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Grassroots opposition groups blocked or delayed 75 US data center projects worth $130 billion in the first quarter of 2026, matching the total disruptions for all of 2025, according to a new report from Data Center Watch…
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to restrict access to its newest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, to US persons only, citing national security concerns. The move escalates a feud that began in February 2026 wh…
Six months after President Donald Trump warned states not to regulate artificial intelligence, 44 states have enacted at least one AI law, with 38 states adopting over 100 AI laws in 2025. The White House issued a legisl…
Amazon told the White House to kill Anthropic's Fable model running on AWS, giving the company 90 minutes to take it down. The decision was based on a report from Anthropic's largest investor that the deciders had not re…
Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC, compatible with devices as old as the iPhone 11, but most AI features require newer iPhones with 12GB of memory, leaving older device owners without meaningful updates.
A Hacker News user asked what problems AI has created at companies, with responses citing meaningless reviews, trust issues in submissions, and fear of missing out (FOMO).
Moyan Chen, 24, was laid off from her data scientist role at Meta in May 2025 after less than a year on the job. She attributes the layoff to AI replacing repetitive tasks and is now reconsidering her career path, explor…
KPMG published a report on AI in business that contained fabricated case studies involving UBS, the NHS, and other organizations. GPTZero CEO Edward Tian, who helped uncover the errors, warns of 'secondary hallucinations…
Spotify removed 57,000 fake podcast episodes and banned 3,500 accounts after a US Senate investigation led by Senator Maggie Hassan exposed AI-generated content promoting illegal drug sales. The platform acted only after…
Jae Park, 32, left a tech job as a sales enablement ops strategist in March due to dissatisfaction with AI integration and has pursued a carpentry apprenticeship in Las Vegas, though finding a sponsor has been challengin…
A new report from Data Center Watch reveals that grassroots activism disrupted 75 data center projects in the first quarter of 2026, valued at $130 billion, matching the total disruptions for all of 2025. Anti-data cente…
A tech commentator argues that large language models (LLMs) accessed through chat interfaces are fundamentally flawed because language itself is an unreliable communication channel, always leaving an interpretation gap b…
Blinkist, a pioneer in audio learning, announced it is abandoning AI narration after two years of testing, concluding that human narrators deliver superior depth and connection. The company's VP of Content, Thomas Anders…
Americans across the country are rallying against the AI-inspired data center boom, with local lawmakers issuing restrictions, moratoriums, or outright bans on construction. A Business Insider investigation found 1,416 d…
The US government ordered Anthropic to halt global access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models following security concerns raised by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, marking a new era of direct regulatory involvement in AI. The a…
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 were taken offline globally on June 12, 2026, after a US government order citing a jailbreak. The order bars foreign nationals from accessing the models, forcing Anthropic t…
Texas lawyer Mark Lanier used AI tool Boodlebox to help prepare for and win a landmark social media addiction trial against Meta and Google, securing a $6 million verdict for his client. Lanier said AI allowed his team t…
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH) will sponsor and participate in HLTH Europe 2026 in Amsterdam, highlighting its human-centered AI initiatives. KFSH's Centre for Healthcare Intelligence has develo…
A new report from the Center for Democracy & Technology identifies dark patterns in AI chatbots that maximize usage and data collection, including deceptive design choices and misleading claims about capabilities and emo…
The US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models just three days after launch, citing a jailbreak that allowed code vulnerability scanning. Anthropic argued the tec…