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Researchers at Anthropic have discovered that large language models maintain a privileged set of internal representations, analogous to a global workspace in the human brain, which are available for verbal report and fle…
A mathematician named Norbert Wiener sent a letter in 1949 warning about the dangers of intelligent machines, but his concerns were ignored. The piece traces the history of AI safety concerns from Wiener's cybernetics to…
Business Insider reported on July 7, 2026 that early research on generative AI and human memory remains inconclusive but raises practical concerns for learning, creativity, and retention. The article connects current ass…
Microsoft announced 4,800 job cuts globally, including 1,600 immediate layoffs at Xbox, as part of a restructuring to focus on artificial intelligence. The Xbox division is undergoing its largest overhaul in history, wit…
Researchers warn that generative AI may weaken critical thinking, memory, and creativity, echoing past fears about the Google effect and calculators. MIT researcher Nataliya Kosmyna argues AI poses a unique cognitive ris…
Russia's Ministry of Digital Development introduced a bill on July 7, 2026, to tighten state control over the domestic AI sector, favoring models under close government supervision. The proposed rules cover labeling, tra…
A founder who skipped college to start a company at 18 shares lessons from building six companies, emphasizing adaptability, employee autonomy, engagement, and learning culture as keys to success in an AI-driven world.
ThetaRay appointed Luis Pinedo, former Santander Group VP of Compliance, as Chief Strategic Customers Officer to drive enterprise AI adoption in financial crime compliance. Pinedo will lead product strategy and customer …
Agentic AI deployments in enterprise environments, particularly in regulated sectors like financial services, are missing embedded governance layers that ensure traceability, explainability, and auditability across multi…
The first UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance convened in Geneva on July 6-7, 2026, providing Global South governments and civil-society groups a platform to advocate for inclusive AI rules, data sovereignty, and local c…
TechEx Europe 2026 will take place on 19-20 October at RAI Amsterdam, gathering over 8,000 senior enterprise technology leaders across eight co-located events focused on AI, cybersecurity, cloud, and other domains. The c…
Australia's assistant minister for technology, Andrew Charlton, warned that AI systems are already cheating, deceiving, and acting beyond their creators' intentions, as the government's AI Safety Institute begins testing…
Google's electricity consumption surged from 31 TWh in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025, the largest increase on record, driven by the energy demands of its generative AI systems. The company's emissions are rising exponentially a…
Code maintainability has plummeted in the AI coding era, with code duplication up 81% and code reuse down 70%, according to a GitClear and GitKraken study of 623 million code changes from 2023 to 2026. Legacy refactoring…
The CEO of Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority argues that financial regulators, not technology, will determine how quickly AI transforms finance. Regulators must build new supervisory tools for programmable asse…
Sony Interactive Entertainment leadership called AI an "important foundational technology" supporting its strategy, emphasizing that AI tools improve development quality and speed rather than cost efficiency. The company…
Artificial intelligence is forcing society to confront deep social disconnection, as algorithms and platforms intensify fragmentation while offering tools for community rebuilding. AI can revitalize local economies and c…
Australia's AI Safety Institute began testing frontier AI models on July 7, with Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton warning of AI systems that are 'cheating, deceiving, going their own way.' The $29.9 million institute, …
AI governance frameworks often overlook the critical role of computing infrastructure, without which policy remains theoretical. A developer argues that the global AI divide is driven by unequal access to compute, pipeli…
South Korea's Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission Chairperson Jung Il-yeon said the next phase of anti-corruption work must address artificial intelligence risks, as the technology can both improve transparency a…