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Amazon is developing a secret project codenamed Moonraker to give Alexa agentic capabilities, allowing it to handle complex multistep tasks like booking rides and messaging friends. Internal documents reveal the initiati…
Canada's Bill C-16, effective this month, criminalizes non-consensual sexual deepfakes under the Criminal Code, with penalties up to 10 years in prison. The law explicitly references AI-generated content and covers image…
Small language models are outperforming larger counterparts in enterprise AI by being purpose-built for specific tasks, offering efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The article argues that the winning models will be those…
CEOs announcing AI-first initiatives risk public backlash and internal toxicity if they fail to communicate sensitively, as seen in Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters' gaffe. With 64% of businesses scaling AI into produ…
Heavy rain in Hong Kong caused flash floods that went viral on social media, with some users initially claiming the footage was AI-generated or outdated until residents shared real-time videos proving the floods were gen…
Gamers are pushing back against AI-generated game content, pressuring studios to cancel releases and pledge limits on AI assets. The backlash highlights operational constraints for generative AI tools, including communit…
The UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport and its secretary Lisa Nandy are leaving social media platform X, citing concerns over misinformation and hate speech. Nandy said the platform 'isn't healthy for our democrac…
A bloody bear attack in Mammoth Lakes, California, where a couple and their dogs fought a young bear, killing it, has reignited tensions between humans and wildlife. The incident has divided the community, with some blam…
A Georgia woman went viral after claiming her boyfriend ended their relationship because he developed feelings for an AI-generated woman she created for a Facebook Marketplace listing. The TikTok creator said her boyfrie…
UiPath CEO Daniel Dines told the RAISE CxO Summit in Paris that enterprises stall AI agents in pilots because they lack proper knowledge mapping and human oversight, proposing a new 'cartographer' role to document workfl…
Breaktheprompt.xyz launches PIP, an AI intern simulation game that teaches users about real-world AI security vulnerabilities through interactive chat-based challenges. Players manipulate the AI to leak secrets or approv…
Harvard Business School researcher Francesca Gino, fired for research misconduct involving data manipulation, sued Harvard and the researchers who exposed her for defamation. A judge dismissed her defamation claims as we…
World Bank Group President Ajay Banga argues that AI must be harnessed for the public good by focusing on practical, accessible applications in developing countries, such as mobile tools for farmers and nurses, rather th…
Enterprise AI rollouts are succeeding technically but failing organizationally due to lack of governance, data accountability, and decision-making structures, according to an analysis of recent compliance inquiries and t…
South Africa's Tshwane and other African cities seek a voice in data center development as AI infrastructure booms, warning that local communities must benefit and not bear costs like strained power grids. The Global Urb…
Forbes reports that as AI compresses the technical attack surface, the human layer—workers unaware of their role in creating AI risks—becomes the highest-leverage target for exploitation.
An engineer tested Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 for gender bias by sending identical prompts differing only in the subject's gender. The model gave harsher responses to a male subject, using terms like 'rape' and offering …
France's competition authority ordered Meta Platforms to resume negotiations with French media groups over payments for publishing content, citing practices that may constitute abuse of its dominant position. The case hi…
Model distillation is undermining the profitability of major AI firms like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google by enabling smaller models to learn from their outputs, as reported by Business Insider on July 8, 2026. Major labs…
Former DeepMind executive Verity Harding argues that framing AI development as an arms race between the US and China is dangerous, potentially undermining international cooperation needed for safe and equitable AI. In he…