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A U.S. judge dismissed a trade secret lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's xAI against OpenAI, ruling that xAI failed to show OpenAI misappropriated confidential information. The decision removes a legal threat to OpenAI's opera…
Five years after the Oakland Unified School District pledged reparations for Black students, much of the promise remains unfulfilled. The original Black Thriving Task Force stopped meeting after a year due to internal co…
The US government ordered Anthropic to prevent foreign nationals from using its most powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns over a potential jailbreak method. Anthropic complied by ab…
Google is establishing a task force with Andhra Pradesh to explore AI and technology collaborations, aiming to drive regional AI deployments through a public-private partnership.
Cybersecurity experts argue that Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model does not pose a unique cybersecurity threat, contradicting the Trump administration's decision to impose export controls on the model. Experts say the capabil…
Robert Smith, billionaire CEO of Vista Equity Partners, urged businesses adopting AI to preserve their intern programs, emphasizing the importance of bringing young people into the workforce to transfer knowledge and opt…
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University polled 2,122 Americans on AI and regulation, partnering with SurveyUSA to collect nationally representative data. They built a data explorer and visualizer to share results, incl…
An ICE agent in Stafford Township, New Jersey, was struck by a van driven by a fleeing suspect and opened fire on the vehicle, striking it several times. The agent is expected to recover, and Route 72 is closed as author…
The United States Government forced Anthropic to remove access to its Fable and Mythos models on Friday evening, citing unspecified concerns. The move has drawn criticism from observers who argue it sets a dangerous prec…
Vice President JD Vance now calls his 2021 comment calling Democrats 'childless cat ladies' 'one of the dumbest things I ever said' in his forthcoming memoir 'Communion.' Vance writes that the comment was intentionally p…
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to deactivate its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all users, citing national security risks after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reported that the models could be prompted to bypass c…
Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, and Richard Blumenthal launched a formal investigation on December 16, 2025, into whether AI data centers are driving up residential electricity costs. The probe targets Googl…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a ban on social media use for children under 16, targeting platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X, with exceptions for messaging services like WhatsA…
As digital lives expand, the fate of online accounts, data, and assets after death remains legally fragmented. France leads with clear post-mortem data protection laws, while Germany lacks harmonized rules. Experts urge …
Author Cory Doctorow argues that generative AI should be viewed as a vernacular tool for amateur creators, not a replacement for professional work. Drawing on his own history as a programmer and digital rights activist, …
Anthropic's tokenized stock on PreStocks fell 28.6% in the past month after the AI company warned that unauthorized share transfers, including tokenized instruments, are void. The warning triggered a 34% drop in the firs…
Iran struck Amazon Web Services data centers in the UAE during military operations against Israel in March, disrupting undersea cable projects like Meta's 2Africa consortium in the Persian Gulf. The attacks highlight the…
Dozens of cybersecurity veterans, including former Facebook chief of security Alex Stamos and Bugcrowd founder Casey Ellis, published an open letter protesting the U.S. government's export control order on Anthropic's Fa…
Europe's demand that Apple open its Siri AI to third-party apps risks user data exposure, according to a Jamf survey showing one-in-five IT leaders have faced AI-related security incidents. Apple refuses to distribute Si…
AI-driven job cuts disproportionately target young tech workers aged 22-25, whose employment in high-exposure roles dropped 6-11% since late 2022, while older workers saw gains of 6-13%. Meanwhile, 75% of unemployed Amer…