The Cherokee Nation has banned hyperscale data center projects on tribal-owned lands, citing concerns about energy, water, and community impacts. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. announced the policy …
The Chinese animated film 'Niu Lai' ('The Ox Comes'), written, animated, and voiced by Xin Yumeng and Sun Lifang, has become an anti-AI phenomenon after grossing nearly 15 million yuan ($2.25m) since …
Intel is reportedly developing a lower-end handheld gaming chip with four P-cores, four low-power E-cores, and four Xe3 GPU cores, according to leaker Jaykihn on X. The chip, built on Panther Lake mic…
Instagram remains flooded with creepy smart glasses content a month after Meta Platforms Inc. vowed to crack down on it, according to a Business Insider report that identified dozens of 'prank' and 'p…
A CNBC and Generation Lab study of 18- to 34-year-olds found that a majority distrust nine major AI industry leaders, with Palantir CEO Alex Karp facing the highest distrust at 81%, followed by Palant…
According to new data from the Washington Post, 40% of current U.S. races involve candidates who list AI and data centers as issues on their websites, making AI more prominent than cryptocurrencies, I…
IFA 2026, running September 4-8 in Berlin, will showcase AI integrated across consumer tech categories, with CEO Leif Lindner stating AI is no longer a separate category but part of nearly every produ…
Effective Altruism (EA) is experiencing a resurgence, driven by AI industry donations, according to a Financial Times report. Giving What We Can, an EA-affiliated charity, saw donations rise from $1.2…
Anthropic explained its new watermarking system for Claude text outputs in a blog post on Friday, following user backlash that included subscription cancellations. The system, designed to comply with …
A pro se plaintiff suing New York Bariatric Group hid prompt injection instructions in legal filings to trick AI into ruling in his favor, prompting Connecticut Superior Court Judge Walter Spader Jr. …
Data centers could consume nearly 12% of U.S. electricity by 2030, straining the grid, according to a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report. Researchers at Washington University, led by profess…
Marvel Studios released the first trailer for 'VisionQuest' at D23, revealing that Paul Bettany's Vision, with restored memories, struggles emotionally while hallucinating AI personas from his past, i…
Google LLC announced on Friday that users of its Gemini large language model will soon be able to toggle off visible watermarks on AI-generated images, video, and music, a feature that Google Vice Pre…
Joi AI, a company offering AI-powered companion chatbots for sexual wellness, reported that its 10 hired 'masturbation consultants' logged 134 sessions and found stress dropped 25%, focus increased 17…
Investors in Anthropic, the developer of the Claude AI models, are targeting a $2 trillion valuation for its October IPO, according to the Financial Times, citing the company's projected revenue of $1…
Microsoft Corp. cut its purchases of carbon removal credits by about 80% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to a BloombergNEF report, marking its first retrea…
The Trump administration will expand its AI safety framework to include advanced open models, according to WIRED, after initially applying it only to closed models from top providers like OpenAI. The …
Matic, the robot vacuum maker, launched 'Matic Cues' on Aug. 13, adding voice and gesture control powered by Google Gemini, allowing users to issue natural language commands like 'Hey Matic' to start …
Microsoft is merging its Microsoft 365 Copilot and consumer Copilot apps into a single 'Microsoft Copilot' app for Windows 11, with web and mobile versions rolling out in the coming weeks and Windows/…
Comedians Harris Alterman and Dave Ross have created fake AI advertisements parodying the vague, jargon-filled marketing of tech startups, which they call 'slop voice,' and hung them in New York City …