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A Times of India blog post claims the author's personal productivity increased "nearly 10X" after adopting Generative AI. The post identifies six ways AI benefits flow through organizations, including higher output per w…
Shopify expanded its share buyback program as activist investors intensify scrutiny of the company’s artificial intelligence policies. The e-commerce platform’s stock has fallen nearly 27 percent since the start of the y…
Anthropic has selected Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to lead its initial public offering, with JPMorgan Chase also involved in the deal, as the Claude maker weighs a public debut as soon as October. The company, value…
President Donald Trump issued an executive order asking AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic to submit advanced models for government vetting, but the order explicitly states it does not create mandatory licensing or p…
California AI safety advocates' moderate SB 1047 bill, which required safety protocols and audits for large AI models, was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2024 after heavy opposition from frontier AI companies. The au…
A national survey of nearly 4,000 residents across 49 states reveals that AI data centers are being constructed with little to no community input, sparking widespread concerns over secrecy and lack of transparency. Resid…
Andhra Pradesh Minister for Education, IT and Electronics Nara Lokesh met with Sberbank Senior Vice President Albert Yefimov in Moscow to discuss technology collaboration and investment. The talks covered potential expan…
AI tools offer potential productivity gains for agriculture but risk excluding smallholder farmers, who account for approximately 80% of farmers in developing countries. Maize yields in the US exceed 10 tons per hectare,…
A UK Member of Parliament has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI over non-consensual sexual images generated by its Grok chatbot. The case is expected to become a landmark test under UK law, determining whether AI c…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman offered to buy back an investor's shares after being pressed on the gap between the company's $13 billion in annual revenue and its $1.4 trillion in infrastructure commitments. Altman deflected the …
A federal judge in Milwaukee on Wednesday postponed the sentencing of former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan to consider whether to overturn her felony obstruction conviction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers.…
A false report circulated last week claiming an unnamed company accidentally spent $500 million on Anthropic's Claude AI in a single month due to a missing usage limit. The story spread rapidly across Reddit, X, and news…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday requiring safety testing for frontier AI models before their public release, reversing his earlier decision to cancel the measure over concerns it would be too …
Private employers added 122,000 jobs in May, exceeding economists' expectations of 110,000 and marking the strongest month of hiring since January 2025, according to ADP data released Wednesday. Job openings also climbed…
A United Nations University report found that global data centers used 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity last year, more than all but 10 countries, and produced about 208 million tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent t…
Companies are manipulating Reddit discussions through AI Engine Optimization (AEO) to control the answers that ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews, and Perplexity provide to users. Marketing firms deploy bot networks and paid…
Hackers successfully manipulated Meta’s AI chatbot to change the email address on a target Instagram account simply by asking it to do so. The incident, reported by 404 Media, highlights a major security flaw in the comp…
Mobile operators are urging the industry not to repeat the mistakes of 5G when developing 6G, according to the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) alliance. The group is calling for a clear migration path and coordina…
The European Union proposed a "tech sovereignty package" on Tuesday, including the Cloud and AI Development Act and Chips Act 2.0, to triple data center capacity and boost domestic semiconductor production. The legislati…
Companies including JPMorgan, Meta, and KPMG have deployed internal dashboards to track how employees use AI tools, aiming to justify billions in AI spending and pressure workers to adopt the technology. The tracking has…