U.S. restrictions on top AI systems are driving developers and buyers toward open-source AI models, local deployment, and multi-provider strategies, according to The Hindu. The shift is linked to Whit…
The Federal Reserve's June FOMC minutes show a sharp increase in mentions of AI, with the term appearing 21 times compared to 8 in April, as policymakers flagged AI-driven demand as a contributor to c…
An AP/FRONTLINE investigation reveals that American technology powers global cyberscam operations, connecting victims like Chris Colocousis, who lost $400,000 to a romance scam, and trafficked workers…
The U.S. Commerce Department sent an enforcement letter invoking an export-control directive that barred non-U.S. access to Anthropic's latest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, leading Anthropic to dis…
Ukrainian attacks on fuel supplies in Russian-occupied Crimea prompted officials to suspend civilian gasoline sales Sunday, with Governor Sergey Aksyonov reporting four killed and 28 wounded. The halt…
Federal regulators ordered regional grid operators to speed up connections for large energy users, including AI data centers, to address surging electricity demand. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commi…
Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the 'American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act' on June 18, 2026, proposing a one-time 50% tax on the stock of the largest U.S. AI companies to create a public fund worth an…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in an AP interview that society must embrace AI and create new social norms to adapt, as his company's technology drives economic growth and scientific breakthroughs. Huan…
The US Commerce Department issued an export-control directive on June 12 requiring Anthropic to suspend access to its latest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for foreign nationals, prompting the compa…
A federal government attorney argued Friday that courts cannot halt construction of a $400 million White House ballroom once work is underway, asserting that only Congress has the authority to stop th…
Philosopher Ross Channing Reed argues in a recent essay for The Conversation that the ancient Greek virtue of sophrosyne—moderation, reflectiveness, and self-knowledge—is critical for navigating the A…
A United Nations University report projects that global data centers could consume nearly 3% of the world's electricity by 2030, rising to 935 trillion watt-hours from 448 trillion watt-hours. The rep…
A United Nations University report projects that AI-driven data centres could consume up to 945 terawatt-hours of electricity and 9.3 trillion litres of water annually by 2030, with the water usage ro…
A United Nations University report found that global data centers used 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity last year, more than all but 10 countries, and produced about 208 million tons of carbon d…
The European Union fined Chinese online retailer Temu $232 million on Thursday for failing to protect consumers from illegal products, including toxic toys and unsafe electronics, in violation of the …
Pope Leo XIV published an encyclical titled "Magnifica Humanitas" on May 25, 2026, calling for artificial intelligence to be "disarmed" and freed from logics of domination, exclusion, and death. The d…
Argus, a new desktop coding assistant, has launched with a multi-agent architecture that simulates a real-world software team to autonomously execute coding tasks. The tool uses four AI roles—Project …