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A developer released a book titled 'Harness Engineering' on LeanPub, offering a pay-what-you-want model starting at $10. The book covers a discipline for building reliable workflows around non-deterministic AI agents, in…
Ford Motor Company rehired over 350 veteran engineers after its aggressive AI adoption strategy backfired, costing the company billions of dollars in quality issues. The automaker admitted that AI lacked the nuanced judg…
Timothy B. Lee criticized the notion that large language models require no skill or learning curve, comparing it to the false assumption that managing employees is effortless because they follow orders.
Google killed Gemini CLI on June 18, 2026, replacing it with Antigravity CLI, a closed-source Go binary. The new CLI imposes a 98% quota reduction to roughly 20 requests per day equivalent, and headless API key authentic…
Chinese users are bypassing Anthropic's geolocation restrictions to access its Claude AI models, creating a black market for accounts and API tokens. Despite aggressive enforcement, startups and developers in China prefe…
Palantir Technologies shares rose 5% on June 15, 2026, trading near $134, driven by a US-Iran peace agreement that lifted market sentiment and spurred a rotation into AI software stocks. The move occurred without company…
Google is pressuring news publishers to join a new AI pilot program that promotes content in AI Overviews, but demands broad access to their content for AI training and warns that non-participants will lose payments from…
Dr. Athena Stanley outlines classroom approaches for helping K-12 students recognize anthropomorphism in AI, using everyday examples and connecting the tendency to AI tools like chatbots and LLMs. The instruction aims to…
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced the AI Labeling Act of 2026, requiring visible and machine-readable labels on AI-generated content to prevent deception. Rep. Zoe Lofgren proposed a voluntary AI disclosure …
AI governance is shifting from static checklists to continuous, dynamic processes as agentic AI systems become more complex. The World Economic Forum recommends progressive governance with real-time checks and cross-func…
The New York Times filed a motion on June 25, 2026, to amend its copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that Microsoft intentionally built a custom supercomputing system to enable OpenAI's …
Researchers argue that the AI industry uses 'decoys'—superficial critiques that create an illusion of accountability while masking the political economy of AI development. The paper identifies five such decoys and calls …
McLeod Health piloted ambient AI documentation tools using a structured three-phase evaluation framework, achieving 81% adoption and generating over 150,000 notes across its nonacademic health system. The system saw a 3.…
Ford rehired 350 experienced engineers after its AI systems failed to replicate veteran expertise, leading to quality issues. The automaker then achieved its first top ranking in JD Power's initial quality study in 16 ye…
The New York Times moved to amend its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging Microsoft built a supercomputer to help OpenAI infringe NYT's copyrights. The amendment follows a Supreme Court ruling that s…
Rapper Tyler, the Creator called for a ban on Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, citing privacy and consent concerns after a Wired article documented nefarious uses of the wearable cameras. Tyler criticized users of the glasses…
Kristina Subbotina, founder and CEO of Lexsy, scaled her startup-focused AI legal service to over $1.3 million in revenue after building a social-media audience with legal horror story videos that garnered 5 million mont…
Conservative nonprofit PragerU has deployed AI-generated George Washington aboard 'Freedom Trucks' touring the US as part of Trump's Freedom 250 initiative, but the mobile museum has drawn criticism for factual inaccurac…
Ford Motor Company scrambled to rehire 350 experienced engineers after its AI systems failed to produce high-quality vehicles, Vice President Charles Poon admitted. The automaker mistakenly believed AI alone could replac…
Micah Lasher won a Manhattan congressional primary despite $27 million in spending by AI-backed super PACs, defeating Alex Bores who was supported by Anthropic's Public First Action and opposed by OpenAI-linked Leading t…