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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman requested and held a private, nearly hourlong meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders this week to discuss the senator's proposal for public ownership of AI companies, including a 50% stake in firms like O…
The Global AI Oversight Board (GAIOB) issued a €500 million fine against CognitoSync Labs for algorithmic bias in a financial lending platform and lack of explainability under the new Global AI Act of 2025. The penalty m…
Kazakhstan enjoys global trust as a peace-loving middle power, according to CICA Secretary General Kairat Sarybay, who said the country’s voluntary nuclear disarmament and non-double-standard policy have strengthened inv…
Baroness Helic warned the House of Lords that autonomous weapons may represent "a technological threshold comparable in significance with the advent of nuclear weapons," according to the UK Defence Journal. She argued th…
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) imposed a conduct requirement obligating Google to let publishers opt out of generative AI search features and prevent content from being used for model fine-tuning. Google …
President Donald Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum on June 5 directing the national security enterprise to accelerate adoption of artificial intelligence while maintaining constitutional protection…
Anthropic expanded its Project Glasswing program on June 2, granting Claude Mythos Preview access to roughly 150 additional organizations across more than 15 countries, including India. The initial cohort of about 50 par…
Chinese humanoid robot manufacturers have shipped thousands of units for tasks including parcel sorting and coffee making, but most robots remain performative rather than functional for real-world use. Industry experts w…
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned Friday that artificial intelligence may need to be rationed because energy supplies cannot keep pace with AI's growing capabilities. Bailey said governments face "very big so…
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is piloting an AI tool called Draft One in Alberta and British Columbia that generates incident reports from body-camera audio recordings. The RCMP stated the pilot aims to evaluate whet…
A user has described personal changes toward a more privacy-focused digital life, noting that reporting AI sites for filtering is slow due to manual review queues and low report volume. The user expects that getting such…
San Jose residents have their final opportunity to weigh in on the city's $5.5 billion proposed budget at a June 8 public hearing and June 9 council meeting, as officials seek to close a $50.3 million deficit through ser…
Americans and Chinese both fear artificial intelligence as a tool for information warfare, according to a new assessment. Industrialized nations including the United States, China, Europe, Russia, Japan, and South Korea …
A North Carolina software engineer secured a workplace accommodation in May allowing her to avoid using artificial intelligence on religious grounds. The accommodation comes as the share of U.S. employees using AI at wor…
A new analysis of the animation industry reveals that generative AI is reshaping the labor market for 2D and 3D animation in fundamentally different ways, rather than killing the art form itself. Research commissioned by…
Meta confirmed that hackers exploited a vulnerability in its AI chatbot to hijack at least 20,225 Instagram accounts, including 30 in Maine, between April 17 and this week. The attackers tricked the chatbot into sending …
Lawmakers are increasing investments in technology, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency while simultaneously preparing new regulatory frameworks for these industries. The dual approach signals a push to both capi…
A $500,000 sci-fi thriller starring entirely AI-generated actors, "Hell Grind," premiered in New York this week, marking the highest-profile film made with fully synthetic visuals. The 95-minute movie, produced by startu…
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker will pause new applications for the state's Data Center Investment Program starting July 1, 2026, halting a program that has granted nearly $1 billion in tax incentives. The executive action…
Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence, which warns that AI dehumanizes society, could prompt more workers to seek religious exemptions from using the technology at their jobs. One software engineer in Nort…