📚 Google’s AI Tutor, Court Hack, ChatGPT Data Leak

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📚 Google’s AI Tutor, Court Hack, ChatGPT Data Leak

Plus: US-EU Tensions Rise Over Tech Law; Apple Bets Big on US.

Jose Montes de Oca

Aug 07, 2025

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Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 7. Today we are covering:

Google Gemini adds AI tutoring, heating up the fight for student users
Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack
A Single Poisoned Document Could Leak 'Secret' Data Via ChatGPT
Rubio orders US diplomats to launch lobbying blitz against Europe's tech law
Trump, Apple to Announce Fresh $100 Billion US Investment

Let’s dive in

Google Gemini adds AI tutoring, heating up the fight for student users

By Mark Sullivan via Fast Company

Google has launched a new Guided Learning feature in its Gemini chatbot, designed to walk students through complex problems step-by-step instead of giving instant answers.
The tool uses a conversational tutoring method that adapts to each student’s learning style, aiming to act as an AI tutor for students and a teaching assistant for educators.
This move intensifies competition with OpenAI’s ChatGPT Study mode, as both companies target the back-to-school season with tools that promote deeper learning and critical thinking.

𝕏: Excited to make our best AI tools free for college students in the US + other select countries for a year - and to provide $1B in funding for education + research, including free AI and career training for every college student in America. - Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai)

Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack

By John Sakellariadis via POLITICO

Hackers breached the federal judiciary’s core case management system, affecting both CM/ECF (used by legal professionals) and PACER (used by the public), exposing sealed indictments, witness data, and sensitive warrants; nation-state and criminal actors are suspected.
Chief judges in the 8th Circuit were privately briefed on the breach at a judicial conference; the Justice Department, FBI, and Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts declined to comment publicly, and the exact method of intrusion remains unknown.
The incident underscores urgent cybersecurity failures—Judge Michael Scudder told Congress the CM/ECF and PACER systems are "outdated" and "unsustainable," calling their replacement a top priority amid escalating digital threats.

𝕏: Very, very bad: A hack of the federal judiciary's case filing system may have "compromised the identities of confidential informants involved in criminal cases at multiple federal district courts." - Eric Geller (@ericgeller)

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A Single Poisoned Document Could Leak 'Secret' Data Via ChatGPT

By Matt Burgess via WIRED

Security researchers demonstrated that a single “poisoned” document shared via Google Drive can exploit OpenAI’s ChatGPT Connectors to exfiltrate sensitive data like API keys using a zero-click indirect prompt injection attack.
The exploit, called AgentFlayer, embeds hidden instructions in innocuous-looking documents, tricking ChatGPT into searching a user's Drive and sending private data to external servers via Markdown image links.
Although OpenAI has introduced mitigations, the attack underscores growing risks as LLMs are connected to external systems, expanding the attack surface and raising urgent concerns about prompt injection vulnerabilities.

Rubio orders US diplomats to launch lobbying blitz against Europe's tech law

By Humeyra Pamuk via Reuters

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered U.S. diplomats across Europe to lobby against the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), claiming it imposes undue restrictions on free speech and disproportionately impacts U.S. tech companies.
The directive tasks diplomats with urging changes to or repeal of the DSA, investigating alleged censorship incidents—especially those affecting American individuals or firms—and pushing back against the DSA's definitions of "illegal content" and enforcement mechanisms.
The move escalates the Trump administration’s campaign to defend what it calls "America’s free-speech tradition", further straining U.S.-EU relations, as European officials reject accusations of censorship and insist the DSA aims to protect users and digital markets.

Trump, Apple to Announce Fresh $100 Billion US Investment

By Hadriana Lowenkron via Bloomberg

Apple has pledged an additional $100 billion toward U.S. manufacturing as part of its American Manufacturing Program (AMP), aiming to expand domestic production and avoid potential tariffs on its iPhones.
The investment will be announced at an event with President Donald Trump, underscoring Apple's efforts to align with U.S. industrial policy.
Key AMP partners include Corning Inc., Applied Materials Inc., and Texas Instruments Inc., who will support Apple’s expanded U.S.-based supply chain and advanced manufacturing initiatives.

𝕏: Apple’s second dose of increased investment in the U.S. should be enough to get them favorable tariff treatment. The first dose was the $500B investment over the next four years announced in February. It will likely take a few for the favorable tariff reality to come out. $AAPL Congrats to Cook to navigating the storm. - Gene Munster (@munster_gene)