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WPLG Vice President of News Bill Pohovey issued a memo to staff criticizing employees' social media behavior as 'foolish nonsense' and 'cringeworthy,' warning that journalists should not act like influencers. The crackdo…
Universal Pictures' 'M3GAN' spinoff 'Soulm8te' will skip theaters and release digitally on August 1 after being pulled from the theatrical schedule. The erotic thriller follows a grieving engineer who programs an AI andr…
Jonathan Rinaldi, a former New York City Council candidate, was arrested on misdemeanor forgery charges for using AI to create fake news stories and endorsements against his opponent, Lynn Schulman, in what may be the fi…
Israel's Employment Service reported that more than 16,000 high-tech workers are currently registered as unemployed, a record level roughly three times that of 2022, with about half being software workers. Director Gener…
Mentions of AI disruption on earnings calls surged 310% to a record 780 in the first half of 2026, according to Deutsche Bank. Major tech companies including Block, Oracle, Amazon, Coinbase, Cloudflare, and Meta have ann…
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology warned that Anthropic's Claude Code coding tool contains a security back-door vulnerability, urging users to uninstall or upgrade specific versions. Simultaneously,…
Meta is testing 'super sensing' AI glasses that continuously sample audio and capture images to allow wearers to recall what they saw or heard, according to a Financial Times report on July 8, 2026. The company stated ra…
Rosie O'Donnell criticized Donald Trump for intervening in the World Cup to overturn a red card for U.S. player Folarin Balogun, calling the move corrupt and horrifying. She also condemned Trump's AI-generated video mock…
Creativity strategist Natalie Nixon argues that as AI accelerates, leaders must treat artificial intelligence as a creative partner rather than a replacement for human thinking, ushering in what she calls the Imagination…
Convertr appointed Greg Jordan as chief product officer to lead product strategy and strengthen data governance for enterprise B2B programmes. Jordan brings 18 years of experience from DemandScience and Leadiro, focusing…
The U.S. Unemployment Insurance system, designed for temporary income support during no-fault job loss, is insufficient to address potential widespread job displacements from AI adoption. Policymakers must consider addit…
General Intuition, a Bezos-backed startup valued at $2.3 billion, closed a $320 million funding round to develop AGI using gaming data, arguing that large language models lack the spatial-temporal understanding needed fo…
China called for inclusive global AI governance at a UN summit, rejecting binary choices and emphasizing that countries should be free to select their own AI technologies. The Chinese Mission to the UN outlined a 'Global…
A developer draws a parallel between the development of quantum mechanics and the current state of AI, arguing that uncertainty is not an obstacle but the terrain for progress. The post notes that the transistor was buil…
Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Colorado Boulder identified the most prolific ChatGPT user in a dataset of millions of conversations, who spent months generating pregnancy fanfiction a…
Meta faced backlash after AI-generated profiles with fabricated backstories appeared on Facebook and Instagram, including a synthetic Black queer character created without Black team members. The company deleted the rema…
Anthropic expanded its Claude Cowork AI agent to web and mobile platforms, enabling enterprise users to manage long-running tasks from anywhere. The rollout follows analysis of 1.2 million sessions showing business proce…
Technology analyst Ed Zitron warned that generative AI's business model is unsustainable, claiming OpenAI may delay its IPO until 2027 to reach a $1 trillion valuation amid fears of an AI bubble. Zitron argued that Big T…
Allianz plans to cut 1,500 to 1,800 jobs at its travel division Allianz Partners over the next 12 to 18 months, primarily in call centers, as automated AI systems take over customer service roles. The cuts, affecting up …
Meta has enabled users to generate AI images using public Instagram profile pictures, sparking backlash from privacy campaigners who call it a 'recipe for disaster'. The company says users can opt out of the feature.