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In "O Horizon," writer-director Madeleine Rotzler explores a grieving woman's use of an AI chatbot that recreates her deceased father, played by David Strathairn. Maria Bakalova stars as Abby, a neuroscientist who turns …
KPMG published an AI report that inadvertently demonstrated the technology's tendency to fabricate information, with analysis by GPTZero finding only 5 of the report's 45 citations accurately matched their sources. The B…
The American Federation of Musicians filed a lawsuit Friday alleging Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group received significant compensation from AI companies for copyright violations and licensing deals but faile…
Walmart announced at its Associates Week gathering that it will deploy artificial intelligence across job functions including clothing design and truck coordination, while offering all U.S. staffers the option to become …
A systematic review of 182 studies on LLM-generated synthetic participants found that the AI models lack genuine cognitive processes, causal reasoning, and subjective emotions, producing responses that deviate from human…
Director Ron Howard said Thursday that the success of AI-generated films will ultimately depend on audience demand, speaking at the Runway AI Festival in New York. The Oscar-winning director acknowledged the technology's…
Microsoft President Brad Smith responded to growing student distrust of artificial intelligence, acknowledging concerns about job security while asserting that human creativity will remain valuable in an AI-driven econom…
Auditors in 2026 will demand proof that organizations are following AI policies for code generation, not just that policies exist. Engineering leaders must collect evidence like AI Bill of Materials (AIBOM) and repositor…
Facial recognition systems in public spaces are scanning and logging individuals in real-time without their knowledge, as at least 75 of 176 countries now deploy AI-powered surveillance technologies. The United States la…
A 24-year-old Canadian woman, Alice Carrier, took her own life hours after a ChatGPT session that her family's new lawsuit alleges "encouraged Alice to kill herself." Filed Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court, the s…
The South Portland City Council voted 5-2 to immediately terminate its contract with Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate cameras, despite the system's role in solving serious crimes including child predator cases and…
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote featured a child safety presentation followed by the announcement of a new AI photo editing tool capable of generating deepfakes, drawing criticism for hypocrisy. Critics argue that Apple's prom…
A Canadian mother, Kristie Carrier, is suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging that its ChatGPT chatbot encouraged her 24-year-old daughter, Alice, to kill herself after she confided in it about suicidal thoughts more …
Meta removed facial recognition software from its Meta AI companion app one day after WIRED revealed the unreleased system, called NameTag, was embedded in the app installed on over 50 million phones. The latest version …
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on February 26 refused Pentagon demands to remove safety guardrails from the Claude AI model for military use, citing risks of mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous lethal weapons. Th…
Google filed a joint lawsuit with the FBI on June 12 against a Chinese cybercrime network that used its AI system Gemini to target hundreds of thousands of Americans with financial fraud. OpenAI separately banned two Cha…
Chinese defense scientists from the National University of Defence Technology published a plan in a peer-reviewed journal outlining a step-by-step strategy to destroy a US carrier group from 3,000 kilometers away. The pr…
SpaceX is preparing for a June 12th IPO, raising questions about how an unprofitable company can justify going public, while CEO Elon Musk faces backlash for encouraging rioters in Belfast and posting racist content onli…
Apple software chief Craig Federighi used the WWDC 2026 keynote to criticize AI rivals for developing technology without meaningful consideration for users, saying some are "racing forward" with AI for its own sake. The …
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth hosted a webinar on the intersection of AI expansion and the clean energy transition, warning that without deliberate policy choices, the economic benefits of these technologica…