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The Department of Homeland Security demonstrated to lawmakers how jailbroken AI models can generate detailed bomb-building and terror attack plans in minutes, bypassing safety guardrails. The closed-door session, held Ap…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is calling on Grindr to prioritize LGBTQ+ user safety by making privacy the default, ending data sharing with advertisers and AI training without opt-in consent. Grindr has a hist…
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act in late March 2026, targeting hyperscale data centers consuming over 20 MW of power. Th…
Researchers have discovered that malicious actors are embedding hidden prompts in academic manuscripts to manipulate AI-assisted peer review systems, potentially undermining the integrity of scientific publishing. The at…
A new checklist called 'No-Slop OSS' outlines best practices for open source contributions, aiming to reduce low-quality AI-generated submissions and help contributors build trust with maintainers. The guide covers 12 st…
The U.S. government issued export-control directives forcing Anthropic to take its latest models offline and prompting OpenAI to postpone GPT-5.6's release after White House officials raised security concerns. The action…
AI safety researcher Roman Yampolskiy reiterated a 99.9% probability that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity in a paywalled interview with VladTV, a position he has expressed in prior public forums. The clai…
Proof launched x401, an open protocol that uses cryptographic credentials to verify human authorization behind AI agents, with contributions from Circle, OpenAI, Google, and Okta. The protocol extends HTTP to enable AI a…
The rise of AI coding tools has created a split between maintainers who ban AI-generated contributions to protect scarce review bandwidth and developers who embrace agents for rapid prototyping. A 2025 METR study found t…
Brazilian startup Gabriel uses AI-powered cameras to scan license plates and share data with police, aiming to solve theft cases in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte. Critics raise privacy concerns after reve…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a federal minimum tax on billionaires and a national fund to give Americans a stake in AI-generated wealth, arguing the tax should be addressed at the federal level because billionai…
The Trump administration directed OpenAI to restrict the launch of its GPT-5.6 model over national security and cybersecurity concerns, marking the first time the federal government has preemptively limited a commercial …
The Tech Humanist Show released an episode featuring host Kate O'Neill and guest Brian Solis, Head of Global Innovation at ServiceNow, discussing AI augmentation versus automation, cognitive Darwinism, and workforce resk…
California Governor Gavin Newsom called for a nationwide billionaire tax and a federal AI equity fund, arguing that every American should own a piece of the future built by artificial intelligence. He opposed a Californi…
China's government issued a voluntary code of conduct for smart glasses manufacturers, urging them to obtain explicit consent before recording and to include LED recording indicators. The guidelines also promote a minimu…
Seven out of ten Americans oppose local AI data center construction, according to Gallup, with $64 billion in projects blocked or delayed nationwide. Opposition has spread across 24 states with 142 activist groups, drive…
California launched the nation's first state-level AI-Unemployment Tracker under Governor Gavin Newsom's executive order, revealing that college-educated workers in AI-exposed occupations, particularly in the San Francis…
A joint study by Cognizant and Pearson found that 96% of HR leaders expect entry-level roles to evolve into positions supervising AI within five years, and 94% anticipate AI will create new entry-level jobs. However, 60%…
LinkedIn launched a Premium Apply Assistant that auto-fills job applications and drafts cover letters for paid subscribers, using profile data and job-description analysis. The feature assigns confidence indicators to ea…
A public clash between Papermark founder Marc Seitz and Corgi founder Nico Laqua reveals that Corgi's DataRoom product was a near 1:1 reskin of Papermark's open-source codebase, violating its enterprise license. The inci…