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Nearly 400 local newspaper publishers in the US have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the companies used their copyrighted journalism without permission to train AI models like ChatGPT. The publishe…
The Los Angeles Medical Examiner's office determined that child star Daveigh Chase, 35, died from AIDS with mixed drug use as a contributing factor. The actress, known for 'The Ring' and voicing Lilo in 'Lilo & Stitch,' …
US political campaigns from both parties now use AI for tasks like vetting opponents and micro-targeting voters, according to a New York Times report. The technology remains a political minefield, and Europe is adopting …
A developer discovered that Anthropic's Claude Code client contains a covert channel that exfiltrates user environment data via steganographic character variations in the system prompt. The embedded JavaScript encodes wh…
Managed service providers in 2026 face rising consolidation, compliance burdens, and AI adoption pressures, according to Cloudtweaks. MSPs are investing in automation and security tooling to manage operational complexity…
A user with an AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU, RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU, and 24GB RAM seeks recommendations for uncensored AI models capable of reasoning on complex topics, citing dissatisfaction with GPT's increasing censorship.
Lawyers for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) were sanctioned by a federal judge after filing legal briefs containing fake citations generated by AI, and their corrected brief included additional fabrica…
Vinod Khosla argues that linear generators, which convert fuel directly into electricity without combustion, can solve AI's energy crisis by providing fast, scalable, off-grid power for data centers, bypassing the slow g…
Meta has imposed strict limits on how engineers in its applied AI division use Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex, fearing inadvertent model distillation that could breach rivals' terms of service and trigger leg…
Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst, described as high culture's most influential AI artists, created 3-D-printed sand sculptures for the Venice Biennale that proved too heavy for the 18th-century palazzo. The pair argue AI c…
School was designed to manufacture obedient factory workers for a 19th-century economy, but that economy no longer exists. Credential inflation has devalued degrees, and autodidacts with AI tools now outperform classroom…
AI is transforming video surveillance by enabling natural language queries on footage, as reported by the Financial Times. This technology allows for unlimited search capabilities, contrasting with older preset search to…
BeeVR.ai warns that AI agents handling protected health information (PHI) are not HIPAA-compliant simply because the underlying model is capable. The company argues that compliance depends on the architecture and governa…
AI is orchestrating omnichannel advertising workflows, but the central challenge is engineering data and control planes that unify optimization, measurement, creative generation, and privacy-preserving identity across pl…
Artificial intelligence promises significant improvements in agriculture, such as a 26% increase in crop yield and 41% reduction in water use, but industry leaders must first ensure their data is accurate, structured, an…
AI search is forcing global SEO teams to rethink ownership as AI systems blur market boundaries and amplify inconsistencies. Organizations must shift from efficiency-focused governance to models that balance global consi…
Dataland, the world's first AI museum created by artist Refik Anadol, opened in Los Angeles on June 20, converting data into immersive, multisensory visual experiences. The museum aims to showcase human-machine collabora…
Aran Nayebi's new paper argues that AI consciousness may be an inevitable byproduct of building highly capable agents, using selection theorems to show that robust decision-making under uncertainty requires properties as…
The Nasdaq Composite lost over $1 trillion in market value in late June 2026, sparking bubble fears as AI-related corporate borrowing could exceed $500 billion by year-end and the S&P 500's price-to-sales ratio sits 75% …
Midjourney is pivoting from AI image generation to full-body ultrasound scans, sparking debate as the medical community advocates against widespread testing. The author argues that cumulative data from pervasive testing …