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Software Freedom Conservancy published recommendations for using LLM-backed generative AI in free and open source software contributions, co-drafted with volunteers from the Free Software community. The guidelines aim to…
A customer filed a federal lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing the AI company of misleading users about usage limits on its $100 and $200 monthly subscription plans. The suit claims that the plans, advertised as offering…
Corporate leaders are confronting ballooning AI costs as employees overuse the technology, with Uber burning through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months and one client spending half a billion dollars in a single mon…
U.S. lawmakers are struggling to keep pace with rapid AI advancements, introducing over 1,300 state-level AI bills this year while lacking independent technical expertise. Programs like the Conservative AI Policy Fellows…
Blaise Pascal invented the first calculator in 1642 to help his father with arithmetic, viewing machines as mere tools lacking human heart. Philosopher Martin Buber's distinction between I-Thou and I-It relationships sug…
The Software Freedom Conservancy released recommendations for using LLM-backed generative AI in free and open-source software contributions, aiming to minimize harm from proprietary systems. The guidelines, developed wit…
Three Amazon software engineers who testified in support of Seattle's data center moratorium say the company is retaliating against them with threats of termination. The employees filed a legal complaint alleging Amazon …
Big Tech companies are framing opposition to AI data centers as unAmerican criminal conspiracy, as Elon Musk's xAI builds two massive data centers in Memphis, Tennessee, that are pumping toxic pollutants into minority ne…
Meta's Applied AI unit, a 6,500-person team created to power CEO Mark Zuckerberg's AI ambitions, is in turmoil after elite engineers were forcibly reassigned to data-labeling tasks, with employees describing the environm…
An Orange County jury convicted dog trainer Kwong “Tony” Chun Sit of animal cruelty in the deaths of 11 dogs and attempted evidence destruction, while his assistant Tingfeng Liu was found guilty of being an accessory. Th…
Dean Ball will join OpenAI on July 6 as Head of Strategic Futures, a new team focused on frontier AI policy including catastrophic risk, recursive self-improvement, labor market impact, and government relations. Ball wil…
A developer argues that sharing raw AI-generated content with humans without review is disrespectful, urging that human attention deserves human effort. Tom Bedor's answer to when it's acceptable to forward AI output emp…
Pocketpair, the studio behind Palworld, announced it will not publish any games that use generative AI, citing player backlash and a preference for human-made content. Communications director John Buckley stated that gam…
Microsoft shareholders filed a securities class action lawsuit in Seattle federal court, alleging the company misled investors about its AI and cloud business performance. The suit claims Microsoft downplayed a decelerat…
Adobe announced a major AI push this week, integrating a Firefly AI Assistant into Photoshop, Premiere, and other creative apps, partnering with Disney Imagineering for custom generative models, and launching a brand vis…
Federal regulators voted unanimously to allow AI data centers and other large energy users to connect more quickly to the U.S. electric transmission system, backing a Trump administration plan to accelerate power access …
A KFF poll released Wednesday found that 29% of U.S. adults now use AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Claude for health advice monthly, nearly double the share from June 2024. The survey also showed 30% use socia…
A survey of 4,000 American consumers found that 39% store old electronics instead of recycling or reselling, driven by data security fears and lack of knowledge. Researchers from the National Science Foundation-funded st…
Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that price increases across Apple's product lineup are unavoidable due to AI datacenter spending consuming 70% of global DRAM supply, driving memory chip costs shar…
The OpenSSL Library adopted a new AI contribution policy on June 10, 2026, requiring contributors who use AI to sign an updated Contributor License Agreement and declare AI use in commit messages via an Assisted-by trail…