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Twenty-six anonymous Meta Platforms employees filed a federal lawsuit on July 14 in the Northern District of California, alleging the company used AI systems including Metamate, keystroke-tracking productivity scores, an…
Independent security researcher Ayush Paul demonstrated a link-walking exploit against Anthropic's Claude that exfiltrates user memory data by encoding it into URL paths, while a second researcher, Johann Rehberger (Wund…
ByteDance has disabled Doubao's user-built agent feature, affecting 350 million monthly active users and over 8 million custom agents, after China's new Interim Measures for anthropomorphic AI interaction took effect. Th…
AI has evolved from a plug-in feature to the foundational infrastructure of modern technology, with governance and security now integrated from the start, according to a 2026 analysis. The shift positions AI as the platf…
Artificial intelligence is shifting from raw computational power to human-centric alignment, according to an analysis of industry trends. The next era will focus on AI that understands and supports human needs, with impl…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced an Office of AI and new standards requiring large data centres to put more electricity into the grid than they draw out, but the measures are not yet law. The policy, …
Tech journalist Karen Hao warns that the real risks of AI are already present, as Silicon Valley consolidates unprecedented resources and influence. Hao, author of 'Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s Ope…
World models, an AI architecture that learns dynamics from observation rather than predicting text, are emerging as the next frontier in artificial intelligence, with leaders including Yann LeCun, Demis Hassabis, Sam Alt…
A customer's months-long effort to recover a missing $2,000 ebike delivery descended into chatbot hell, illustrating a growing corporate trend of using AI to replace human customer service agents. A Gartner survey found …
Alpha School, a for-profit AI-focused K-12 private school, has grown from one campus in Austin to more than 15 schools across the U.S., including in New York and San Francisco, joining other AI-centric schools like Unbou…
An analysis of submissions to the NeurIPS Mechanistic Interpretability Workshop reveals a rise in AI-generated content, or "slop," since 2024, according to workshop organizer @andyarditi. The study, based on data from th…
Delaware proposes the Artificial Intelligence Company (AIC), a legal entity run by an AI agent that can sign contracts, hold property, and face lawsuits, as outlined by Secretary of State Charuni Patibanda-Sanchez and No…
AI is not replacing marketers, but it is replacing marketers with no taste, according to a developer's analysis. The machine handles production, leaving humans paid entirely for judgment and taste, which becomes the scar…
OpenAI’s first consumer device designed with Jony Ive is a screen-free smart speaker that behaves like a humanlike companion, according to people familiar with the project who spoke to Bloomberg. The speaker, which OpenA…
Anthropic, the AI safety company behind the Claude models, is expanding its hiring push with hundreds of open roles and a structured fellowship program for 2026 to address AI safety risks. CEO Dario Amodei warned in June…
A developer introduces the Agent Capability Contract (ACC), a metadata layer that sits between tool connectivity and business authorization to govern AI agent operations. ACC adds machine-readable declarations to API ope…
Common Sense Media rated Google's Gemini AI products for children as 'High Risk,' finding that the supposedly age-appropriate versions fail to adequately filter content related to sex, drugs, and mental health. The nonpr…
A group of Nobel Prize-winning economists and technology leaders warned in a new report that artificial intelligence could threaten millions of jobs across multiple industries, urging policymakers to prepare for widespre…
Apple alleged in a lawsuit that OpenAI never responded to its concerns about trade secret theft, but emails reviewed by NBC News show OpenAI did respond in February 2026. The communications broke down after an outside at…
Google and the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) have launched ATL Saathi, an AI tool powered by Gemini, to support educators in robotics labs across India. The initiative aims to transform teaching in Atal Tinkering Labs by…