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Employers adopting AI face two major legal risks: waiving solicitor-client privilege by sharing confidential information with AI platforms, and having AI prompts and outputs become discoverable evidence in litigation. A …
A new book by Jean Wells, a former Concord City Hall employee, reveals that the sexual harassment she endured from Mayor Byron Campbell in 1992 triggered memories of childhood sexual abuse by her father. Wells' memoir, '…
Generative AI has enabled a new wave of sophisticated publishing scams targeting authors. Scammers use large language models to scrape author data from Amazon, Goodreads, and personal websites, crafting personalized emai…
A rare bipartisan AI bill, the CREATE AI Act, is advancing through Congress to permanently establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) at the National Science Foundation. The bill aims to exp…
Brian Patrick, founder of Panodime, runs a daily social media series called AI Executive Insanity Series that highlights outlandish statements from AI executives, aiming to educate the public and advocate for democratic …
Lawyer and rapper Nick Eziefula reports that AI disputes are increasingly turning into licensing deals, citing Getty Images' agreement with OpenAI and partnerships between A24 and Google DeepMind. He warns that individua…
AI strategist Sol Rashidi, chief strategy officer at Cyera and a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, told Business Insider she deactivated half of her autonomous agents because they were unreliable, spending more ti…
The BIS Annual Report highlights that the global economy showed surprising resilience in 2025 despite US tariff hikes and geopolitical shocks, driven by AI-related investment and sentiment. However, risks persist from in…
Bangladesh police officer SI Tanzil Ahmed used AI-based editing to alter an arrested suspect's Argentina jersey to a Brazil jersey in an official photograph, claiming it was a prank to generate public attention. The Bari…
Alpha School, an AI-powered private school in New York City, has launched a second location called Founders School that guarantees students will graduate with a business valued at $1 million or refunds their $150,000 ann…
Jeremy Fiance, founder of AI company Cognitiv, argues that Gen Z can survive AI-driven job displacement by developing adaptable, cross-disciplinary skills rather than hyper-specializing. He cites his own experience hirin…
Researchers at a recent study argue that AI systems in the public sector are often oversimplified into a single category, leading to imprecise evaluations of their impact on public values. They propose a five-category ty…
Large language models are evolving from text generators into integrated components in diverse systems, presenting new security challenges across their entire lifecycle. Experts warn that vulnerabilities span eight critic…
AI strategist Sol Rashidi fired half of her AI agents after spending more time supervising them than doing useful work, a phenomenon called 'botsitting' that a Glean report says costs white-collar workers an average of 6…
A researcher used Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 to exploit a vulnerability in Front Gate, the ticketing platform for major festivals like Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo, enabling the issuance of free tickets. The breach raises …
Barney Krishnan argues that adopting agentic AI demands a fundamental overhaul of enterprise strategies, emphasizing the need to navigate historical lessons, manage risks, and invest in human capital. The article provide…
LeapXpert raised $180 million in a growth round led by Riverwood Capital on June 30, 2026, to convert governed business messaging data into AI-ready intelligence for regulated enterprises. The funding brings total equity…
Andy Burnham, set to become prime minister within three weeks, used TikTok to rate AI-generated mock-ups of his proposed 'No10 North' in Manchester, promoting his 'Manchesterism' agenda to decentralize power from Westmin…
A security researcher used Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 to compromise Front Gate Tickets, the platform behind major US music festivals like Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo, and freely issue tickets. The exploit follows a simila…
Godot Engine formally banned AI-generated code from its open-source project on June 30, citing maintainer burnout and the inability of AI-reliant contributors to fix their own code. The policy prohibits AI-authored code,…