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The Future of Life Institute's Summer 2026 AI Safety Index graded nine frontier AI labs on safety and governance, with Anthropic receiving a C+, OpenAI and Google DeepMind earning Cs, and xAI, DeepSeek, and Mistral faili…
Rémi Cadène, a former Tesla Optimus engineer, launched UMA's humanoid robot Northstar at the Machina Summit in Paris, targeting European factories first. The startup emerged from stealth with a $40 million seed round bac…
Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok warned that massive AI spending is not boosting profits for non-tech companies, creating a risk of a painful repricing of Big Tech valuations. Profit margins for the …
An anonymous artist known as SHL0MS tricked critics into dismissing a real Claude Monet painting as AI-generated slop, then sold the exchange as an NFT for $40,000. The stunt highlights the polarized debate around AI art…
Pope Leo XIV and Cambridge astrophysicist Hiranya Peiris have independently warned that artificial intelligence poses existential risks to humanity, with Peiris describing AI systems as laying tracks ahead of a speeding …
Particle 6 announced Monday that its AI actor Tilly Norwood will star in a feature-length film titled "Misaligned," a coming-of-age story set in a digital world called the Tillyverse. The studio claims it will be a hybri…
AI actress Tilly Norwood has failed to achieve significant social media impact despite intense media coverage and industry fears, with only 7,000 YouTube subscribers and 154,000 Instagram followers. Created by Elaine Van…
A developer argues that AI tools accelerate development but do not replace human judgment, emphasizing that AI cannot compensate for missing conceptual design. The developer warns that AI amplifies existing thinking but …
Two 15-year-olds were arrested in San Mateo after a Waymo autonomous vehicle they were riding in alerted police to their misbehavior, including drinking alcohol and shooting water beads from a toy gun. The car stopped in…
A federal judge reversed his own rulings after learning that Maine police surveilled a man's home for years via a neighbor's security camera without a warrant and prosecutors failed to disclose it. The case against Willi…
Defense stocks surged to record highs as governments increase military spending on weapons and AI battlefield technology, driven by geopolitical tensions and the need to replace depleted stockpiles. The iShares U.S. Aero…
Nobel laureate Christopher Pissarides dismissed the idea that artificial intelligence will restore rapid productivity growth in Western economies, arguing that the fast-growth years may be over. Speaking at a conference,…
The US goods-and-services trade deficit widened 42.2% to $77.6 billion in May 2026, driven by a surge in capital-goods imports linked to AI infrastructure investment, according to official data and Reuters-linked reporti…
Tech workers are splitting into two camps: those amplified by AI and those shaken by it, according to a 2026 survey. Burnout surged 11 points to 55.7%, career optimism fell to 48.7%, and 53% would not recommend their fie…
Elon Musk's proposal for 'Universal High Income' driven by AI and robotics was met with a stark warning from investor Michael Burry, who predicted revolution before such a system could be implemented. The exchange highli…
Solos is selling a $79 privacy kit for its AirGo V2 smart glasses, including clear temples and a clip-on camera shield, to help users avoid being perceived as recording others without permission. The kit addresses growin…
A UPI Voices essay published on July 7, 2026, argues that humanism, transhumanism and posthumanism are reshaping debates over what counts as the human person, offering conceptual framing for AI ethics and human-centered …
Harry Shearer, known for 'The Simpsons' and 'Spinal Tap', and writer Tom Leopold are premiering their musical 'Here Comes J. Edgar' at London's King's Head Theatre on July 10, after three decades of development. The show…
Solos announced two new smart glasses, the audio-only AirGo A6 and the camera-equipped AirGo V2, the latter of which can be paired with a $79 Privacy Kit that includes a clip-on shield to block the camera. The privacy ac…
The US, China, and Russia are collectively investing over $2 trillion in AI, drones, hypersonic weapons, and satellite systems, reshaping the global arms race. The Pentagon's fiscal 2026 budget includes a record $13.4 bi…