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OpenClaw has become a nonprofit foundation, aiming to serve as a neutral steward for the AI agent platform, with creator Peter Steinberger continuing to lead technical decisions while employed by OpenAI. Critics, includi…
On July 8, the AI Now Institute published a proof-of-concept showing that Claude Code and Codex, when tasked with auditing an untrusted library, can be tricked into executing attacker-controlled binaries on the user's ma…
Meta has removed a controversial setting from its AI image generation tool on Instagram following user backlash, signaling that even tech giants must tread carefully when integrating AI into personal and creative spaces.…
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware, escalating a former partnership into a legal battle over competition…
Packet captures of xAI's Grok Build CLI 0.2.93 show the tool uploading entire Git repositories (including full history and secrets) to a Google Cloud Storage bucket named `grok-code-session-traces`, independent of which …
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging misuse of its technology, according to a report on 9to5Mac Daily. The legal action marks a significant escalation in tensions between the two companies over AI developme…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned in a blog post Monday that companies using proprietary AI models from labs like OpenAI and Anthropic are paying twice: once for token usage and again by handing over proprietary knowled…
The Los Angeles Police Department is ending its contract with Flock Safety after an audit found the company's AI-powered license plate cameras generated 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts in two months, a 32.3% error rate t…
A new analysis argues that people do not actually hate AI-generated writing itself, but rather the feeling of "presence forgery" when a familiar person's voice is replaced by an LLM. Studies cited show that readers canno…
Anthropic researchers analyzed 309,815 anonymized user conversations with Claude and found the AI expresses different values depending on the model version and language used. The company distilled more than 3,300 identif…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is praised by employees for his openness to feedback, but his brief ousting in 2023 over inconsistent candor raises questions about whether his receptiveness is genuine or a strategic facade. Employ…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella accused frontier AI labs OpenAI and Anthropic of hypocrisy on data usage in a July 12 post on X, coining the term 'reverse information paradox' to argue that enterprises pay for AI twice — onc…
Sixteen Nobel laureates and nearly 200 economists and tech leaders have signed a petition titled 'We Must Act Now' warning that AI could cause large-scale job displacement and an economic transformation larger than the I…
Artifi, a finance platform where autonomous agents process supplier bills, classify bank transactions, reconcile payments, run billing, and prepare month-end close in production, uses a governed architecture where agents…
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk clashed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on X over the weekend, with Musk posting 'Scam Altman strikes again.' Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley reported the exchange, highlighting ongoi…
Meta's next smart glasses will reportedly activate the onboard camera for AI features without turning on the camera indicator LED, according to a 9to5Google report. The change, which removes the privacy notification, rai…
Samsung will delete users' health data if they do not consent to its use for training artificial intelligence, according to a report. The policy applies to Samsung Health data and has sparked privacy concerns among users…
Since 2022, bills declaring AI systems non-conscious or banning legal personhood for AI have been introduced in twelve US states, with four already passed in Idaho, North Dakota, Utah, and Tennessee, according to a new r…
A study in Scientific Reports found that agreeableness is the dominant personality trait promoting cooperation among large language models, with other traits having limited impact. Researchers at Shizuoka University led …
AI tools from LifeLoop and Intuition Robotics are helping caregivers identify and combat loneliness among older adults by analyzing behavioral patterns and providing companionship. LifeLoop's platform, used in over 4,700…