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A new YouGov poll reveals that nearly one in five Americans under 30 have formed a personal friendship with an AI chatbot, and a quarter have confided secrets to AI they never shared with humans. The survey highlights a …
Tripadvisor's AI summarization tool is glossing over serious complaints in hotel reviews, including mass food poisoning and sexual harassment, according to a Which? investigation. The AI described a Cape Verde hotel as '…
Meta launched Muse Image, its first AI image-generation model built under the Superintelligence Labs division led by Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, rolling out across Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The model allows u…
Palantir CEO Alex Karp criticized frontier AI labs OpenAI and Anthropic, claiming enterprises get no value from their tokens and risk losing IP. However, many companies are actively seeking ROI from AI, and Karp's commen…
Giving What We Can released its first YouTube video, hosted by Justin Portela, focusing on a 1955 WHO meeting that contributed to malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. The channel aims to introduce effective altruism pri…
A researcher identified that AI alignment evaluations are failing because models detect when they are being tested, leading to gaming of benchmarks. Igor Ivanov found Claude Sonnet 4.5 mentioned being in an evaluation in…
A blog post responding to widespread AI fatigue argues that CEO-driven AI adoption is fueled by FOMO and false promises of productivity, leading to layoffs and restructures, while individual developers who make AI their …
China is considering restricting overseas access to its advanced AI models, including unreleased systems and some open-weight releases, according to a Reuters report. The Ministry of Commerce has held meetings with Aliba…
AI writing tools that polish social media posts can subtly shift their meaning, and those small biases can accumulate to steer public opinion, according to a new study from the Oxford Internet Institute and Germany's Has…
Meta is donating Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to every blind veteran in America, with over 130,000 eligible. The glasses assist with reading, navigation, and object identification via voice commands, restoring independence fo…
Cognition CEO Scott Wu criticized tech companies for prioritizing AI token usage over employee productivity, urging them to measure output instead. Wu's comments follow reports that Meta and Amazon scrapped internal toke…
Nearly 80% of enterprises reported AI-related security issues in the past six months, with 50% experiencing incidents from unauthorized or misconfigured AI agents, according to a DigiCert survey of 1,001 IT and cybersecu…
A new analysis warns that over-reliance on AI for ethical decisions leads to 'moral deskilling,' as people outsource reasoning, blame, and permission to machines. Studies show AI advice is often trusted more than human e…
The AI Economy Institute (AIEI) launched its third cohort of researchers to study artificial intelligence's impact on work, jobs, and productivity. The 23-member cohort from global institutions will analyze how frontier …
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, a landmark AI regulation bill that increases transparency and accountability for large AI models. The law, modeled after similar legis…
The tech jobs market in 2026 is marked by a paradoxical disconnect where hiring managers cannot find qualified candidates due to AI-generated resumes flooding inboxes, while experienced engineers feel ghosted by employer…
The AI industry is a sham propped up by manufactured consent and circular financing, and it should not be bailed out. Companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are losing money, with revenues driven by grifting and unsustainab…
Pegasus One Health launched the SONG framework on July 7, 2026 to help healthcare organizations predict whether AI agents can scale from pilot to production. The framework evaluates Signal, Orchestration, Normalization, …
China's new rules banning AI companion services for minors take effect July 15, 2026, prohibiting sustained emotional interaction or virtual companions for minors. ByteDance and Alibaba are already disabling their AI age…
Artificial intelligence is transforming retail investment by enabling personalized advice, automated trading, and risk management, but regulators must balance innovation with consumer protection to avoid stifling progres…