Vitalik Buterin Proposes Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Social Media Algorithms Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a new approach to social media algorithms that aims to balance transparency with privacy. His proposal suggests using zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-proofs) to make algorithmic...

Firefox Extensions Must Now Disclose User Data Collection Mozilla has announced new transparency rules for Firefox extension developers, requiring them to clearly disclose what user data their add-ons collect. The policy takes effect on November 3, 2025, and will become mandatory in the first...

Anthropic Finds Signs of Introspective Awareness in Leading LLMs Anthropic researchers report that state-of-the-art language models can recognize and describe aspects of their own internal processing—and, in controlled setups, even steer it—hinting at a nascent form of “introspective...