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An AI safety advocate argues that public communication about AI risks should follow the KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid), using a simple four-sentence pitch instead of technical jargon like 'instrumental convergen…
Thinking Machines Lab, led by Mira Murati, published a report arguing for human-centered AI built on customizable model weights. The lab proposes four technical directions to make AI distributed and shaped by users, citi…
Elon Musk accused OpenAI CEO Sam Altman of straying from the company's original charitable mission and misusing Apple technology, amid OpenAI's transition to a for-profit structure and a separate Apple lawsuit alleging t…
CFOs are embedding AI goals directly into job descriptions for finance roles, prioritizing faster close times with integrity, touchless transaction processing, headcount leverage, audit-readiness, and multientity consist…
A pattern of hiring a single AI architect to build agentic finance systems is emerging across companies like Shopfully, Kraken, and Wasabi, creating a single point of failure. The approach works initially but breaks when…
The UN's AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva showcased robots and AI applications while diplomats in an adjacent room debated rules for lethal autonomous weapons. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for an inter…
Jimmy Cai, co-founder of Bay AI Circle, is launching AGI Summit SF 2026, a two-day conference at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco scheduled for July 18-19, targeting 15,000-plus attendees, 200-plus speakers, and …
Microsoft's carbon emissions surged 25% to 20.29 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent in fiscal 2025, driven by data center construction for AI workloads, the company disclosed in its annual sustainability report. The i…
Apple sued OpenAI in federal court on Thursday, accusing the AI company of orchestrating a campaign to steal trade secrets by poaching over 400 employees and directing them to bring confidential hardware designs and comp…
Meta removed its Muse Image AI feature from Instagram on July 10, three days after launching it, following backlash from SAG-AFTRA and Creative Artists Agency over deepfake concerns. The tool allowed users to generate AI…
A writer expresses frustration with being told to ask an LLM (like Claude) for answers to complex questions, arguing that this redirect fails to provide the specific, lived experience and thoughtful judgment that only a …
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the AI company of stealing trade secrets and poaching engineers. The legal battle highlights the intense competition for talent and intellectual property in Silicon Vall…
The Free Software Foundation sysadmins are using the open-source tool 'reaction' to block botnets, including the Vo1d/Popa botnet comprising compromised smart TVs, which were scraping data for AI models and launching DDo…
Meta disabled a feature of its new Muse Image AI tool after backlash over privacy and copyright concerns. The feature allowed users to @-tag any public Instagram or Facebook account to grab and manipulate images, raising…
Vektor Slipstream, an AI agent platform, now displays exactly what it remembers about users, aiming to increase transparency and trust. The feature shows users the stored memories and allows them to delete or modify them…
Experts predict that careers requiring human-centric skills like empathy, complex judgment, and adaptability are less susceptible to AI automation, while roles in data entry and routine analysis face higher risk. Profess…
The NHS confirmed it will use AI on its app to triage 200,000 patients in England, directing them to GP appointments, pharmacies, or A&E based on severity. Health secretary James Murray said the tool will speed up care a…
Phoebe Gates' AI shopping app Phia reportedly used cookie stuffing to claim unearned affiliate sales, according to investigations by researcher Ben Edelman, Bloomberg, and Capital One Shopping. The browser extension alle…
Apple sued OpenAI for allegedly stealing trade secrets by poaching former employees, conducting interviews where candidates brought physical components, and accessing confidential documents to accelerate its consumer har…
Meta's new AI detection tool failed to identify more than half of the images generated by its own Muse Image model once they were cropped, according to a Reuters report. The tool correctly identified all 40 uncropped ima…