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Anthropic faces scrutiny over its deal with Google, as critics argue the AI startup gave up too much control and future upside in exchange for cloud credits and funding. The arrangement, which includes a significant reve…
Anthropic's Claude Code was found embedding invisible tracking signals in Unicode apostrophe variations and date format changes within its system prompts. The tool, which has shell access to users' machines, used these c…
The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, opening July 4 in Medora, North Dakota, uses AI to let visitors chat with a lifelike avatar of the 26th president and search through hundreds of thousands of historical docume…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Complex's 'Idea Generation' show that AI will create more jobs than it destroys, arguing for a 'personal super intelligence' approach that empowers workers. The comments come weeks after Met…
Google's 2025 Environmental Report reveals data center electricity demand surged 27% in 2024, doubling over four years, and total emissions hit 11.5 million metric tons of CO₂e, up 48% since 2019, driven by AI infrastruc…
Microsoft is planning to lay off thousands of employees next week, cutting fewer than 5,500 roles from sales, consulting, and Xbox divisions, as concerns over AI spending mount. This marks the company's third major layof…
Michael Burry, famed for his 'Big Short' bet against the housing market, has taken short positions against Tesla, Caterpillar, and major chip stocks including Nvidia and Applied Materials, citing overvaluation in tech an…
Palantir released a 9-point manifesto on AI sovereignty, urging institutions to retain in-house control over data and AI model weights while criticizing excessive spending on external AI services. CEO Alex Karp challenge…
Meta is introducing a $20/month Meta One Premium subscription that limits the Conversation Focus feature on its smart glasses to 15 hours per month for subscribers, down from an unlimited free tier. The feature runs enti…
Scammers are using AI-generated images to sell seeds for exotic flowers that do not exist on platforms like Etsy, eBay, and Amazon, according to reports. The fake listings often feature impossible colors or traits, and b…
Law Roach, Zendaya's stylist, criticized AI-generated images of her wedding dress as 'not good enough' on Good Morning America, confirming the real dress is superior. The AI photos, which circulated in March, falsely dep…
Netflix's upcoming competition show 'Wonka's The Golden Ticket' uses AI from ElevenLabs to re-create the voice of late actor Gene Wilder, with permission from his estate. The unscripted series, premiering Sept. 23, featu…
Venice AI, founded by Erik Voorhees, raised $65 million in Series A funding led by Dragonfly, with Coinbase Ventures and North Island Ventures participating, achieving a $1 billion valuation. The startup offers uncensore…
Cargo thieves are stealing millions of dollars worth of supplies from AI data center construction projects, including copper wire and electronics, as demand for AI infrastructure surges. A coordinated theft of two traile…
A Gallup-Stop Scams Alliance survey found that 12% of successful scams in 2025 involved AI or deepfakes, with 15.1 million Americans losing approximately $68 billion to fraud. Voice cloning, deepfake video, and AI-genera…
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora warns that 90% of employees at large companies lack AI skills, creating a 'Darwinian moment' where workers must evolve or face career obsolescence. Arora is hiring only through hackath…
Meta unveiled Brain2Qwerty v2, a non-invasive AI system that decodes brain signals into typed sentences with 61% average word accuracy, up from 48% last year. The system uses a magnetoencephalography scanner and a large …
Pravir Malik argues in Forbes that the future of AI depends on understanding the hidden computation behind natural intelligence, suggesting that the most important limits of AI are not technical but conceptual.
Google DeepMind signed a classified AI contract with the Pentagon on April 27, 2026, permitting AI use for any lawful government purpose and requiring Google to adjust safety settings at the government's request, accordi…
Employers who laid off workers citing artificial intelligence are now reversing their decisions, according to a new report. The trend highlights the limitations of AI in replacing human roles and the operational challeng…