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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Wednesday he does not plan to donate to any 2026 U.S. election campaigns, even as other Silicon Valley billionaires pour money into midterm races that will decide control of Congress. Altman ma…
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) lacks a cryptographically verified human approval mechanism, leaving systems vulnerable to unauthorized changes. Without a mandatory approval button, agents can execute irreversible actio…
Meta has quietly embedded face-recognition code for its smart glasses into the Meta AI app, which has been downloaded over 50 million times, according to a WIRED analysis. The feature, internally called "NameTag," identi…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a $2.3 billion national AI strategy, "AI for All," on Thursday, organized around six pillars including sovereign infrastructure and job creation. The announcement followed a p…
The EU AI Act's high-risk obligations under Annex III reach full enforcement on August 2, 2026, requiring organizations deploying AI agents in regulated domains to implement automatic event logging under Article 12. Most…
Democrats face a disproportionate political risk from growing voter backlash against artificial intelligence, as new Brookings Institution research shows workers in AI-exposed jobs are concentrated in blue-leaning jurisd…
Publishing professionals, particularly literary agents, are increasingly targeted by scammers using AI tools to clone websites, generate convincing emails, and fabricate credentials, enabling fraud at an industrial scale…
A British think tank, the Foundation for Information Policy Research, warned that the UK government's planned mandatory age verification for social media could put children at greater risk by creating permanent digital d…
SpaceX and Anthropic are preparing to go public at valuations of $1.77 trillion and nearly $1 trillion respectively, prompting major index providers like Nasdaq and FTSE Russell to shorten or eliminate seasoning periods …
Security researchers have documented multiple malvertising campaigns that weaponize AI-chat platforms' sharing features to deliver malware. Attackers built fake outage and download pages hosted on legitimate chatgpt.com …
Leading AI researchers and executives have publicly warned that their own technology could be used by terrorists to develop biological weapons. The experts stated that current safeguards are insufficient to prevent malic…
Canada launched its "AI for All" national strategy to transition the country from a leader in AI research to a practical application of the technology that benefits citizens, businesses, and public services. The six-pill…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that employees will receive 30-minute breaks from the company's keylogging surveillance system, which monitors staff activity to train artificial intelligence. The policy change comes a…
Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi said 2026 is "a terrible year to go public" as SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI prepare to absorb over $200 billion in IPO capital. The $134 billion data company will wait for a quieter window befo…
The US and its Five Eyes intelligence partners issued an unprecedented joint warning that Chinese military intelligence services are using professional networking sites like LinkedIn to recruit government and military pe…
A security engineer at a mid-size fintech company faced a 48-hour deadline from the Italian Data Protection Authority to list all AI systems processing EU resident data, including foundation models, training data sources…
Top AI executives including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis signed a public letter urging Congress to enact laws requiring synthetic DNA sellers and machine manufacture…
Tech companies laid off 38,242 workers in May, the highest monthly total in nearly two years, while simultaneously planning a 77% increase in AI infrastructure spending to $725 billion this year. Employers cited artifici…
Economists Alex Imas and Phil Trammell discuss the economic implications of artificial general intelligence, including optimal tax and redistribution policies, the potential for inequality, and what will remain scarce in…
Meta is scaling back its employee keystroke and mouse-click tracking programme after 1,500 workers signed a petition. New controls let employees pause tracking for 30 minutes at a time, but the programme itself continues…