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Votee AI, led by CEO Pak-Sun Ting, is building sovereign, enterprise-grade AI architecture for underrepresented languages, starting with a native Cantonese model. The company aims to empower billions of underserved globa…
The New York Times has amended its copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, dropping one claim against OpenAI and modifying another against Microsoft. The case, which alleges unauthorized use of milli…
A bipartisan coalition of tech companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, launched a $500 million initiative called Raise Us to help American workers adapt to AI. Led by former governors Gina …
A growing divide between AI-native individuals and those who dismiss AI as a fad threatens to create the biggest societal split yet, according to a commentator who warns that avoiding AI will leave people struggling in t…
The Pentagon issued a new AI Acceleration Strategy on January 9, 2026, mandating an AI-first warfighting force and requiring frontier models to be battlefield-ready within 30 days of public release. The strategy includes…
Anthropic urged Congress to strengthen protections against AI model distillation, alleging that Alibaba-affiliated operators conducted the largest known extraction campaign against its Claude chatbot, generating over 28.…
A Duke University study finds Bitcoin mining could support up to 76 GW of new electricity demand while stabilizing the grid as AI data centers consume ever more power. Bitcoin miners can shut down within minutes to free …
A developer advocates a cautious, middle-ground approach to using AI in programming, emphasizing the need to maintain a mental model of code by reading AI-generated output line by line, requesting small feedback loops, a…
Google is negotiating AI content licensing deals with roughly 20 national news publishers, demanding real money, transparency, and control as regulators like the UK's CMA impose new rules. The talks follow competitor Ope…
Story Protocol rebranded as the DATA Foundation, migrating its $IP token to $DATA at a 1:1 ratio, as the project pivots from IP licensing to AI training data infrastructure. The shift follows resistance from traditional …
Michael Burry, the 'Big Short' investor, maintains a bearish short position on Palantir Technologies as of late June 2026, despite social media rumors of a closure. Burry's put options, first disclosed in September 2025,…
A systems programmer draws parallels between the 1980s AI hype cycle and the current AI boom, warning that overpromises and oversimplification may lead to another AI winter. The author notes that today's massive investme…
DuckDuckGo's AI-powered search results falsely claimed President Donald Trump died of rabies after contracting the infection from Vice President J.D. Vance, who also died of rabies. The misinformation originated from a R…
Federal agencies must address four operational realities—building muscle memory, cleaning data, redesigning workflows, and setting guardrails—before AI can deliver mission impact at scale, according to a commentary urgin…
Hasbro, owner of Peppa Pig, faces backlash after reportedly asking child voice actors to sign contracts allowing AI recreations of their voices. The Agents of Young Performers Association issued an open letter arguing ch…
Hasbro, the owner of the Peppa Pig franchise, is requiring child voice actors to sign contracts that grant rights for AI use of their voices, according to an open letter from the Agents of Young Performers Association. T…
Pope Leo XIV will convene an extraordinary consistory of cardinals on June 26-27 at the Vatican to reconsider Catholic just war theory in light of modern warfare, including drones, nuclear weapons, and artificial intelli…
A US congressional committee heard testimony that China has been stealing American technologies for decades and now targets artificial intelligence advances, with the Chinese military as the primary beneficiary. Witnesse…
Meta is reversing its decision to reassign 7,000 employees to AI-focused units, including the Applied AI taskforce, allowing individuals to choose whether to join. The move comes amid low employee morale following layoff…
Product leaders from Descartes, LexisNexis, and Tri Counties Bank shared insights on AI's impact on product management during a roundtable hosted by Aha! co-founder Brian de Haaff. They emphasized that AI cannot replace …