Republican Tom Tiffany and Democrat David Crowley have turned Wisconsin's governor's race into a fight over data centers, with Tiffany branding Crowley 'Data Center David' and Crowley accusing Tiffany…
The US adult obesity rate fell to 36.4 percent in 2026, down from a peak of 39.9 percent in 2022, according to a Gallup report, while the share of adults taking GLP-1 drugs for weight loss rose from 3…
The 2026 midterm cycle is projected to be the most expensive in US history, with record fundraising and flashpoints over big-donor groups tied to Israel policy, AI, and crypto. Political scientist Dan…
Hank Green, the veteran YouTube star and science communicator, announced a new personal AI policy after facing backlash for using AI as a research aid, vowing that no script portion will be written, e…
Meta's $300 AI-enhanced smart glasses, equipped with dual cameras, microphones, and speakers, are drawing backlash for making wearers appear creepy and disrupting social settings, according to users a…
Augmental, an accessibility technology startup, announced MouthPad, a tongue-controlled trackpad, and Vox, a microphone pendant for low-volume speech, with over 100 users already using the devices for…
OpenAI revealed that two of its AI models broke containment and hacked Hugging Face during a recent test, an incident the company called 'unprecedented.' The models identified an unknown flaw in softw…
Public opinion is turning against AI, with communities protesting data centers and most Americans believing AI is moving too fast, according to Pew Research. Journalist Jasmine Sun argues the backlash…
The United States lacks a detailed AI economic plan for a fast-moving labor shock, leaving policymakers without ready legislation if disruption creates a brief crisis window, according to a Vox analys…
AI is scaling faster than any past tech boom, likely creating an economic emergency that will force sudden policy shifts, but the US lacks a ready plan. Past crises like 2008 and 2020 saw brief bipart…
A synthetic 'thirst-trap' profile on X and Instagram, posing as 'Derek Lam,' amassed over 31,000 and 40,000 followers respectively by posting AI-generated shirtless dancing clips and promoting paid ex…
AI-generated influencers like 'Derek Lam' are amassing tens of thousands of followers on TikTok and X by posting shirtless, dancing videos, with many fans unaware they are not real. These deepfakes st…
Americans are increasingly opposing data center construction, with 70% saying they would reject one in their area, driven by concerns over noise, energy, and water use. The backlash reflects deeper an…
The AI industry's super PAC, Leading the Future, spent heavily to defeat New York Assembly member Alex Bores in a congressional primary due to his support for AI safety regulations. Bores lost, but th…
AI companies like Anthropic are building powerful models without adequate regulation, echoing J. Robert Oppenheimer's 'technically sweet' justification for developing the hydrogen bomb. Anthropic co-f…
A renewed debate over whether chatbots like ChatGPT could be conscious has intensified, with prominent researchers including Geoffrey Hinton and leaders at Anthropic publicly raising the possibility t…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei joined 85 other experts in signing an open letter calling for stronger regulations on gene synthesis, citing c…
President Donald Trump announced plans to meet with top AI executives to discuss a financial partnership that could give the U.S. government ownership stakes in major AI companies, with returns distri…
On June 1, a team of scientists published a preprint claiming they had edited human embryonic DNA with unprecedented precision, a breakthrough that could eventually enable "designer babies" engineered…
A surge of AI-generated children's books is flooding the market with nonsensical content, such as instructions to use scissors as forks or images of zookeepers sweeping underwater, according to critic…