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A new report from CGTrader is putting some hard numbers on the AI content wave. One in six three-dimensional models uploaded to the platform now comes from an AI generator, yet those models account for just one dollar out of every ninety dollars in revenue. Buyers, it turns out, are not impressed.

On the civil liberties front, government fusion centers are actively monitoring social media accounts that organize against Flock Safety's license plate readers. Intelligence bulletins obtained through public records requests show authorities tracking so-called DeFlock events, warning local police, and directing them to increase patrols around automated plate reader systems. The surveillance of the surveillance critics is raising serious questions about the boundaries of domestic monitoring.

And in ransomware news, an affiliate of the Akira group tried a clever trick, rebooting a victim's machine into Safe Mode to disable security tools. The move backfired spectacularly when Safe Mode also broke their own encryption software. The victim still suffered a data and credential theft before the self-inflicted fumble, so the story ends uncomfortably for everyone involved.

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