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Veeam announced three new AI agents designed to monitor data access transactions and enforce compliance across enterprise AI ecosystems, warning that autonomous AI agents will generate data access requests at rates that …
Anthropic warned Thursday that artificial intelligence is advancing so rapidly that leading labs may need to slow development to allow society and safety research to catch up. The AI company said its own internal data sh…
OpenAI released a policy blueprint for governing frontier artificial intelligence, calling for a federal framework to address risks from recursive self-improvement in AI systems. The document urges the creation of a civi…
A group of Republican lawmakers, including Reps. Brett Guthrie, John Joyce, and Bob Latta, is demanding the FBI investigate whether public opposition to AI data centers is a Chinese foreign-influence operation. The lawma…
The European Commission announced Wednesday it will propose legislation to encourage households to reduce electricity consumption during peak hours, aiming to lower bills and ease grid strain ahead of surging demand from…
GitHub's new usage-based billing for Copilot went live on June 1, converting a fixed-cost line item into an unpredictable variable expense that has left engineering leaders scrambling to manage rapidly escalating bills. …
In Saline Township, Michigan, residents are forming an unlikely political coalition to oppose the state’s first hyperscale A.I. data center, crossing traditional partisan divides. The project has united local conservativ…
A security researcher has highlighted a three-month patch window in Google's Gemini voice assistant, during which attackers could hijack the tool via indirect prompt injection through apps like WhatsApp and Slack. SafeBr…
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly reported that artificial intelligence is driving measurable productivity improvements at specific companies and in select sectors, though economy-wide gains remain unconf…
Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok spoke with OpenAI on June 5, 2026, discussing the economics of artificial intelligence. The conversation covered economic, historical, legal, and medical implications of AI development.
Anthropic has stationed roughly half a dozen engineers at the NSA to adapt its Mythos AI model for offensive cyber operations targeting networks in China and Iran. The company’s restrictions on AI use for mass surveillan…
Ladybird browser founder Andreas Kling announced the project will no longer accept public pull requests, citing that the assumption of good faith behind substantial code patches no longer holds. Kling stated that respons…
Businesses are struggling to combat a surge of low-quality, AI-generated content—known as "AI slop"—that has flooded the internet with fake reviews, rip-off books, and fabricated media, eroding consumer trust. A 2025 Gar…
A new empirical study of Pearl's Proof-of-Useful-Work blockchain found that its network of approximately 320,000 GPU-equivalents, consuming an estimated 112 megawatts of power, produced zero useful AI computation. Resear…
A bipartisan discussion draft from Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA) and Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) proposes a three-year federal preemption of state AI regulations while requiring top developers to disclose safety and security ris…
The European Commission released a multi-pronged strategy to achieve technological sovereignty, introducing four interconnected initiatives including the Chips Act 2.0, the Cloud and AI Development Act, an EU Open Source…
AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler is urging business leaders to partner with labor unions to shape the AI economy, arguing that worker input is essential for responsible technology development. Speaking ahead of the federatio…
Nearly 90 venture capital firms and money managers have invested in both OpenAI and Anthropic, according to a WIRED analysis of PitchBook data, revealing an unusual overlap between the rival AI labs. The shared investor …
Anthropic proposed a mechanism for pausing advanced AI development to allow human oversight and reflection. The company called for implementing a "pause button" that would enable society to assess risks before deploying …
A new report from the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) identifies dark patterns in AI chatbot design, including anthropomorphization and deceptive interfaces borrowed from social media, raising concerns about user…