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The University of Manchester is hiring two three-year lecturers in digital education within its Manchester Institute of Education, focusing on digital technologies, AI, and education. The first post is open for applicati…
Uber burned through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months, driven by widespread use of AI coding tools like Claude Code across the organization, not by a single moonshot project. Leaked audio from Accenture reveals ex…
AI-enhanced automated license plate reader cameras deployed by roughly 40% of US law enforcement agencies capture every passing vehicle without a warrant, with vendors like Flock Safety storing searchable data accessible…
Google, IBM, and Circle have backed a new open standard called the Legal Context Protocol (LCP) to provide legal certainty and dispute resolution for AI-driven transactions. The protocol, unveiled by the American Arbitra…
Anthropic has sidelined CEO Dario Amodei from White House AI security talks after a jailbreak incident involving its Mythos and Fable models, sending cofounder Tom Brown to lead negotiations. Brown is meeting with Commer…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched the AI Environmental Transparency Initiative on June 23, demanding that AI companies publicly disclose the full environmental footprint of their data centers, including wate…
Meta is the only major U.S. AI developer that has not agreed to a voluntary government framework for pre-release model reviews, as rivals including OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic have already begun sharing models with fed…
Industry leaders at a TIME100 Talk in Cannes emphasized that while AI is transforming filmmaking, human creativity remains essential. Autodesk's Dara Treseder said AI raises the floor but human ingenuity vaults the ceili…
Fin (formerly Intercom) has created a Forward-Deployed Data Scientist (FDDS) role to measure AI ROI for enterprise customers, complementing Forward-Deployed Engineers. The FDDS defines success metrics, proves value, and …
A free, open-source route planner called DeFlock is helping drivers avoid automatic license plate readers operated by Flock Safety, which has over 100,000 AI cameras in a national surveillance network accessible to law e…
A Kapwing study found that 59% of videos on new TikTok accounts' 'For You' feeds are AI-generated, with 57.4% in the Kids category classified as 'AI slop'. The research analyzed over 10,700 videos across 20 categories, r…
A survey of over 1,500 Americans found that labeling political messages as AI-generated did not reduce their persuasiveness, even though most participants believed the labels. The study, published in PNAS Nexus, showed t…
Anthropic's Mythos AI model identified vulnerabilities in classified U.S. government systems during a controlled test, prompting the Trump administration to restrict foreign national access to the model and its sibling F…
Bitcoin dropped 3% in 24 hours and 7.2% over the past week, nearing the $60K level, as a Nasdaq selloff driven by AI valuation fears dragged the crypto market lower. The Fear and Greed Index fell to 17, indicating extrem…
Jennifer Doudna, inventor of the Crispr gene-editing tool, expressed skepticism about artificial intelligence replacing human innovation in scientific discovery, challenging claims that AI chatbots like ChatGPT could dri…
Games created using generative artificial intelligence tools sell up to 53% worse on Steam compared to traditionally developed games, according to a new analysis. The findings highlight consumer resistance to AI-generate…
Google is partnering with Kairos Power and GE Vernova to develop up to 500 megawatts of advanced nuclear capacity by 2035, using small modular reactors to power its AI data centers. The Kairos project in Oak Ridge, Tenne…
Ukrainian developers reported the first known case of an AI-powered drone autonomously selecting and engaging a target without operator input near Bakhmut and Chasiv Yar two years ago. Experts say the technology, activat…
Journalism is in crisis, and newsrooms are avoiding existential questions by focusing on superficial fixes like AI or better comments, according to Shirish Kulkarni's research. The findings show audiences want practical,…
Countries are racing to secure chips, data centers, and energy for sovereign AI capacity, with the US-led Pax Silica Initiative expanding to 24 nations to strengthen supply chains for critical minerals, semiconductor man…