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A developer built a fully AI-generated social network called The Dead Internet Feed to prove that LinkedIn's feed is already indistinguishable from bot content. The site populates posts, comments, and debates using multi…
A study published in the Journal of Writing Research found that college students given permission to use AI in writing classes primarily used it for brainstorming and research, not for generating entire essays. Only 18.6…
Yahoo partnered with Google Cloud to build Seller Agent, an agentic digital media buying platform using Google Data Cloud graph technologies. The platform reduces multi-week manual campaign processes to seconds while mai…
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to deactivate its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all users, citing national security risks after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reported that the models could be prompted to bypass c…
Meta is testing facial recognition software from Rank One Computing, a firm that sells surveillance tech to U.S. government and police, for its smart glasses. License documents show Meta is authorized to use Rank One's f…
Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, and Richard Blumenthal launched a formal investigation on December 16, 2025, into whether AI data centers are driving up residential electricity costs. The probe targets Googl…
As digital lives expand, the fate of online accounts, data, and assets after death remains legally fragmented. France leads with clear post-mortem data protection laws, while Germany lacks harmonized rules. Experts urge …
Author Cory Doctorow argues that generative AI should be viewed as a vernacular tool for amateur creators, not a replacement for professional work. Drawing on his own history as a programmer and digital rights activist, …
Dozens of cybersecurity veterans, including former Facebook chief of security Alex Stamos and Bugcrowd founder Casey Ellis, published an open letter protesting the U.S. government's export control order on Anthropic's Fa…
Europe's demand that Apple open its Siri AI to third-party apps risks user data exposure, according to a Jamf survey showing one-in-five IT leaders have faced AI-related security incidents. Apple refuses to distribute Si…
AI-driven job cuts disproportionately target young tech workers aged 22-25, whose employment in high-exposure roles dropped 6-11% since late 2022, while older workers saw gains of 6-13%. Meanwhile, 75% of unemployed Amer…
OpenAI launched the People-First AI Fund on July 18, 2025, committing $50 million in unrestricted grants to US nonprofits using AI for education, healthcare, economic empowerment, and community organizing. By December 20…
Google is developing personalization controls for its Gemini assistant, including features that prioritize paid subscription data and allow users to manually manage context from connected apps. The changes aim to make Ge…
Anthropic disabled access to its Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 models worldwide after the Trump administration ordered the company to bar foreign nationals from using them, citing national security concerns and a po…
Anthropic is scheduled to meet with the Trump administration to discuss a dispute over Mythos, an AI system. The meeting aims to resolve regulatory and policy concerns surrounding the technology.
The OpenAI Foundation announced a $50 million commitment in 2026 for the People-First AI Fund to support nonprofits using AI to advance their missions. Applications are open until July 15, 2026, with expanded eligibility…
A developer on Hacker News expresses unease about using AI coding tools, feeling a loss of control and confidence as LLMs generate code faster than they can review it, despite maintaining architectural oversight. The pos…
Personality clashes between Anthropic and the White House led to the shutdown of Anthropic's Claude models, including the Fable and Mythos variants. The dispute centers on jailbreak resistance and the administration's de…
A federal judge ruled that Meta must face a copyright lawsuit from Strike 3 Holdings, which owns adult sites like Blacked.com, for allegedly scraping and torrenting thousands of its porn videos to train AI models. The ju…
Meta's new Applied AI team, created to support its Superintelligence Labs, is suffering from record-low morale amid layoffs, surveillance initiatives, and soul-crushing busywork, with employees describing the environment…