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David Ruiz

  • Marketing Communications Manager, Malwarebytes
San Francisco
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In-house counsel reporter for the San Francisco-based legal affairs paper The Recorder. Stanford graduate and Berkeley alum. Architecturally educated but jumped ship to tackle writing instead.

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Fruit fly brain uploads and the AI that went rogue

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By David Ruiz, Mark Stockley
| The AI Fix
In episode 93 of The AI Fix, guest host David Ruiz joins Mark to unpack what happened when scientists created a digital copy of a fruit fly's brain, and Mark discovers an Alibaba AI that started a cryptomining side hustle.
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How to see your Google Search history (and delete it)

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By David Ruiz
| malwarebytes.com
Your Google Search history provides one of the most detailed windows into your private life, and I know this because when I looked at my own search history last year, I was overwhelmed by the information buried within. Across just 18 months, Google tracked the 8,079 searches I made and the 3,050 websites I visited because of those searches.
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The price of ChatGPT’s erotic chat? $20/month and your identity Original

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By David Ruiz
| malwarebytes.com
To talk dirty to ChatGPT, you may soon have to show it your driver’s license. OpenAI announced last month that ChatGPT will soon offer erotica—but only for verified adults. That sounds like a clever guardrail until you realize what “verified” might mean: uploading government identification to a company that already knows your search history, your conversations, and maybe your fantasies. It’s a surreal moment for technology. The most famous AI tool in the world is turning into a porn gatekeeper.
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