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OpenAI is developing its first hardware device, a portable desktop robot with a humanlike AI personality, according to a Bloomberg report. The battery-powered, screenless smart speaker will feature robotic movement, a ca…
Telnyx released an open-source AI subscription cancel-save agent that classifies cancellation reasons, offers one relevant save option, and respects direct cancellation requests without manipulation. The Python Flask dem…
Three major publishers—Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, and Elsevier—along with bestselling author Scott Turow filed a class action lawsuit against Google on July 10, alleging the company copied millions of copyrig…
Twenty-six former Meta Platforms employees filed a federal lawsuit in Oakland, California, on July 13, 2026, alleging the company used AI tools including 'Metamate' and activity-monitoring data to score and rank staff fo…
New York City's PIT Crew program and Flamelit are applying design thinking and product thinking to make AI reliable for public services. By hiring designers and product managers, the city aims to prevent common AI failur…
Apple Inc. is in early talks with PrismML, a Khosla Ventures-backed startup spun out of Caltech, to use its compression technology that shrinks AI models from 54 GB to under 4 GB, enabling all 27 billion parameters of Al…
Ava demonstrates Pupul, a portable and revocable memory system for AI assistants, by signing in with an ES256 token verifiable offline against a public JWKS. When she revokes access, the assistant goes blind mid-task des…
26 Meta employees have sued the company, alleging it used AI systems to select workers for layoffs and disproportionately targeted those on medical, parental or family leave. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in…
Boko Haram used US and Chinese AI chatbots, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and DeepSeek's chatbot, to assist in bomb construction, attack planning, and propaganda, according to a Cambridge University stu…
OpenAI's first AI hardware product is a portable smart speaker without a display, designed as a humanlike AI companion for the home, according to Bloomberg. The device, powered by ChatGPT, can control smart home accessor…
The Center for AI Safety reported that Claude's Fable 5 increased the Remote Labor Index from 2.5% in October 2025 to 15.8%, meaning AI can now handle 15.8% of freelance jobs end-to-end. However, the author argues this j…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will introduce a voluntary overnight social media curfew for 16- and 17-year-olds, automatic shutdown of infinite scrolling, and breaks in AI chatbot use as part of wider restrictions on ch…
George Lucas said AI makes filmmaking 'easier' and 'there's nothing you can do about it,' while criticizing Hollywood for giving fans too much power through focus groups. The 'Star Wars' creator told A Rabbit's Foot that…
Enterprises are struggling to scale AI from isolated experiments to enterprise-wide impact, with operational integration—not technology—emerging as the primary challenge, according to an analysis of current AI adoption t…
Public sector IT leaders must put data at the center of AI architecture, moving beyond traditional workload placement decisions, according to a commentary. Success now depends on data adaptability and strong governance a…
Twenty-six current and former Meta employees have filed a federal lawsuit in US District Court in Oakland, California, alleging that the company used AI-powered performance tools to select workers for layoffs, disproport…
Northeastern University researchers reported that AI is reshaping how people talk, interact and view themselves, warning that prolonged chatbot use can lead to emotional dependence and alienation from human relationships…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said the bank has cut 30% to 40% of jobs in some departments due to AI, with most affected employees offered other roles within the company. Dimon made the disclosure during JPMorgan's late…
26 former Meta employees filed a lawsuit accusing the company of using its internal AI platform "Checkpoint" to select workers for layoffs based on opaque productivity metrics and LLM token usage, disproportionately targ…
Podcaster Joe Rogan suggested Jesus Christ might return as artificial intelligence, sparking online debate, but the idea of an AI Jesus is increasingly mainstream, according to Robert Geraci, a professor of religious stu…