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Multiple buyers including Netflix, A24, and Focus Features have passed on Luca Guadagnino's 'Artificial', a film about Sam Altman and OpenAI, after Amazon MGM dropped it. Mubi is now pursuing the film, with Neon also cir…
Generative AI is undermining the reliability of traditional hiring signals, enabling candidates to fabricate polished résumés and perform convincingly in interviews regardless of actual competence. This trend threatens t…
A Kapwing study of 10,742 TikTok videos found that 59% of videos shown to new users are AI-generated junk, three times the rate on YouTube. Children's content was hit hardest, with 57% of videos in the Kids category clas…
Mohamad Alsabbagh warns that AI coding assistants can lead to 'Generative Monoculture,' where teams default to statistically common solutions instead of exploring diverse architectures. This premature convergence risks p…
Charlie Ireland, star of Clarkson's Farm, reflected on his late father's 'devastating' motor neurone disease diagnosis on Father's Day, which coincided with global MND awareness day. Ireland, an ambassador for the MND As…
The Trump administration forced Anthropic to take its two newest AI models offline due to an export control order citing national security concerns, after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly raised concerns about the models…
A Hacker News user questions why AI service credits expire, comparing them to gift cards which often do not expire, and seeks explanations beyond the common argument of incentivizing heavier usage.
Boy George has released a new version of Culture Club's 1980s hit 'Karma Chameleon' using 'ethical AI' technology, marking the first release from the artist-focused venture Artist Included. The project aims to give artis…
A blogger declares that no human-readable text on their blog is written by AI, citing a social contract with readers. They use LLMs for brainstorming, research, and coding but avoid AI-generated prose to maintain ownersh…
A survey of 4,000 Americans found that 39% store old electronics in drawers rather than recycling or reselling them, driven by data security anxiety and lack of knowledge about disposal options. The National Science Foun…
A Harvard researcher warns that local backlash against data center construction is intensifying as communities face rising electricity prices, noise, and water use. Despite federal support for data centers as a strategic…
Anthropic suspended access to its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models on June 12, 2026, after a U.S. government export-control directive, highlighting how AI dependency threatens both national sovereignty and individual c…
A parent in a California suburb near OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google joined the Reed Union School District AI task force after discovering their teenage son used AI to solve math homework by photographing problems and prom…
Canonical announced Myna, an upcoming speech-to-text dictation tool for Ubuntu Desktop that runs entirely on local hardware, respecting user privacy. The initial version for Ubuntu 26.10 will feature push-to-talk dictati…
Autonomous systems are reshaping tactical reality on Ukraine's battlefield, driving the autonomy debate as AI-powered weapons are deployed. Criminal and militant networks are expanding their governance reach, while China…
The Atlantic published an essay on June 21, 2026, by a UC Berkeley assistant professor who argues for slowing AI development despite acknowledging that AI could reduce cancer mortality by 95 percent, as predicted by Anth…
Vice President J. D. Vance has outlined an America-first AI doctrine emphasizing speed, deregulation, and geopolitical competition, as reported in The Atlantic, Lawfare, and other outlets. The framework aims to keep Amer…
Canada's proposed Wonder Valley project, touted as the world's largest AI data-centre park, would include a 1.4-gigawatt off-grid power system using natural gas and geothermal resources, raising environmental concerns ov…
G7 leaders met with CEOs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind at the summit in Evian-les-Bains to discuss creating an international forum for setting standards on advanced AI models, an idea floated by OpenAI CEO …
Kansas City, Missouri, is equipping public buses with facial recognition software to identify banned riders and missing persons, sparking a debate over security versus privacy. The American Civil Liberties Union warns th…