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Big Tech executives, including Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman, have reversed their warnings that AI would cause mass unemployment, now claiming it will create jobs and lead to a labor shortage. The shift comes as AI companies…
The First Nation is advocating for Indigenous-led AI infrastructure support, seeking to ensure Indigenous communities have a role in developing and governing artificial intelligence technologies in Canada.
AI-powered cyberattacks are surging, with bad actors exploiting software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed, according to reports in New York Magazine and The Atlantic. Palo Alto Networks reported a massive year-over…
Callista Gingrich, US Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein and wife of Newt Gingrich, was mocked on social media for a 'robotic' video message welcoming fans to the 2026 World Cup as the USMNT faced Australia. Cri…
John Edwards, the UK's information commissioner, resigned after an investigation found he made inappropriate attempts at humor that caused offense. The ICO regulates AI and data protection in the UK. Edwards acknowledged…
AI cheating tools that humanize or autotype AI-generated text are proliferating on TikTok and YouTube, defeating detection software used by teachers. Some companies sell both detection and evasion tools, and detectors ha…
China has tightened export checks on indium, a critical material for AI semiconductor production, causing 6-inch InP wafer prices to surge 250% since early 2025. The move, leveraging China's 70% control of global supply,…
Replit hosted Vibecon, a two-day conference in New York City exploring the intersection of creativity and AI, where CEO Amjad Masad and filmmaker Spike Jonze debated whether AI can possess 'taste.' The event featured int…
Global stock markets are surging on AI-driven profits and optimism about US tech giants, but warning signs from the World Bank and economists about slowing GDP growth, high debt levels, and hawkish monetary policy sugges…
A former Dell executive founded a startup to fix AI deployments that solve the wrong problems, citing healthcare as a prime example where AI is bolted onto broken processes. MIT research shows 95% of generative AI pilots…
A new Public First poll of 15 countries finds that majorities in 11 nations, including US allies Canada, Britain, and France, believe China leads the US in AI capability. However, trust in Chinese models lags behind, wit…
Amazon's lead UX Sound Designer for the Astro home robot reveals how the team chose to give the robot its own character rather than treating it as Alexa on wheels, shaping its emotional range and non-verbal communication…
AI startup Subquadratic claims to have solved a mathematical bottleneck in large language models, enabling faster and cheaper computation, though experts remain skeptical. Meanwhile, brain-computer interface trials are a…
Anthropic disclosed that the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns linked to SK Telecom's inclusion in an internal acc…
The Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC backed by tech workers and labor unions, launched Thursday with $5 million to support AI regulation, countering the $100 million war chest of pro-AI group Leading the Future. The grou…
Filmmaker Spike Jonze warned that AI chatbots designed to mimic human behavior are 'manipulative' and dangerous, speaking at Replit's Vibecon conference. Jonze, whose 2013 film 'Her' depicted a human-AI relationship, cri…
A renewed debate over whether chatbots like ChatGPT could be conscious has intensified, with prominent researchers including Geoffrey Hinton and leaders at Anthropic publicly raising the possibility that large language m…
Anti-data center activists have secured bans in Holyoke, Monterey Park, and Seattle, and a three-year moratorium on tax breaks in Arizona, reflecting growing political power fueled by widespread public opposition. A Gall…
PwC global chairman Mohamed Kande said at VivaTech that companies adopting AI at scale are increasing headcount, not cutting it, and that workers become more valuable with AI use. PwC's 2026 jobs barometer found AI-expos…
KPMG's global risk chief warns that corporate boards are unprepared for the AI era, citing outdated oversight models and uneven AI literacy. A new governance framework with INSEAD outlines five priorities for boards to n…