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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said artificial general intelligence capable of performing cognitive tasks at or beyond human levels is likely to arrive by 2030, ushering in a "new human era." Hassabis warned during a…
AI labs including Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic are promising that artificial intelligence will cure cancer through protein prediction, drug discovery, and recursive self-improvement, but skeptics argue the goal…
Jamie Metzl warned that allowing artificial intelligence to write its own rules poses significant ethical challenges, while also arguing that AI can mine human history to extract universal ethical principles. Metzl empha…
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said artificial intelligence will enhance productivity and economic growth rather than cause widespread job loss, dismissing fears of mass unemployment as overblown. Solomon emphasized tha…
Researchers have developed StereoTales, a multilingual framework that uncovered over 1,500 harmful stereotypes by prompting 23 leading large language models to generate more than 650,000 open-ended stories across 10 lang…
Hannah Lowery, a 19-year-old actor in Los Angeles, lost a role in a new ice-skating show after the production shifted entirely to AI, replacing all human actors. The $1.3 billion micro-drama industry is becoming ground z…
Teradata CEO Steve McMillan told the company's 5,100 employees in January not to expect annual salary raises this year, reallocating that budget toward AI investments instead. The global cloud software company is priorit…
Software architects can use "architectural change cases" to anticipate how software systems may need to evolve over time, extending the traditional architecture decision record approach. The method helps teams identify h…
University of Toronto researchers used a publicly available open-weight AI model released in 2025 to create a self-propagating computer worm that spread through an enterprise test network, according to The Register. The …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told congressional leaders and White House officials on June 3 that the company has not engaged in a "massive lobbying campaign," despite OpenAI spending $1.02 million on federal lobbying in the fir…
Crystal Dynamics, Flying Wild Hog, and Amazon Game Studios announced that *Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis* will release on February 12, 2027, but the game has sparked controversy for using generative AI during developme…
Starbucks Korea sparked public outrage on May 18 by launching a "Tank Day" coffee promotion on the anniversary of the 1980 Gwangju massacre, a day South Koreans commemorate the killing of protestors by martial law troops…
On May 18, Starbucks Korea launched a "Tank Day" coffee promotion, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1980 Gwangju massacre, sparking public backlash. The timing of the promotion raised questions about whether artifi…
Labour MP Jess Asato filed a High Court claim on 3 June against xAI, arguing the company is directly liable for sexualised deepfake images of her that users generated with its Grok AI tool. The lawsuit tests whether an A…
Several authors have recently been accused of using artificial intelligence to write their novels and short fiction, marking a shift from past plagiarism scandals to new concerns about AI-generated content. Critics are i…
Tyler Cowen argues against recriminalizing marijuana in a new Free Press column, stating that increased government paternalism is less workable in an era of low institutional credibility and advanced surveillance. He sug…
University of Toronto researchers have developed a computer worm using a free, publicly available open-weight AI model that autonomously spreads through enterprise networks by exploiting known vulnerabilities and misconf…
A forum post has proposed that personal finance and career-focused YouTube channels represent an underexplored outreach opportunity for Effective Altruism (EA) ideas, noting that these channels attract large audiences in…
At the St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2026, India Today Group vice-chairperson Kalli Purie argued that artificial intelligence should support rather than replace human editorial judgment in newsrooms. Purie s…
Security researchers have identified an active SEO-poisoning campaign that places spoofed Claude Code install pages at the top of search results, delivering fileless infostealer malware through malicious install commands…