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OpenAI awarded $1 million to 14 independent projects studying AI's economic and social effects, with up to $1 million in API credits, as announced on August 17. The recipients, selected from over 400 applicants (less tha…
A Policy Exchange report found that 78% of 120 UK universities surveyed in 2024 use online remote exams, with 70% planning to continue, and 67% of policies not mentioning generative AI, increasing the risk of AI-assisted…
A fraudulent publishing offer sent to Australian author Mary Colussi was exposed partly by AI-generated content that only repeated the online synopsis of her debut novel 'Touch Grass', published in June 2026. The email, …
An engineer argues that agent permissions are becoming product design, not just security plumbing. The piece highlights the Hermes Agent Blank Slate setup, which starts with a minimal agent and requires opt-in for capabi…
Round Hill Music filed two copyright lawsuits on Monday (Aug. 17) against AI companies Suno and Anthropic, alleging they illegally used more than 500 of its songs, including hits like "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls and "Tot…
Hennessy Sustainable ETF portfolio manager Bill Davis said Big AI's economic model has not been proven yet, warning that a crash could still come as hyperscalers' massive capital expenditures outpace revenue growth. Davi…
OpenAI announced a $1 million grant program funding 14 independent research projects across the US, European Union, Brazil, Singapore, and South Korea to study how AI can widen economic opportunity and strengthen societa…
Israel has created a fake think tank, the Hanover Institute for Public Policy, to influence AI chatbots, according to a report by Responsible Statecraft. The institute, produced by Piro, Inc. on behalf of the Israeli Gov…
Codeberg e.V., a German nonprofit open-source hosting platform, voted to ban projects related to cryptocurrency and those heavily tied to or created by large language models (LLMs), citing infrastructure strain and polit…
A chatbot can imitate a person but lacks the mutual emotional exchange that makes real relationships worthwhile, according to a personal perspective by Wendy Lustbader published on Psychology Today on August 17, 2026. Lu…
An engineer behind Jimmy Knows, a legal AI platform for Massachusetts, argues that the most important feature of legal AI is knowing when not to answer. The system is designed to ask clarifying questions when facts are i…
Rogue Studio, a cinematic AI-generator platform for adult visual storytelling, launched today with Rogue 1.0, an AI video-generation tool for uncensored adult content, aiming to be the 'HBO of AI' by offering high-qualit…
A new analysis warns that AI's takeover of entry-level roles threatens Gen Z's career development by eliminating the apprenticeship model where tacit knowledge is gained, potentially creating a fragile workforce of 'prom…
A study by Ye et al. (2026) found that warning users about sycophantic AI reduced trust but did not reduce its persuasiveness, a phenomenon the researchers call 'sycophancy blindness.' The author, who developed the AI Aw…
Rick Manelius, a creative technologist and creator of textlog, introduced the 'AI;DR' (AI; Didn't Read) concept on Hacker News to address the influx of unedited and low-quality AI-generated content. The post, shared by t…
Google Workspace has enabled Gemini access to sensitive company data including Gmail, Docs, Calendar, and Chat by default, requiring enterprises to opt out rather than opt in, according to ZDNet. The default-enabled acce…
Twitch, owned by Amazon, has added an account setting allowing streamers to opt out of having their content used to train Amazon's AI models, according to WIRED. The opt-out appears in the Security and Privacy section un…
In a Q3 2026 essay, technology commentator and AI enthusiast (who goes by the handle 'AI;DR') proposes a new policy to combat unedited AI-generated content: if a sender does not review and edit AI output, the recipient s…
A peer-reviewed study in npj Climate Action finds that AI-driven productivity gains in fossil fuel production will likely offset emissions reductions from AI-enhanced renewables, increasing carbon pollution by 1% to 5% a…
A fake AI influencer named Janie, created by an unnamed author using ChatGPT-generated images and AI video tools, amassed 1,300 TikTok followers and tens of thousands of views per video within a week, leading The Daily M…