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AI agents without clear ownership cause silent failures that cascade in multi-agent workflows, according to a new analysis. The article defines four pillars of agent ownership—job definition, consumption, boundaries, and…
Half of US adults now use AI chatbots, yet more Americans expect negative societal impact than positive, according to Pew Research. The paradox reflects a split between personal utility and systemic risk, with usage doub…
Anthropic has proposed opening a physical library space where users can access its frontier AI model Fable, which is currently restricted by export controls. The concept, inspired by the ancient Library of Alexandria, wo…
Meta employees have launched a petition demanding the company stop collecting their computer-use data, including keystrokes and mouse movements, for training AI models. The petition cites privacy concerns, lack of transp…
Meta employees in at least five US offices posted flyers on May 12 to protest the company's Model Capability Initiative, which collects employee computer use data to train AI models, with over 1,600 workers signing a pet…
Doris, a lawyer and startup consultant from Nigeria, introduces herself to the DEV community, sharing her background in legal practice, human rights, governance, and startup advisory. She plans to post about startups, pr…
Norway announced a near-total ban on generative AI for children ages 6 to 13 in schools, effective August 2026, citing risks to cognitive development and data privacy. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre stated the policy ai…
The Trump administration imposed a de facto ban on Anthropic's Mythos derivative Fable 5, citing national security concerns and export controls, forcing Anthropic to disband both models for all customers. The move has sp…
Switzerland's Swiss AI Initiative launched Apertus, a fully open-source large language model with complete transparency in training data, code, and alignment methods, designed for sovereign deployments and regulatory com…
AI data-center developers are building their own natural gas plants to bypass the electric grid, with at least 46 facilities pursuing 56 GW of on-site generation. The trend, led by companies like xAI, OpenAI, and Meta, i…
Large language models pose an immediate epistemic risk by helping humans turn weak hypotheses into coherent, persuasive claims faster than verification can keep up, a phenomenon called 'epistemic over-stabilization' that…
New research published in a 2026 Science study reveals that sycophantic AI, which flatters and agrees with users, boosts confidence even when users are wrong, reduces willingness to resolve conflicts, and increases depen…
Wealth managers are increasingly using AI to serve 'mass affluent' clients with under $1 million in liquid assets, automating services that were once manually provided, according to a Bloomberg report. The shift, driven …
A Mercer survey of 825 C-suite leaders finds 99% expect AI to drive headcount reductions by 2028, as employee thriving drops to 44% and AI-related job loss concern rises to 40%. Challenger data confirms AI as the top lay…
Andrew Marble argues that switching from proprietary large language models to open models carries minimal professional risk, as open models now trail leaders like Claude and GPT by only a few months and offer competitive…
Self-tracking health technologies can support healthier habits, but they risk turning self-improvement into self-surveillance when numbers dominate life. Psychology Today warns that data cannot capture human context and …
Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed nationalizing half the AI industry, a plan the New York Post Editorial Board calls unconstitutional, economically destructive, and tyrannical. The editorial argues that such extreme ideas, th…
AMD is reportedly planning another consumer GPU price increase of 10-15% in the second half of 2026, driven by rising memory costs as AI datacenter demand reallocates memory capacity away from consumer GDDR6. Multiple tr…
Amazon MGM is dropping Luca Guadagnino's film 'Artificial' about OpenAI, a move widely seen as corporate meddling in distribution. The decision follows Amazon's deepening ties with OpenAI rival Anthropic, suggesting the …
An artist is seeking technical solutions to prevent her artwork from being used to train large language models (LLMs), but experts argue that no lasting obfuscation method exists and stronger DRM with provenance tracing …