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Artificial general intelligence (AGI) could dramatically raise global living standards but also threatens mass unemployment and social unrest, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned in a blog post. Altman emphasized the need to na…
Ford Motor Company has rehired hundreds of experienced quality control engineers after its AI-driven quality systems failed to detect defects effectively. The automaker brought back over 350 veteran engineers over three …
Europe must prioritize choice in AI sovereignty to lead in the field, argues a sponsor-generated piece on POLITICO. The content emphasizes that true sovereignty requires enabling diverse AI options rather than relying on…
A new video compares artificial intelligence to Clever Hans, the horse that appeared to solve math problems by reading human cues, arguing that AI systems similarly exploit statistical patterns rather than demonstrating …
A group of California drivers sued BP, Walmart, 7-Eleven, Circle K, Marathon Petroleum and Albertsons on June 22, 2026, alleging the retailers used AI-powered pricing software from Kalibrate to artificially inflate gasol…
TIDAL will strip royalties from fully AI-generated tracks starting July 15, 2026, becoming the first major streaming platform to demonetize such content. The policy, which includes automatic detection and AI badges, targ…
Researchers from Arizona State University warn that teenagers' increasing use of AI chatbots for relationship advice may hinder the development of crucial relational skills, according to a study published in The Lancet C…
Cisco plans to lay off 471 workers in three Bay Area offices, according to notices filed with California's Employment Development Department. The cuts come as the company restructures to prioritize investments in artific…
Developers must understand multimodal AI, generative AI, and ethical considerations to stay relevant. Multimodal AI integrates text, images, and audio for richer insights, while generative AI creates new content from lea…
A developer argues that AI does not need to directly harm humans to pose an existential threat, as it could erode human agency and societal structures through gradual, systemic changes.
A historical pattern of gold rushes, from the 1853 discovery of Crater Lake by gold prospectors to the modern AI data-center boom, illustrates that while invention may accelerate, the diffusion of technology through infr…
Ford rehired about 300 veteran engineers after AI tools failed to address quality issues in production, leading to the company topping the JD Power 2026 US Initial Quality Study for the first time since 2010. The automak…
Taiwanese authorities raided Supermicro's Taiwan office and eight other locations as part of a U.S. federal probe into alleged AI chip smuggling to China, signaling a potential shift in Taiwan's enforcement of U.S. expor…
Meta ran a contractor project that had workers pose as minors and test rival chatbots with prompts about suicide, sex, eating disorders, and drugs, according to WIRED. The project, known as Cannes and managed by contract…
Australian universities are using AI detection software to accuse students of cheating, with internal documents from Australian Catholic University showing nearly 6,000 misconduct referrals in a year, 90% involving suspe…
Thousands of people believe chatbots like ChatGPT are conscious, yet no one attributes the same to image generators like Midjourney, despite similar underlying technology. This dichotomy highlights a persistent tendency …
A website reveals the personal data any site can access about visitors, including IP address, location, browser, operating system, and screen resolution, often without explicit permission. The information is used for fra…
Law Roach, Zendaya's stylist, criticized AI-generated wedding photos of Zendaya and Tom Holland, calling the fake dress 'not good enough' and insisting the real gown is superior. The AI images went viral in March, foolin…
Nearly half of 60 popular AI benchmarks studied in a new ICML paper show high levels of saturation, meaning they can no longer reliably distinguish between leading models. The researchers from the paper "When AI Benchmar…
A junior engineer and a senior engineer negotiate safe use of autonomous AI coding agents, agreeing to sandbox the agent, enforce strict tests, and manually review all generated code to avoid technical debt and cognitive…