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Government-associated AI policy leaders met at the British High Commission in Ottawa to discuss forming a coalition of "middle powers" to create AI safety guardrails distinct from the United States and China, which parti…
A study by RMIT University surveying over 16,000 adults across ten countries found that 14.5% have experienced sextortion, with 4.8% admitting to perpetrating it. The Australian eSafety Commissioner has launched an aware…
Anthropic joined Frontier, a Big Tech coalition funding carbon removal, which announced $915 million in new commitments on June 17, bringing total pledges to $1.8 billion. The AI company, known for its Claude model, join…
Companies are cutting middle managers as artificial intelligence tools enable more efficient operations, reducing the need for supervisory roles. The shift aims to streamline decision-making and cut costs, but raises con…
The NO FAKES Act, intended to combat harmful AI-generated impersonations, would instead suppress satire, commentary, and news by importing DMCA-style takedown rules, according to a coalition of civil society groups inclu…
A blogger predicts a massive increase in funding for effective altruism (EA) causes by 2028, potentially eight times the 2025 level, based on trends and key donor decisions. The author urges the EA community to adjust th…
A developer argues that browser-testing systems should be measured by the quality of failure evidence, not just execution speed. The post distinguishes between UI drift and AI agent drift, and calls for proportional rele…
A new Pew Research Center survey finds only 16% of Americans expect AI to have a positive societal impact over the next 20 years, while 40% expect negative effects. The survey also reports that 44% of U.S. adults use Ope…
Jeff Bezos, co-founder of Amazon and AI startup Prometheus, warned at the VivaTech conference that artificial intelligence will create a labor shortage rather than mass unemployment, as AI boosts productivity and raises …
Apple may make Apple Intelligence mandatory in iOS and macOS 27, according to beta reports, forcing users to accept the AI suite that consumes storage and RAM. The change also alters Spotlight behavior, integrating Siri …
Apple is collecting identifiable analytics from users, raising privacy concerns. The practice involves gathering data that can be linked to individual users without clear justification. This has sparked debate about the …
The Trump administration's ban on Anthropic's advanced AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 faces growing legal and expert scrutiny, with cybersecurity experts and legal scholars questioning the national security rationale. Th…
Leakproof, a local-first secret-egress firewall for AI coding assistants like Claude Code and Cursor, launched on Hacker News. The tool intercepts outbound requests to redact or block secrets before they reach cloud APIs…
Philosopher and AI researcher David Thorstad critiques Ted Chiang's recent essay denying machine consciousness, arguing that Chiang's claims are unsupported by evidence and that the possibility of AI consciousness remain…
A new survey by the American Psychological Association finds that 77% of psychologists report patients using AI chatbots for mental health support, raising concerns about a 'sycophancy trap' where agreeable AI may valida…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees the company made mistakes during its AI workforce transformation, which included cutting 10% of its global workforce and reassigning 7,000 employees to AI roles. Zuckerberg said he…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged G7 leaders to avoid splintering on AI policy during a lunch in France attended by U.S. President Donald Trump, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. The remarks followed…
The global reinsurance market closed 2025 with record capital of $785 billion, driven by traditional equity and alternative capital, according to Aon. Insurance Thought Leadership reports that rate momentum is stabilizin…
Apple investors are losing patience with the company's AI strategy after a disappointing WWDC, where the new Siri was revealed as a beta built on Google's technology. The stock trades at a premium that assumes an upgrade…
A new Pew Research poll finds that only 16% of Americans believe AI will positively impact society, despite half of U.S. adults using AI chatbots and 24% using them daily. ChatGPT remains the most popular chatbot at 44% …