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Amazon launched Alexa+ Agentic Ads during Cannes Lions and Prime Day, allowing customers to make purchases via voice commands on Echo Show devices, but users and tech reporters have criticized the increased ad load. Mean…
At the Cannes Lions festival, marketers are shifting focus from creative campaigns to brand coherence as AI systems like LLMs synthesize inconsistent brand messages across channels. The real crisis is not about SEO but a…
Researchers introduced RIFT-Bench, a graph-driven methodology for dynamic red-teaming of agentic AI systems, enabling unified security evaluations across diverse architectures. The framework operates in two automated pha…
Researchers introduced a multi-objective reinforcement learning framework for recommender systems that uses a Pareto-DQN agent with semantic embeddings to optimize engagement, diversity, and fairness as separate reward s…
Researchers developed a hybrid machine learning model combining ensemble feature selection and Harris Hawks optimization to predict depression in female sex workers with 95.78% accuracy. The model identified post-traumat…
A study of Chinese listed firms from 2015 to 2023 found that human-centric AI (HCAI) reduces firm idiosyncratic risks by aligning with stakeholder expectations and mitigating ethical risks. Digitalization and executive s…
Techdirt contributor Timothy Geigner published a June 23, 2026 opinion piece accusing Kotaku of dogmatic AI coverage, citing articles by Zack Zwiezen and Rebekah Valentine that pre-judge AI use in games without adequate …
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince warned that increasingly capable AI agents could make it harder for small businesses to win customers, potentially deepening market consolidation. Prince said small businesses face challenge…
A new analysis suggests that AI systems may be making leaders more dangerous by enabling overconfidence and reducing accountability, contrary to the expectation that AI would improve decision-making.
A sell-off in US AI stocks on Monday triggered global market declines, with the Nasdaq falling 2.2% and Asian markets following suit as concerns over AI spending bubbles and potential Fed rate hikes intensified. Alphabet…
The United States government is pressuring Meta to submit its artificial intelligence systems for federal review amid growing national security concerns, according to sources familiar with the discussions. The push refle…
A dozen protesters gathered outside Oracle Park on Tuesday to criticize the San Francisco Giants' handling of a Pride Night cap controversy from June 12, when multiple pitchers wrote Bible verses on their Pride caps. The…
New York Assemblyman Micah Lasher won the Democratic primary in Manhattan's 12th Congressional District to succeed retiring Rep. Jerrold Nadler, NBC News projects. The race drew heavy outside spending from AI-aligned gro…
Kotaku's coverage of AI in gaming has become dogmatic and pre-judges all uses of the technology, according to a Techdirt analysis. The outlet's writers express negativity toward AI tools in game development without consi…
A new collection by Andrew Maynard, director of Arizona State University's Future of Being Human initiative, examines historical technology-driven moral panics from Ancient Greece to modern AI, arguing that these reactio…
The White House met with children's safety groups to discuss a package linking online safety bills to a federal AI framework, including the Kids Online Safety Act and the App Store Accountability Act. House leaders annou…
AI-focused super PACs have raised over $100 million and spent $49 million on the 2026 midterm elections to influence AI regulation. The Manhattan Democratic primary in New York's 12th district alone has attracted more th…
EA president Laura Miele defended the company's use of AI tools at a Game Business Live event, claiming they remove friction and accelerate creativity, despite previous reports from EA developers that AI hampered product…
Palantir CEO Alex Karp co-wrote a manifesto titled 'The Technological Republic,' which journalist James Corbett reviewed as unhinged. Palantir, founded by Peter Thiel and backed by the CIA, develops AI-powered surveillan…
New York Assemblyman Micah Lasher won the Democratic primary in the 12th Congressional District, backed by party leaders including Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The race drew national attention du…