OpenAI shut down its Sora app in late March after months of pressure over deepfakes of Michael Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mister Rogers, demonstrating that the model failed not due to video …
A new app from Los Angeles startup Just Like Me offers $1.99-a-minute video calls with an AI-generated avatar of Jesus, trained on the King James Bible and undisclosed sermons. A Barna Group study fou…
A Virginia study on groundwater and data centers, released Thursday by Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger's office after a six-month delay, calls for tighter water regulations, finding that the state'…
China's domestic cobot market reached about RMB 2.9 billion in 2025 with 49,500 units shipped and year-over-year growth of 45.59%, according to Tianxia Gongchang Research, as factories adopt robot arm…
Tesla reported second-quarter net income of $1.11 billion, down from $1.17 billion a year ago, as R&D spending surged 49% to $2.37 billion, while revenue jumped 26% to $28.24 billion, beating Wall Str…
A federal judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement over pirated books used to train its Claude chatbot, with authors and publishers receiving about $3,000 per book. District Judge …
Republican congressman Byron Donalds, a Trump-backed candidate for Florida governor, announced legislation Monday to require AI data centers to obtain all electricity and water from private sources ra…
Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, a candidate for Florida governor, announced legislation Monday requiring AI data centers to obtain all electricity and water from private sources rather than public util…
AI chatbots are more than twice as likely to refuse to generate critical material about leaders from repressive regimes, according to a Meta Oversight Board study released Thursday. The study tested 1…
A Meta Oversight Board study released Thursday found that major AI systems, including those built in the U.S., are more likely to refuse to criticize restrictive leaders or governments, raising concer…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order Tuesday imposing the country's first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers, blocking construction of new large facilities for up …
Hong Kong's media industry risks missing financial and cultural opportunities by failing to invest in AI and data monetization, as international publishers like News Corp sign deals worth US$250 milli…
A group of 26 anonymous Meta employees filed a lawsuit in federal court in Oakland on Monday, alleging that the company's use of AI systems to select employees for layoffs disproportionately targeted …
The publisher-led Standards for Publisher Usage Rights (SPUR) coalition has released a Content Telemetry Framework for public comment, aiming to create a standard for tracking how AI systems access an…
A Verasight survey found 69% of US adults support forcing AI companies to transfer 50% of their equity into a public sovereign wealth fund, with 81% backing government authority to block risky AI rele…
Trinidad and Tobago signed agreements with US companies Hummingbird AI Holdings and Ernst and Young LLP to develop large-scale data centers, including a 300 MW and a 150 MW facility, sparking concerns…
China imposed a temporary export ban on helium on July 10, 2026, citing foreign-trade rules amid Middle East conflict that threatens global supplies. The move aims to protect domestic semiconductor ma…
Utah launched the nation's first AI-powered prescription refill program in January, partnering with startup Doctronic to let a chatbot renew about 190 chronic medications, as states move to license AI…
Asian markets fell sharply on July 7, 2026, with South Korea's Kospi dropping 7.6% and shares of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix each slumping 8.7%, despite Samsung reporting a 19-fold surge in opera…
An Associated Press and FRONTLINE investigation reveals that American AI models, internet infrastructure, and Starlink are powering a global scam industry based in Myanmar, where trafficked workers us…