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Midjourney is asking a federal court to overturn a magistrate judge's order that allowed Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, and Universal Studios to withhold most information about their AI use in a copyright infringement l…
Google has quietly installed a new app called 'Signatures' on Android devices via the June 2026 Play system update, allowing users to store legal signatures without public announcement. The app, spotted on Pixel, Samsung…
The White House social media account posted an AI-edited image of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding announcement, replacing it with 'DONALD TRUMP IS YOUR PRESIDENT,' sparking online ridicule. The post was part of a…
The White House's official X account posted an AI-generated image trolling Taylor Swift's wedding announcement to Travis Kelce, featuring the phrase "Trump is your president" and an "America's Eras Tour" graphic. The mov…
Debates over whether digital platforms have created a new economic system called 'technofeudalism' are intensifying, with critics arguing that platform power, behavioral capture, and rent extraction from digital dependen…
US Air Force engineer Jeffrey Sovern, charged with destroying 13 Flock AI-powered surveillance cameras in Virginia, has received over $15,000 from more than 400 donors on GoFundMe for his legal defense. Sovern faces 13 c…
Woodside Energy vice president for digital Andrew Melouney says the company is scaling AI across industrial operations, using systems like the 'Startup Advisor' copilot to augment human expertise in high-stakes environme…
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, a debate over American decline versus China's rise intensifies, but the U.S. retains strong technological, military, and economic foundations. Despite domestic challenges…
Organizers of the NeurIPS 2026 conference added hidden prompts to papers to catch peer reviewers using generative AI, sparking backlash from researchers who say the tactic erodes trust. The conference bans AI chatbots fo…
A new online test from Lancaster University reveals that people can only identify AI-generated hotel reviews 60% of the time, challenging assumptions about detecting AI writing. The test highlights that common AI 'tells'…
Only 32% of organizations have achieved sustained enterprise-wide AI impact despite 86% of C-suite leaders increasing AI investment, according to Accenture's 2026 enterprise data. The dominant AI interface—the chat windo…
A developer argues that Functional AI—the simplest category of AI—is widely misunderstood as a pattern engine rather than a mind. The post distinguishes Functional AI from Agentic AI, noting that it generates outputs bas…
A Reddit marketing service called ReplyTone is offering human-written replies instead of AI-generated ones, claiming that real people can better avoid detection and build trust on the platform. The service analyzes a cli…
The opinion piece argues that 19th-century reformers, including women's rights activists and abolitionists, made the United States more equal, inclusive, and strong by fighting for universal suffrage and equal rights, de…
The United Auto Workers union is furious after General Motors replaced 1,000 workers at its Detroit Factory Zero plant with 50 AI-integrated robots, known as "cobots." The UAW says the layoffs undermine recent contract g…
BlackRock launched a $100 million initiative to train 50,000 skilled trades workers for the AI boom, partnering with companies like Walmart and Google to address infrastructure labor shortages. The five-year program aims…
Actor Preity Zinta moved the Bombay High Court seeking removal of AI-generated deepfake videos, morphed images, and unauthorized chatbot personas using her likeness. Justice Madhav Jamdar directed parties and online plat…
A new study from The University of Manchester argues that universities must rethink how they teach and assess students as artificial intelligence transforms education and work. The paper, authored by Dr. Kelechi Ekuma, c…
Thieves stole $1.3 million in data center supplies near Chicago, including $300,000 in copper wire, as the AI construction boom fuels a new black market for cargo theft, costing businesses $35 billion annually.
A family photo from 30 years ago was retouched with AI to enhance the appearance of relatives, prompting a reader to confront their cousin about the unnecessary alteration. The cousin denied knowledge, but the reader exp…