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Tech companies including Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Block laid off 40,000 workers in a single month, citing AI as the primary reason, but PwC research shows firms that use AI to augment employees see faster headcount a…
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a bill on Thursday to create a $7 trillion sovereign wealth fund giving Americans a 50% public stake in top AI labs, with annual payments of $1,000 per taxpayer. The bill argues AI is a …
Cory Doctorow argues that since 2008, policymakers have consistently chosen to decouple money from real value, leading to inflated asset prices and speculative bubbles. He cites the rise of meme stocks, Theranos, FTX, an…
Researchers warn that heavy reliance on artificial intelligence may weaken core human skills across professions, a pattern described as 'deskilling.' Studies involving doctors and software engineers found that AI can imp…
OpenAI hired former White House AI adviser Dean Ball to lead a new Strategic Futures unit starting July 6, 2026, reporting to Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon. Ball, a primary author of the White House AI Action Plan, w…
Bayraktar and Isler published a letter in J Med Internet Res on June 18, 2026, proposing a tiered reference framework for cystoscopy AI evaluation, citing methodological concerns with the reference standard used in a stu…
Meta's AI reorganization has caused employee unrest, with CTO Andrew Bosworth admitting the process was 'atrocious.' A leak exposed members of Peter Thiel's secretive 'Dialog' society, and Sam Bankman-Fried is seeking a …
A Brazilian researcher maps AI safety initiatives in Latin America, identifying three postures—fitting into Northern institutions, building parallel sovereign capacity, or reshaping global frameworks through cultural can…
Apple has opened Brazil's App Store to competition after a three-year antitrust fight with CADE, allowing alternative marketplaces and third-party payment options. Developers must agree to new terms by July 6, 2026, or l…
Klarna cut hundreds of customer service roles in 2024 to replace them with an AI chatbot, but after customer complaints, it began hiring gig workers instead of full-time agents. This shift illustrates how AI is enabling …
Ai Jiang's Hugo Award-nominated novelette 'I AM AI' has been optioned for a feature film adaptation, with Matthias Schweighöfer and Sascha Rosemann attached as producers. The story follows a cyborg named Ai who poses as …
A Match Group survey of 1,000 U.S. singles aged 18-39 found that 47% have a negative view of AI in romantic contexts, though 64% see potential benefits. The study reveals widespread disapproval of dating AI companions, b…
Coinbase launched Coinbase Advisor, an SEC- and CFTC-registered AI financial advisor for Coinbase One subscribers, offering personalized investment guidance across crypto, equities, and derivatives. The tool, backed by C…
The Trump administration's AI regulation has been haphazard and retaliatory, particularly against Anthropic, violating the First Amendment by punishing the company for refusing to allow its models to be used for autonomo…
A police officer in Derbyshire, England is under criminal investigation for allegedly using generative AI to fabricate evidence in multiple cases, marking the first such case in the UK. The officer has been suspended whi…
ZetaChain launched Anuma, a private memory layer for AI that stores encrypted user context across platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, reaching 100,000 users within 38 days. The blockchain network shifted its focu…
A non-peer-reviewed letter published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on June 18, 2026, by Zablah, Molina, and Garcia-Loureiro benchmarks three smaller domain-specific LLMs against GPT-4 on differential diagno…
Anthropic's valuation surged to $965 billion after a $65 billion Series H funding round on May 28, 2026, surpassing OpenAI's $852 billion valuation and marking a rare leadership change in the AI industry. The $113 billio…
A self-described AI hater traces their shift from neutral observer to staunch opponent, citing the tech industry's forced integration of generative AI into products without user consent, the disregard for copyright and p…
Yann LeCun, a prominent AI researcher, called Elon Musk's xAI a 'failure' in a CNBC interview, citing the departure of nearly all founding members and questioning the company's ability to compete with rivals like OpenAI …