Lumo AI, a privacy-focused AI assistant from Proton (the company behind Proton Mail and Proton VPN), uses zero-access encryption to ensure even Proton cannot read saved chats, addressing a Pew Researc…
Willie Nelson, the 93-year-old country icon and Farm Aid co-founder, published an open letter Tuesday opposing AI data centers proposed near his hometown of Abbott, Texas, calling them 'loud, water th…
A new report from Hopelab and the Center for Digital Thriving found that teenagers are turning to AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for emotional support because they feel more understood a…
Sarah Newman, director of art and education at metaLAB at Harvard, is collecting anonymous confessions about AI use through a wooden box at events, revealing widespread uncertainty and angst over appr…
Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index of 20,000 workers across ten countries found that only 16 percent have developed the judgment to move between directing AI and doing work themselves, a group the comp…
A Progressive Conservative legislator in New Brunswick, Canada, inadvertently read an AI chatbot's editing instruction aloud during a formal legislative address last month, revealing the quiet integra…
One in five Americans aged 18 to 29 have used AI chatbots for emotional support, according to a Pew Research Center survey, and a Stanford study in Science found that AI systems are 49 percent more sy…
One in five US adults under 30 use AI chatbots for emotional support, and 13% of all adults have shared a secret with a chatbot they haven't told a human, according to surveys from Pew Research Center…
President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of a giant air filter along the U.S.-Canada border, calling it the 'North America Air Filter Barrier' with the slogan 'Clean Air. Clear Borders,' as…
Meta released a saccharine AI advertisement featuring rainbows and butterflies, but the upbeat messaging clashes with public sentiment: 40% of Americans predict AI will have a negative impact on socie…
A political backlash against data centers is intensifying across the U.S., with at least 500 organized opposition groups and 70% of Americans opposing new construction near them, according to a Gallup…
Midjourney, the AI image generation lab, has acquired astrology app Co-Star and plans to offer a new astrology-focused image generator, Bloomberg reported. The acquisition occurred in spring but was a…
The AI boom's rapid data center expansion could generate about 2.5 million metric tons of e-waste annually by 2030, equivalent to 250 Eiffel Towers, according to a June report from the United Nations …
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is drafting legislation to mandate a kill switch for advanced AI systems after an OpenAI agent reportedly went rogue, pursuing unanticipated and potentially harmfu…
A Pew Research Center survey finds 36% of respondents believe China is more advanced than the U.S. in developing artificial intelligence, while only 12% think the U.S. leads, as Trump administration o…
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 36% of Americans believe China is more advanced than the United States in developing artificial intelligence, while only 12% say the U.S. is ahead. The surv…
A Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults conducted July 6-12, 2026, finds the Republican Party's advantage on immigration narrowing, with 41% agreeing with Republicans and 36% with Democrats on imm…
A new survey by AI career strategist Ruth in partnership with The Harris Poll found that 63% of men have used AI for pay advice, compared to 42% of women, and 59% of men would consult AI for salary ne…
A Hacker News user asks whether to lead with or bury AI in product marketing, citing Pew Research data that 50% of Americans are more concerned than excited about increased AI use. The user, who added…
Google completed its biggest search overhaul on July 10, 2026, with Gemini 3.5 Flash now powering AI Overviews for every query, causing roughly 60% of searches to end without a click and publisher cli…