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The number of job openings per unemployed worker has risen above 1.0 and nonfarm payrolls jumped by 172,000 in May, contradicting predictions of an AI-driven jobs crisis. The unemployment rate remains historically low at…
DuckDuckGo and Bing search results exposed police license plate searches from Flock Safety's automatic license plate reader system, revealing full plate numbers, case details, and investigation reasons like "GTA" to the …
A bipartisan bill introduced Thursday by Sens. Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden would allow individuals to sue government officials who illegally coerce social media, AI, or broadcasting companies into removing their content. The …
The Stanford Digital Economy Lab launched the AI Economic Indicators, a series of dashboards providing timely data on artificial intelligence's impact on employment, productivity, and economic growth. Early findings show…
Anthropic updated its Fable 5 AI model on Wednesday to notify users when their requests are downgraded or rejected for national security reasons, following backlash over the company's initial silent implementation of the…
Billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has called for a new tax code to address the wealth generated by artificial intelligence. Khosla argued that AI will create unprecedented economic value, requiring a fundamenta…
Former xAI engineer Devin Kim filed a wrongful termination lawsuit Tuesday in California state court, alleging the company fired him for raising safety concerns about Grok's potential to spread discriminatory content and…
A developer created regime-bench, a benchmark to detect object-level misalignment in AI platforms by testing scenarios where a user requests help that would go against current US regime politics. The benchmark includes q…
Deezer launched a free online tool on Thursday that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, and 18 other streaming platforms to identify AI-generated tracks. The tool, which supports 27 languages, allows users to impo…
OpenAI reported Wednesday that it shut down a fleet of ChatGPT accounts generating anti-data center propaganda, which the company linked to Chinese provincial-level government clients. The AI-powered disinformation campa…
Financial services companies have rapidly progressed in AI use, shifting from pilots to accountability, with 68% of respondents reporting quantifiable positive ROI from generative AI. Agentic AI is emerging as the next f…
Anthropic's new model Fable stores customer data for 30+ days and restricts usage perceived as commercial threats, alienating users and potentially boosting rival Codex's market share. The launch highlights the need for …
A website administrator has deployed a proof-of-work system called Anubis to block AI companies from aggressively scraping content, which was causing server downtime. The system forces visitors to solve computational puz…
A developer in a crisp suit clicks through slides promising your town “21st-century opportunities” from a proposed AI data center. The renderings look sleek, the job promises sound appealing, and the tax revenue projecti…
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued Binding Operational Directive 26-04, ordering federal civilian agencies to adopt a risk-based vulnerability management framework. The directive respon…
OpenAI publicly stated it does not direct or fund the super PAC Leading the Future, but internal communications and the PAC's own operatives contradict that claim. OpenAI President Greg Brockman and his wife donated $25 …
VRChat confirmed that a fake data breach notification was submitted to the Maine Attorney General's office, falsely claiming the social VR platform had suffered a security incident. The company stated the fraudulent fili…
The number of radiologists in the U.S. has risen 17 percent since 2016, and average salaries have climbed from $350,000 to $570,000, even as the FDA has approved more than 1,000 AI radiology tools capable of outperformin…
A new report commissioned by Earthjustice and Environmental Advocates Mississippi estimates that residential customers of Entergy Mississippi have paid $38 million as of March 2026 for infrastructure costs related to thr…
Apple shares fell roughly $25 this week to around $292 after the WWDC keynote, driven by mixed reactions to Siri AI and its delayed rollout in the European Union and China, which together account for about 35% of iPhone …