy guardrails from AI companies that contract with the state  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, issued an order requiring safety and privacy guardrails for artificial intelligence companies contracting with the state.

Rec Room, a Roblox-like social gaming platform that lets users create games and experiences for others to play, is shutting down on June 1st. Despite reaching more than 150 million players and creators and, at one point, being valued at $3.5 billion, the company says in a blog post that "we never quite figured out […]