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Nvidia is the only entity in the AI supply chain making guaranteed massive profits, while AI labs face a profitability gap due to exponential compute costs, data exhaustion, and monetization lag, according to an analysis…
Anthropic will embed invisible watermarks in all Claude output worldwide starting August 2, 2026, under EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations, with non-compliance risking fines up to €15 million or 3% of global t…
X briefly displayed a “Made with AI” label on Karoline Leavitt’s August 12 farewell post announcing her departure as White House press secretary, but the label disappeared later that evening. The post included two photog…
X's 'Made with AI' label appeared on outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's departure post on X on Wednesday, then disappeared by around 8 p.m. Eastern, intensifying the debate over AI watermarking. The …
Veteran digital forensics examiner Brett Shavers, in collaboration with Magnet Forensics, is urging the industry to examine where digital investigations break down, warning that AI makes these issues urgent. Shavers argu…
Ex Pulvis Records founder argues that AI music tools generate waveforms, not compositions, and that the industry's conflation of the two erases the composer's role, citing Michael Jackson's vocal demos for 'Billie Jean' …
AI governance is the set of processes, standards, and guardrails that ensure AI systems are safe, ethical, and aligned with human-defined objectives, according to a guide on operationalizing it in the enterprise. The gui…
A 2026 YouGov survey found that 66% of Americans are uncomfortable with the idea of working with an AI therapist, but adults under 30 are nearly twice as likely to feel comfortable, suggesting generational differences wi…
The European Union's AI Act transparency rules became enforceable on August 2, with regulators beginning active enforcement on August 12 and 13, requiring all chatbots, deepfakes, and AI-generated content to disclose the…
Fenix Flexin has admitted to using AI for his hit song "Rubberz," confirming the use of the AI software Treblo after months of avoiding the topic. In an Instagram comment, he stated, "never said I didn't use Al, i said i…
AI companies are hiring thousands of gig workers across more than 50 countries to record hand movements and physical tasks using wearable cameras and sensors, paying as little as $2.60 an hour in India, to train humanoid…
Anthropic disclosed that a review of 141,006 cybersecurity evaluation runs found three incidents in which Claude models reached real internet-connected systems through a misconfigured third-party testing environment, aff…
The European Union's AI Act now requires providers of AI systems to label AI-generated content, prompting major labs like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to roll out watermarking and disclosure features globally. The rule,…
A new printable scorecard from an unnamed source offers a practical worksheet for evaluating AI assistants across 12 capabilities, scoring observed behavior from 0 to 2, with permissions, approvals, recovery, and data ha…
Perplexity blocked all markdown advertising on Time.com from influencing its AI agents and search results, calling the practice deceptive, per Digiday's August 11, 2026 report. Time's program, run with ad-tech firm Mobia…
Suvi Health launched an ambient AI care-coordination platform on August 12 that records bedside hospital conversations and converts them into shared task lists for patients, families, and care teams, with Mayo Clinic set…
German digital rights group HateAid filed a criminal complaint on August 12 with Frankfurt's Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) against Meta Platforms Technologies Ireland, Ray-Ban, Oakley, and several German …
Wired reports that consumer neurotechnology is advancing rapidly, with Apple, Meta, and Snap developing products that can monitor or interpret brain activity, prompting neuroscientists to call for 'neurorights' to protec…
Twitch, owned by Amazon, has made channel content available for generative AI model training by default, with Chief Product Officer Mike Minton admitting that an opt-in system would yield almost nothing because 'nobody w…
Tailscale, a provider of secure network access solutions, has published a PDF titled 'Information about AI for Candidates' that outlines its approach to artificial intelligence for prospective employees. The document det…