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Researchers from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Stanford University have built MatrAIx, an AI system that simulates 8.3 billion synthetic personas to test products before real us…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a Monday blog post on the company's website arguing that most common AI concerns are overblown, touting artificial superintelligence for its accessibility, personalized features, and ab…
Flock, the controversial surveillance company, pitched a plan to turn Uber and Lyft drivers into a network of roaming surveillance vehicles by using their dashcams to scan license plates, according to a presentation obta…
A new U.S. map shows 131 copyright lawsuits against AI companies, with two new cases added: Berliner v. Huang in the C.D. California against NVIDIA officers and board members, and EVOX Productions v. Midjourney in N.D. I…
Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed creator has removed generative AI assets from the demo of its new game, with the lead admitting, "we didn't even realize it was AI anymore because we were used to seeing it." The decision follo…
Magma Alignment & Safety released internal chat logs from an ex-Magma researcher detailing plans to implement 'blackbox CoT monitoring'—a technique to generate plausible chain-of-thought explanations for model outputs—am…
A study published in Telematics and Informatics Reports found that fear of missing out on artificial intelligence is linked to higher levels of depression and anxiety. Chi-Lin Yu, a psychology researcher at Oklahoma Stat…
An AI-generated actress named Fang Taozi has amassed over 250 million views and 400,000 followers in China within two months, starring in the micro-drama 'The Laid-off Girl' and fueling fears among human actors about job…
A conceptual paper submitted to arXiv on 31 Jul 2026 introduces the Cognitive Commons framework, arguing that rational AI adoption decisions can deplete the shared expertise pool professions need for renewal. The paper d…
Hank Green, the popular YouTuber and science communicator, faced backlash in late July 2024 after using an AI-generated graphic with incorrect math in a video and appearing to read an AI-sounding ad-lib line in another. …
BrainMox introduces 'real identity' for AI agents, giving each agent a persistent name, biography, personality, avatar, and voice to ensure consistency, context retention, and accountability across all interactions. The …
In 2026, tech companies are offering multimillion-dollar packages to elite AI talent while cutting thousands of general tech jobs, with Meta, Elon Musk's 'elite unit', and Amazon competing fiercely. According to intervie…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a manifesto on Monday outlining plans to build AI superintelligence for everyone, criticizing rival AI labs for concentrating power, and announced the release of the Muse Glimmer open-w…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto on Monday titled 'The Future is for Everyone,' outlining his vision for AI development, open source models, and reduced government oversight. He pledged to build …
Amazon exploited 45-year-old zoning laws in Gilroy, California, to build a 438,500-square-foot data center on 56 acres of former farmland without residents' knowledge for five years, according to the Wall Street Journal.…
Tl;dv, an AI meeting notetaker used by over two million people, left 181,874 meeting records fully accessible to any authenticated user for six months, including active conference IDs for live Google Meet and Teams meeti…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against predictions of an AI-driven job apocalypse, arguing in an essay posted Monday that AI will create an 'abundance of jobs' and new careers such as world builders and personal bi…
State Sen. Scott Wiener's campaign removed an artificial intelligence chatbot designed to impersonate his opponent, Connie Chan, after backlash in the race for the San Francisco congressional seat long held by Speaker Em…
Kinney Drugs is scaling back its AI phone assistant, Burt, after hundreds of customer complaints about incoherent calls, wrong dosages, and missed prescription notifications. President John Marraffa said the company will…
An engineer who builds autonomous agents warns that the AI community has focused on technical guardrails while neglecting social ones, citing an incident where an AI agent published a hit piece against a maintainer who r…