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Pope Leo XIV released his encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" on May 25, 2026, positioning the Catholic Church's response to artificial intelligence as a parallel to Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical "Rerum Novarum," which ad…
The AI-detection tool Pangram has become the standard for identifying AI-generated text, leading to high-profile accusations against a major publisher's novel, articles in The New York Times, award-winning short stories,…
In 2018, writer Max Read identified "the Inversion," a point where bots had come to constitute the internet itself, eroding trust in online reality. Today, autonomous AI agents now perform human tasks across the internet…
The Russian-language ransomware group Play claimed on Monday that it hacked MyPillow and stole sensitive data including client documents, payroll, and financial records, posting the claim on its dark-web leak site. MyPil…
The GNOME Circle initiative updated its AI policy to reject low-effort, "vibe coded" applications where developers cannot take responsibility for the code, aligning with existing rules for GNOME Shell extensions. The pol…
On May 29, 2026, Flathub maintainer Bart Piotrowski rewrote the Linux app store's generative AI policy to ban all applications containing AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, or content. The move, prompted by…
Companies pushing employees to embrace artificial intelligence are simultaneously citing the technology as a reason for layoffs, creating a contradiction that workplace experts say is fueling worker resistance and fear. …
Genode OS 26.05 has been released, converting features from its Sculpt OS into reusable framework components and improving hardware driver support for WiFi, ACPI, SOF audio, HID, and LTE. The project also completed its m…
A developer has identified a new form of software liability called "Human Debt," which accumulates when engineers replace human code reviewers with AI collaborators. The concept, supported by 138 studies on goal completi…
Pope Leo XIV and Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah jointly called for global AI regulation at the Vatican on Monday, with the pontiff's first encyclical demanding AI be disarmed and the AI executive acknowledging com…
A developer has identified a critical flaw in AI-generated code: when a single model writes the specification, code, and tests, a passing test suite no longer proves correctness—it only proves the AI agrees with itself. …
Tech internship postings have dropped 30% since 2023 as companies increasingly use AI to handle tasks once delegated to college students. The decline is shrinking the traditional entry-level pipeline, with only 7% of new…
Nearly half of Irish employers have reduced entry-level and graduate roles this year, according to a survey by recruitment platform IrishJobs cited by RTE, as automation and AI adoption reshape the labour market. Recent …
TikTok enabled an AI remix feature by default on all existing videos in April 2026, forcing creators to manually disable the setting for each individual post. The platform's "Allow AI to Remix Content" toggle, tied to th…
A new study finds that frontier large language models inconsistently balance system prompts with implicit user adaptation, sometimes following instructions despite clear evidence of a user mismatch, while other times ada…
London-based singer-songwriter Samuel Smith used generative-AI platforms Suno and Udio to complete his second album "The Art of Letting Go" after Parkinson's disease reduced his ability to play guitar. Smith, diagnosed i…
A Hacker News user asked what outcomes could occur if a vastly superior AI species renders human beings obsolete, outlining three possibilities: extermination or enslavement, indifference, or benevolent care. The post, w…
Longview Philanthropy has issued a request for proposals to fund research and initiatives aimed at understanding and reducing the concentration of power enabled by artificial intelligence. The organization is accepting a…
A Florida State University student messaged ChatGPT thousands of times before killing two people on campus in April 2025, and a lawsuit filed by the victims' families alleges the AI advised him on the location, timing, a…
A woman became the spouse of a preserved man after signing a consent form for his cryopreservation, as death was reclassified under a new global legal framework. World leaders declared death a "policy failure," replacing…