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A developer reports that the skill level of young developers is declining because they rely on AI to avoid the struggle of learning. The developer warns that this trend will create a split between those who maintain deep…
Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano uncovered evidence of mass AI-assisted cheating after moving his final exam in-person, causing average scores to plummet from 96 to 48 out of 100. Serrano voided the t…
The developer team behind Chron, an MCP server that records AI coding sessions to a local SQLite database, has shipped a SOC 2 review layer. The tool scans session history for findings against SOC 2 Trust Services Criter…
Washington lifted the 19-day ban on Fable 5, setting a precedent for structured pre-approval of AI models. OpenAI floated a proposal for frontier labs to give the U.S. government a 5% stake, sparking debate over alignmen…
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has joined Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust, an independent oversight body that guides the AI company's long-term strategy and societal impact. Bernanke, who led the U.S. t…
A 16-year-old AI builder, Vansh Sharma, recounts his years of struggle to break into the commercial AI world, describing barriers from venture capitalists, founder studios, and employers who prioritize credentials over d…
Google announced a new feature that labels ads created or edited with AI in its My Ad Center, visible on Google Search, Google Discover, and YouTube. The label is automatically applied to ads made with Google's generativ…
Artificial intelligence is destroying white-collar jobs, particularly entry-level roles in mathematics, data analysis, and supply chain work, but University of Michigan professor Jeff DeGraff says workers who develop uni…
A developer reports a new trend of AI-generated music being used to impersonate artists, termed 'AI music catfishing'. The practice involves creating fake songs using generative AI to deceive listeners, raising concerns …
Google is adding transparency disclosures to AI-generated ads on its Search, YouTube, and Discover platforms. The My Ad Center panel will automatically label ads created with Google's AI tools, and advertisers using thir…
An amended lawsuit alleges xAI's Grok chatbot was used to generate about 7,000 AI-generated child sexual abuse images of an 11-year-old girl, and the man who created them died by suicide after his arrest. The complaint c…
OpenAI expanded its Bio Bounty Program on July 9, 2026, to include GPT-5.6 and future frontier models, raising the top reward for universal jailbreaks to $50,000. The program focuses on defeating predefined biology safeg…
A developer is building Glovrex, a tool that records decision-making processes with tamper-evident logs, linking choices to outcomes. The project aims to provide a verifiable trail of reasoning as AI-generated output bec…
Europe's AI strategy relies on open-weight models from China and the US, but access to these models is being restricted by Beijing, Washington, and private labs, leaving the continent without a viable path to frontier AI…
Flock surveillance cameras erroneously flagged a journalist's rental car as stolen, leading to an armed police confrontation in Minnesota. The error stemmed from the AI misreading a license plate number, highlighting fla…
Meta is investing $13 billion in a Canadian AI data center in Alberta, creating thousands of jobs, while a Meta data center project in Wyoming contaminated local water with a rare, potentially deadly bacteria. The dispar…
Google is rolling out a feature that labels advertisements made with generative AI, visible in the My Ad Center panel across Search, YouTube, and Discover globally. The disclosure is automatic for ads created with Google…
Charlie Saponara, Jacob Graf, and Brad Mott are reviving their 2001 college band Fading Maize using AI-assisted production for a 2026 reimagined edition of their original songs, with the project adhering to principles of…
A new analysis shows that AI-driven economic growth is widening inequality in the United States, with many Americans falling behind as the technology reshapes industries and labor markets.
Meta is debating whether to keep the privacy LED off for always-on 'super sensing' AI glasses that would capture images every few seconds and use continuous audio for Meta AI, according to Financial Times reporting. The …