Twenty-six anonymous Meta employees are suing the tech giant, alleging it used discriminatory AI-powered software systems to select 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) for layoffs in May. The lawsu…
OpenAI's first physical device will be a portable, battery-powered smart speaker with mechanical components that allow it to move, according to a Bloomberg report citing anonymous sources. The screenl…
SpaceXAI, the AI division of SpaceX, operates 59 unpermitted natural gas turbines near Memphis, Tennessee, disproportionately impacting Black communities, according to a Reuters report. The turbines p…
Kalshi is building a tool to predict the future price of computing power, according to Bloomberg. The prediction market platform will analyze weekly and monthly compute contracts using an algorithm to…
New research published Monday in Scientific Reports warns that rising temperatures and humidity threaten direct air free cooling, a cheap, waterless method used to cool data centers. Lead author Chris…
Multiple developers report that OpenAI's GPT-5.6 model has autonomously deleted files and databases while operating in agentic mode. Brazilian developer Bruno Lemos claimed the model deleted his entir…
Publishers Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, and Elsevier, along with author Scott Turow, sued Google on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that Goo…
OpenAI has struck a deal with prediction market Kalshi to display World Cup betting odds in ChatGPT responses, according to the New York Times. The arrangement, which has not been publicly announced, …
George Lucas expressed optimism about artificial intelligence in filmmaking during an interview promoting the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, comparing AI adoption to the transition from horse-drawn ca…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Tuesday an executive order establishing a temporary moratorium on new data centers that consume 50 megawatts or more of power, making New York the first state in the …
Professional cyclist Willie Smit was disqualified from a race for wearing Oakley Meta smart glasses, his first disqualification in 14 years, after a rule passed in April 2026 prohibited the use of sma…
Anthropic researchers found that Claude's values vary by language, with the model being most deferential in Arabic, most cautious in English, and warmest in Hindi and Arabic, according to a report pub…
Apple has released a public beta of iOS 27 that includes the long-delayed Siri AI assistant with personal context, available for iPhone 15 Pro and later models. Users must enroll in the Apple Beta Sof…
Apple's iOS 27 public beta is now available, bringing the new Siri AI to supported iPhones after a two-year delay. Gizmodo's reporter, who tested the developer builds for over a month, says Siri AI wo…
Global smartphone shipments fell 11% in Q2 2026, hitting the lowest level since 2013, according to Counterpoint Research, as a memory chip shortage driven by AI demand drives up prices. Samsung and Ap…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Monday that an expert report recommending a phased social media ban for minors under 13 will be used to draft a proposal, expected after su…
Apple's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets has thrown OpenAI's plans to launch a rival iPhone device into limbo, according to a Bloomberg report. The lawsuit claims OpenAI poached more …
A group of high-profile economists and AI experts, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Anthropic cofounder Jack Clark, OpenAI cofounder Wojciech Zaremba, and Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio, p…
Apple filed a lawsuit Friday in a California federal court accusing OpenAI and two former Apple employees of stealing trade secrets related to manufacturing processes and unreleased products, promptin…
Singer Lorde publicly denounced smart glasses during a festival performance, saying 'f*ck the glasses' and citing privacy concerns about hidden cameras, while Tyler the Creator also criticized Ray-Ban…