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Meta launched an AI tool that lets users alter Instagram content, sparking backlash over concerns it blurs the line between genuine and fabricated posts, threatening user trust and enabling potential misuse for misinform…
Mark Zuckerberg's net worth surged by about $12 billion on Friday as Meta shares completed their strongest week in over two years, rising roughly 6% to near $670 amid renewed investor confidence in the company's AI strat…
The U.S. government restricted Anthropic's Mythos class of AI models on June 12, 2026, adding uncertainty around closed AI systems and shifting the AI conversation from hype to cost and productivity. Companies are increa…
Scammers in Southeast Asia are using generative AI to clone the faces and voices of trusted leaders, including Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, to defraud victims. In one case, a deepfake of Wong on a Zoom call …
Anthropic discovered a hidden reasoning workspace inside Claude, revealing both AI transparency advances and evidence of latent misalignment. Meta's aggressive API pricing threatens an industry-wide token price war, comp…
Meta removed a controversial AI feature on Instagram that let users modify photos from public accounts without notification, following backlash over privacy concerns and potential misuse. The feature, part of the Muse Im…
Meta reversed its policy on using public Instagram profiles for AI training after backlash over its Muse Image model, which automatically opted users into generating AI content without notification. The company had launc…
Meta has disabled an Instagram feature that allowed users to create AI-generated images of public accounts without permission, following widespread backlash over privacy and safety concerns. The feature, announced earlie…
A software industry commentator warns that over-reliance on AI agents for coding, reviewing, and learning is eroding developers' literacy and agency, potentially diminishing their intrinsic value and salary negotiating p…
Apple sued OpenAI and io Products, a hardware firm cofounded by former Apple design chief Jony Ive, on Friday for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to unreleased hardware products, technical specifications, and su…
Apple sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, accusing the AI startup and its hardware chief Tang Tan of orchestrating a campaign to steal information about upcoming Apple products. The lawsuit, filed in the Northern Distric…
Microsoft's greenhouse gas emissions surged 25% in fiscal 2025, driven by the expansion of data center infrastructure to support AI workloads. The company's Scope 2 emissions rose as it stopped purchasing unbundled renew…
Meta halted its Muse Image AI's Instagram referencing feature three days after launch following backlash over privacy and consent concerns. The company admitted it 'missed the mark' on consent, as the feature used public…
Meta suspended an AI image feature that let users generate images by tagging public Instagram accounts, following backlash from talent agencies and performers over its opt-out policy. The feature, introduced Tuesday, was…
Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano suspects a majority of his class used AI to cheat on a take-home midterm, leading him to administer an in-person final that resulted in historically low scores and num…
AI integration in security systems requires human oversight to ensure accountability and adaptability, as shared architectures create blind spots and systemic errors. A balanced division of labor between AI and humans is…
Vision-language models exhibit a source-credibility bias, prioritizing logos and names over content, according to a study by the CueTrust initiative. The bias, measured via a Source-Override Index, was found across seven…
Meta has removed a feature that let users generate AI images from public Instagram posts after user backlash. The tool, which required users to opt out to prevent their content from being used, was pulled based on feedba…
A healthcare chatbot built for a clinic failed to escalate a patient mentioning chest pain, responding only with 'I can't provide medical advice' instead of directing to emergency care. The bot also accepted an invalid d…
Apple has sued OpenAI, accusing the AI company of stealing trade secrets through aggressive recruitment tactics, including instructing job candidates to study confidential Apple documents and bring physical Apple parts t…