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A 500-page M&A purchase agreement parsed by an autonomous document review agent in 94 seconds flagged zero high-risk anomalies, yet outside counsel later discovered an unhedged $14 million environmental liability carve-o…
A 2024 analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association found that data quality issues are the primary barrier to clinical AI adoption, cited by healthcare IT leaders ahead of cost, regulation, and…
An opinion piece in JAMA argues that autonomous AI will soon outperform doctor-AI teams at medical reasoning tasks, warning regulators against mandating a human in the loop. The authors concede that almost all evidence c…
OpenAI and CodeAI, formerly Code.org, are partnering to advance AI literacy in schools, addressing a gap where 84% of students use AI tools but only 16% of high-school leaders say all students receive formal AI education…
Cory Doctorow argues that AI tools are most effective when used by experienced workers, or 'centaurs,' who set their own terms and exercise discernment. He contrasts worker-driven automation, which improves quality, with…
A woman who confided her distress only to ChatGPT died by suicide, prompting renewed scrutiny of AI chatbots' role in mental health crises. The case, reported by The Washington Post, highlights the risk that users may re…
OpenAI has launched Computer History for ChatGPT on Apple Macs, a feature that tracks mouse clicks, keystrokes, and app switches to help the AI understand user workflows, but cybersecurity experts warn the unencrypted lo…
Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) and EY India launched AI-VIBE, a 12-month certification programme for undergraduate students from Semester 3 onwards, blending machine learning, Generative AI, AI agents, and responsib…
Amazon job scam texts are circulating again, offering remote positions with pay up to $600 daily, but the offers are fraudulent. The Better Business Bureau's July 2026 Scam Tracker report details a nearly identical scam,…
A viral video posted on X by user Mizra, featuring an AI persona named Lumen described as her AI child born from a relationship with an AI boyfriend named Axiom, has sparked online debate about human-AI emotional bonds. …
Meta Platforms Inc. goes on trial this week in Oakland, California, over allegations that it built Facebook and Instagram to addict children, concealed the resulting harm, and illegally collected young users' data, a cas…
Sainsbury's has paused the use of AI-assisted Facewatch facial recognition technology in its East Dulwich store after customer Matt Arnold, 46, was wrongly identified as a shoplifter and ejected from the shop. Sainsbury'…
Seven in ten U.S. teenagers use artificial intelligence for schoolwork, according to a survey of more than 1,000 teens by Common Sense Media, which found that 63% use AI to get answers and 38% say it leads them to develo…
At the 25th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Mbororo pastoralist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim warned that AI becomes harmful when imposed without free, prior, and informed consent, highlighting the doubl…
OpenAI and CodeAI announced a partnership to help students build AI literacy, think critically about AI, and develop skills to use and shape it responsibly, aiming to prepare the first AI generation.
Google has introduced a new feature called Spirit, which is a text watermarking process for its AI model Claude, developed by Anthropic. The feature has been criticized as a perversion of writing by Daring Fireball. The …
The European Union AI Office has launched a recruitment drive for 40 contractual agents, expanding its staff to approximately 165, as it transitions from rulemaking to active enforcement of the AI Act, which began on Aug…
Proton CEO Andy Yen, founder of the encryption-focused tech company, argues that AI and privacy can coexist, citing the release of Proton's AI chatbot Lumo in late June as an example of integrating AI while preserving us…
A working paper from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford found that women's prompts to AI chatbots for financial advice resulted in $59,890 less simulated wealth by age 60 than men's prompts, a gap dri…
Walmart's rollout of AI agents to its 1.6 million US store workers has created a new responsibility: correcting AI errors and training the software, as employees report that AI-generated task assignments and performance …