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San Jose teenagers are criticizing fashion microtrends for driving overconsumption, environmental harm, and expense, with many saying the short-lived styles promoted by social media algorithms lead to bullying and waste.…
Charity Majors argues that AI is not uniquely evil but just another technology requiring engagement and governance, urging tech workers to learn AI to better critique and shape it. She catalogues harms from AI creation a…
Charity Majors argues that AI is not uniquely evil but just another technology with risks that require engagement, not avoidance. She contends that tech workers have a moral responsibility to use and shape AI to govern i…
Anthropic accused Alibaba of illicitly extracting capabilities from its Claude AI model, escalating tensions between US and Chinese AI firms. The allegation highlights growing concerns over intellectual property theft in…
Developers are increasingly using large language models to encode business logic in Markdown prompts, a practice dubbed 'programming in Markdown,' despite the availability of simpler, faster, and more reliable traditiona…
Stanford graduates expressed mixed feelings about artificial intelligence during commencement, with some walking out on Google CEO Sundar Pichai's speech. Students cited concerns over ethical development, job displacemen…
Garfield AI, an AI-powered legal service, helped freelancer Tamires Camal Taquidir recover £7,000 in unpaid fees at Wandsworth County Court after a three-hour hearing on 14 May. The company drafted court documents and in…
REI Co-op faced backlash after an Instagram ad featured a bike with two sets of handlebars, which the company blamed on a Meta AI tool that automatically altered a vendor-provided image. REI said it was auto-enrolled in …
Garfield AI, the UK's first SRA-approved AI law firm, won a £7,000 small claims case for a freelance HR consultant at Wandsworth County Court on 14 May 2026, charging the client about £400 while the opposing side used a …
Four business leaders discussed how AI is changing creative work during a TIME100 Talks panel in Cannes, France, on Wednesday. The panelists, including executives from Nespresso, Luma AI, Philip Morris International, and…
Walmart signed its first-ever long-term contract to buy nuclear power from Constellation Energy's Illinois plant, purchasing 176 megawatts over 15 years to power its operations in the region. The deal supports Constellat…
A former Dropbox executive argues that trust in AI agents is overrated, proposing a new framework where action depends on supplied trust (credibility, evidence, alignment) exceeding demanded trust (stakes, opacity). The …
Whitney Houston's family criticized Oprah Winfrey for claiming the late singer was high when she fell off stage during a 2009 interview, asserting the fall was due to darkness and unfamiliarity with the stage, not drug u…
Superhuman, the company behind Grammarly and Superhuman Mail, has acquired AI detection startup GPTZero, which has over 19 million users and $30 million in annual recurring revenue. GPTZero will integrate its AI authenti…
Roughly $27 million was spent in a proxy contest over Assemblyman Alex Bores in New York's 12th Congressional District, with AI-linked super PACs playing a decisive role. AI-centric super PACs tied to Anthropic supported…
The Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) announced expanded membership benefits that give organizations direct influence over standards, working groups, and strategic direction of open source agentic AI. Members can now chair co…
The Trump administration is pressuring Meta to join a federal program that reviews advanced AI models before public release, citing national security concerns. Meta is the only major US AI developer not yet participating…
A proposed class action lawsuit filed in California accuses major gas station operators including BP, Walmart, and 7-Eleven of using AI-driven pricing software from Kalibrate Fuel Systems to artificially inflate fuel pri…
The University of South Carolina has expanded its deal with OpenAI to $3 million, up from an initial $1.5 million, after demand for ChatGPT Edu access exceeded expectations. The agreement includes image generation and GP…
A developer draws a historical parallel between John D. Rockefeller's transformation of the oil industry and the potential for a similar figure to emerge in AI, speculating on which industry AI might fundamentally reshap…