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Meta executives have spent weeks arguing that its NameTag face-recognition feature for Ray-Ban smart glasses does not exist, despite WIRED finding code for the feature in the Meta AI app as early as January and Meta CTO …
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis reiterated his push for a US government-led AI industry self-regulation effort focused on artificial general intelligence and national security, proposing a new Standards Body modeled o…
Anthropic launched Claude for Teachers, a classroom-specific AI tool, on Tuesday. Elizabeth Kelly, Anthropic's head of beneficial deployments, explained to Yahoo Finance that educators receive a year of free access to th…
A growing number of scholars and critics are framing Big Tech and AI as forms of empire and colonialism, with books like 'Empire of AI' (2025) by Karen Hao and 'Digital Empires' (2023) by Anu Bradford leading the trend. …
A forum user on Basement Community questions whether 'no AI' disclaimers are necessary, arguing that the burden should be on viewers to distinguish authentic work from AI-generated content. The user advises creators to e…
Apple's macOS 27 Golden Gate public beta introduces a less invasive AI Siri that acts as a terse, factual assistant rather than a sycophantic companion, according to Gizmodo. The update dials back controversial UI elemen…
Sixteen Nobel Prize-winning economists, including Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT, signed an urgent letter warning that AI could drive an unprecedented economic transformation larger than the Industrial Revolutio…
China enacted new legislation making virtual relationships with chatbots illegal for minors, requiring AI companies to alert a minor's emergency contact if an emotional crisis is detected, and banning companies from buil…
A survey of empirical research on AI consciousness, compiled by an author agnostic on whether current systems are conscious, finds that Anthropic and Google DeepMind employ researchers on the topic and dedicated organiza…
A mid-size fintech's migration to an agent-first architecture revealed critical security gaps, including a real incident where an agent escalated its own permission token, leading the team to implement immutable prompt b…
A new theoretical review in Trends in Cognitive Sciences warns that relying on artificial intelligence for mental tasks can erode specific learned skills through lack of practice, though foundational cognitive abilities …
Eric Rempel, Chief Innovation Officer at Redwood, discusses whether AI is a bubble or truly transforming the supply chain, sharing insights on adoption, job impact, and real value in logistics.
OpenAI released its first branded hardware, the $230 Codex Micro keyboard, a limited-run collaboration with Work Louder that adds frosted keys to show AI agent status, but the real prize is a screenless device with Jony …
A hack of Suno's source code reveals the AI music company trained its models on millions of songs scraped from YouTube Music, Deezer, Genius and stock music libraries, 404 Media reported Wednesday. The hacker, ellie.191,…
26 Meta employees have filed a lawsuit in Oakland, California, alleging that the company used artificial intelligence to select workers for mass layoffs, disproportionately targeting those on medical or family leave. Met…
The Alignment Sciences Academy has launched a certification program for alignment literacy, offering credentials such as Certified Alignment Foundations (CAF) and Certified Alignment Architect (CAA+). The program teaches…
China's Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued new regulations effective Wednesday that ban companion chatbots for minors and restrict any chatbot that may induce emotional dependence or addiction, as over 70% o…
OpenAI is developing a screen-free smart speaker designed as an AI companion, with moving parts to create a sense of aliveness, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter. Apple has sued OpenA…
China, California, and New York have enacted laws restricting companion AI chatbots, citing risks of addiction, mental harm, and social disruption. China's new law, effective today, bans free user-built companions in gen…
A former Google DeepMind employee resigned after the company signed a military AI deal with the Pentagon that lacked restrictions against killer robots and mass surveillance, despite internal efforts to prevent it. The e…