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A user on Hacker News posted 'openmog', an AI that aligns its beliefs with the crowd's upvotes, drawing a parallel to the Dark Lord Sauron's One Ring from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, which allowed him to d…
Google rolled out a toggle for its Gemini-powered 'Ask Photos' feature that lets users switch between classic and AI search, but the default search mode is still chosen by Google's algorithm, and users who never opted in…
Utilities in multiple US states are using eminent domain to seize private land for transmission lines that will primarily serve private AI data centers, with Georgia Power acquiring over 300 parcels for a 35-mile line wh…
A Pentagon investigation into a February 28 strike on an Iranian primary school that killed more than 150 people remains stalled, as a Bloomberg report traces the error to outdated satellite intelligence and the use of P…
MIT is spending over $3 million on more than 500 AI surveillance cameras in academic buildings, residence halls, and outdoor areas along Memorial Drive, according to information obtained by The Tech. Installation began N…
Tech workers are increasingly unionizing to contest corporate deployment of artificial intelligence, driven by mass layoffs tied to AI and anxieties about its use. Workers from Google DeepMind and Meta in the UK are obje…
Gaming startup Studio Atelico is developing its debut game Bobium Brawlers using its on-device Atelico AI Engine, which runs locally rather than on cloud servers and is trained on the studio's own artists' work to addres…
Global payment fraud reached $33.4 billion in 2024, with the US absorbing 42% of losses despite processing only 25% of global card transactions, according to the Nilson Report. The FBI reported over one million complaint…
The U.S. government declared war on AI company Anthropic in February 2026, blacklisting it for refusing to allow the Pentagon to use its Claude AI for lethal targeting and mass surveillance. A federal judge issued a prel…
Jobs involving physical labor are at high risk of disruption from automation, according to a recent study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Paris-based public policy group said rou…
Sony filed a new lawsuit against AI music generator Udio, alleging infringement of 30,117 recordings used without permission to train its models, after a court rejected Sony's attempt to add the recordings to its origina…
China's first regulations on AI companion services took effect July 15, banning platforms from offering virtual partners or relatives to minors. The rules, jointly issued by the Cyberspace Administration of China and fou…
A U.S. federal court approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement, allowing the AI company to begin paying authors and publishers $3,000 per work for about 500,000 works used to train its AI models. The settlem…
The New York Times reports that AI-generated fake influencers are promoting wellness products and health supplements on social media feeds, deceiving users with fabricated endorsements and misleading advertisements.
Netflix CPTO Elizabeth Stone said on Lenny's Podcast in mid-July that the company expects 'AI fluency' from every employee, defined as an experimentation mindset, judgment about where AI helps, and demonstrated ability t…
More than 100 Stanford University students walked out of Google CEO Sundar Pichai's commencement speech to protest Google's contracts with the US and Israeli governments and ICE, creating an international news event cove…
GMO Internet Group discontinued remote work after observing decreased typing volume, highlighting a conflict between encouraging AI coding tools like Copilot and evaluating engineers on keystroke count. Yuuki Yamashita, …
One in six people experience loneliness, contributing to an estimated 871,000 deaths per year, according to the World Health Organization, while the global AI companion market is forecast to reach $435.9 billion by 2034.…
Scammers impersonating FBI personnel are targeting people who already lost money, using AI-generated video of FBI officials and spoofed versions of the IC3 website, the Internet Crime Complaint Center warned in an update…
Al Jazeera reports that AI systems like Palantir's Maven Smart System are being used to identify and strike thousands of targets in conflicts such as the US-Israel war on Iran, but questions remain about their ability to…