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Anthropic, the firm behind the AI model Claude, has announced that text generated by any models launched on or after 2 August will be invisibly watermarked to indicate AI authorship, with images carrying digital signatur…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei defended his AI messaging as balanced, citing his essays on benefits and risks, and argued that public distrust stems from unfulfilled promises rather than his warnings. He pledged to deliver r…
Stanford University's Digital Economy Lab found that early-career female professionals in the U.S. experience significantly slower employment growth than men in roles heavily exposed to artificial intelligence, based on …
Geoffrey Hinton, the British computer scientist known as the 'Godfather of AI,' said in a November 2025 discussion with Sen. Bernie Sanders at Georgetown University that massive unemployment caused by AI is 'very likely,…
Jailing anti-AI protesters signals a loss of humanity in the push for efficiency, as AI integration moves from optional tool to mandatory infrastructure. It contends that protests represent a demand for agency over creat…
The Brennan Center for Justice released an expert brief examining whether AI fights or fuels election disinformation ahead of the 2026 US midterms, as millions of Americans use AI chatbots for election information and cr…
Digital artists are increasingly embracing imperfections in their work as a response to the rise of AI art, according to Creative Bloq. The trend reflects a shift toward human touch and authenticity in digital art, with …
American Principles Project PAC released a 30-second AI-generated advertisement on Aug. 7 depicting an artificial version of Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico as a doctor operating on a young girl, backing…
A Wyoming woman, identified as Jane Doe 4, has joined a federal class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk's artificial-intelligence company, alleging her stepfather used its Grok chatbot to turn a single childhood photo of …
A developer created dev-ledger, an open-source VS Code extension that records coding activity locally and secures it with a cryptographic hash chain, as an alternative to AI-generated code detectors. The developer argues…
A senior engineer warns that AI coding assistants are eroding the engineering fundamentals of algorithmic thinking, system design, and debugging, as developers increasingly rely on AI-generated code without understanding…
Anthropic, the AI company, has an auditor whose identity and role are questioned, as the Financial Times highlights the importance of understanding who audits AI firms. The article raises concerns about transparency and …
A former PayPal engineer recounts the unwritten rule that leaving a workstation unlocked resulted in an email sent from the employee's account to developers@paypal.com, often volunteering them to buy donuts or announcing…
A study involving Google researchers found that when chatbots are trained not to claim consciousness, it also changes their stance on animal rights, religion, and life satisfaction. Unbraked models attributed significant…
Artist and blogger condemns generative AI as inherently exploitative after Cara.app was scraped for AI training without consent, calling the technology's legacy 'forever tainted' and arguing it disrespects creators' cons…
Axios, a for-profit media company majority-owned by Cox Enterprises, has signed a three-year agreement with OpenAI to underwrite 13 local newsletters, giving OpenAI access to all Axios content to train ChatGPT while Axio…
A Connecticut man attempted to use hidden prompt-engineering messages in legal filings to influence a judge, but the tactic failed and drew scrutiny. The incident highlights the growing, often covert use of AI in the leg…
A U.S. Justice Department FARA filing received September 18, 2025 shows Havas Media Germany hired Clock Tower X for an Israel-backed U.S. communications campaign funded with $1.5 million per month for four months, plus p…
Ram Bala, an associate professor of AI and analytics at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, said the AI buildout is replicating Enron's financial tactics—off-balance-sheet financing, mark-to-model account…
A new CESifo experiment tracking 12,365 French adults over four weeks found that those who held personal conversations with AI chatbots rated the interactions as more enjoyable than a control group but reported higher lo…