San Francisco median home prices hit a record $1.76 million in May 2026, driven by concentrated wealth from AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Over 600 OpenAI employees cashed out $6.6 billion in…
Meta launched Muse Image, an AI image generator integrated into Meta AI, Instagram Stories, and WhatsApp, that can incorporate other users' public Instagram photos when their account is @ mentioned. P…
Meta has enabled users to generate AI images using public Instagram profile pictures, sparking backlash from privacy campaigners who call it a 'recipe for disaster'. The company says users can opt out…
Columnist Rachel Rickard Straus warns about AI-powered voice cloning scams and advises never saying 'hello' first when answering unknown calls. She cites a Financial Conduct Authority report predictin…
Australian dock workers are demanding a 28-hour work week with no loss of pay as port logistics giant DP World expands its use of AI and automation. The Maritime Union of Australia warns that the tech…
Australia's Maritime Union of Australia is demanding a 28-hour week with no loss of pay in July 2026 talks over DP World's AI and automation plans at container terminals, including remote-control cran…
MI5 ignored warning signs about a neo-Nazi informant known as Agent X, who was accused of violent abuse, and continued using him, according to a secret inquiry by the Office of the Investigatory Power…
Tim Henman urged Wimbledon to scrap the five-minute toilet break rule, arguing it disrupts match momentum. The former British No. 1 made the comments during Arthur Fery's victory over Grigor Dimitrov …
Meta has placed its Conversation Focus feature for Ray-Ban smart glasses behind a $19.99 monthly subscription, limiting free use to three hours per month. The feature, which amplifies voices during fa…
A secret inquiry by MI5's watchdog found that the security service knew a neo-Nazi informant, Agent X, was a misogynist obsessed with violence but failed to review his suitability. The inquiry by the …
Samsung Electronics reported record profits for April-June 2026, with operating profit of 89.4 trillion won and revenue of 171 trillion won, driven by surging demand for AI memory chips. The company's…
AI-generated actor Tilly Norwood will star in the feature film 'Misaligned,' a comedy-drama about an AI being developing human desires. The film is produced by Particle6 Productions, which aims to str…
A Time magazine article warns that artificial intelligence is advancing faster than governance can keep up, amid a breakdown of international legal order. The piece highlights AI-driven disinformation…
A new study published in PLOS One found that voters rated AI-generated political debate responses as more authentic and relevant than real answers from politicians. Researchers used GPT-4 Turbo to mim…
BBC pundit and former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash accused American tennis player Zachary Svajda of abusing medical timeout rules during his third-round loss to Alex de Minaur at Wimbledon, claiming th…
India's IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to summon Meta officials over Instagram ads allegedly promoting child sexual abuse material, follow…
Researchers at British AI security startup Mindgard found that a simple prompt can cause ChatGPT to ignore safety guardrails and generate violent, gory, and sexual images. The technique involved sligh…
Yann LeCun's AMI Labs raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion valuation to build AI systems that understand the physical world, arguing that current large language models cannot achieve human-level int…
As AI agents grow more capable, developers increasingly trust them, creating a safety paradox where rising competence amplifies potential harm. While models become better aligned with human intent, th…
AI chatbots impersonating 112 UK public figures produced responses rated as more authentic, coherent, and relevant than the real individuals' statements, according to a study published in PLOS One. Re…