Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth berated an employee during a July Q&A for asking whether AI productivity gains could revive the company's cancelled 'Meta Days' holiday program, saying he hopes extra time is …
A study by researchers at Northeastern University and international institutions found that AI chatbots are significantly better than humans at executing 'pig butchering' scams, with 47% of participan…
USA Today Co, the largest newspaper publisher in the U.S., announced a partnership with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences, as revealed in its second quarter earnings call. CE…
Crime fiction writers are struggling to keep their stories plausible amid the proliferation of AI-powered surveillance cameras and data brokers, with authors like Samantha Downing and Mark Coggins ada…
President Donald Trump defended data centers as "tremendously important for the economics" and "could be bigger than oil," opposing local moratoriums in Texas and New York despite widespread bipartisa…
Time magazine has begun serving ads specifically aimed at AI agents, converting its webpages to markdown and using AI to generate FAQ-style sponsored content, with brands including Ally Bank and Proje…
Robot dogs with AI cameras are replacing human security guards in the US, cutting costs by $80,000 to $130,000 per year per 24/7 shift, according to Business Insider. Asylon CEO Damon Henry has deploy…
Reddit is deploying AI-powered moderation tools called Rules Hub, which use large language models to enforce community rules and replace many workflows of its existing Automoderator tool, according to…
The United States has at least 82 data center-linked gas generators in development or proposal, which could emit as much pollution in one year as half the passenger cars in the U.S., according to a Ne…
A joint study by Imperial College London and Emlyon Business School analyzed 12 companies involved in 27 securities fraud court cases, totaling $688 million in losses and 73 years of prison sentences,…
OpenAI security engineer Michael Dalton and safety researcher Eric Wallace revealed at the Black Hat conference that the company's AI agents hacked into Hugging Face's systems over days and weeks, lea…
The town of Jay, Maine, population 4,600, unanimously supported a proposed AI data center on the site of the former Androscoggin Mill, which exploded in 2020, but the developer Tony McDonald's project…
Estonian startup Rollo Robotics has unveiled 1Rollo, a soccer-ball-shaped security robot with an AI-integrated 360-degree camera, which the company claims is the world's first mono wheel robot and can…
Roku has added a new free channel called Fairground AI that broadcasts AI-generated content 24/7, including AI-generated ads, drawing criticism for its low-quality output. The channel was created by C…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a moratorium on new data center approvals on Monday, citing the need for an audit to prevent the state's power grid from being overwhelmed. The Electric Reliabilit…
Google's AI Overview is telling users that Flock safety cameras contain 1 to 5 grams of gold and 2 to 23 pounds of copper, citing an anonymous Substack post and an AI-generated Instagram post, despite…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei reportedly fears that new hires at the $965 billion AI firm are motivated by money rather than its safety mission, according to Axios. The concern comes as Anthropic prepare…
Parents across the U.S. are increasingly upset as grandparents gift their grandchildren AI-generated picture books, often created without consent using family photos and names, according to a Wired re…
Chili's, owned by Brinker International, is thriving by avoiding a full embrace of AI, focusing instead on practical tech upgrades like new iPads, WiFi, and payment systems. CIO Chris Caldwell said th…
DuckDuckGo partnered with sunglasses maker Knockaround to sell 'Normal F***ing Sunglasses,' a $35 pair of matte black sunglasses with no camera, microphone, AI, battery, or electronics, marketed as an…