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Budget constraints are forcing liberal-leaning states that spend their own money on healthcare for noncitizens to scale back that aid, as they grapple with federal Medicaid cuts and the expiration of federal subsidies th…
XAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, has paused hiring for specialist tutors intended to train its Grok chatbot. The hiring freeze follows the layoff of at least 500 generalist AI tutors and data annotators …
Philadelphia police are monitoring social media posts criticizing AI data centers, according to a December bulletin from the Delaware Valley Intelligence Center that flags "Butlerian jihad" memes and jokes about attackin…
Let's Encrypt announced plans to adopt Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs) as a post-quantum authentication method for the Web PKI, aiming to protect against future quantum computer threats without slowing down TLS handshake…
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a new law requiring data centers consuming over 50 megawatts of power to fund their own grid infrastructure upgrades, preventing utilities from spreading those costs to residential rate…
AI agents are now capable of manipulating organizational systems, posing a new security threat that requires proactive policy management. The rise of these autonomous agents with "hands-on" capabilities demands that comp…
The U.K. has imposed legal guardrails on Google's AI search features, requiring the tech giant to offer publishers an opt-out toggle for generative AI results. Google announced compliance Wednesday, allowing website owne…
Historian Niall Ferguson warned that the artificial intelligence competition between the United States and China mirrors the Cold War nuclear arms race, calling for comparable strategic doctrine and arms-control mechanis…
Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh met Sberbank Senior Vice-President Albert Yefimov in Moscow on June 3, 2026, to discuss collaboration on artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure. Lokesh requested Sberbank's…
The AI Summit London returns for its 10th annual edition on 10-11 June at Tobacco Dock, with organisers expecting more than 5,000 attendees, 300 speakers and over 100 exhibitors. The programme features executives from NV…
Two scientists at a U.S. government lab, Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe, were charged Tuesday with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the United States from Africa and lying to investigators about it at Detro…
Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday, urging the NCAA to explore collective bargaining and grant athletes a "formal voice" in governance. Gould made the remarks dur…
The European Union unveiled a "tech sovereignty" package on Wednesday aimed at reducing dependence on American AI and cloud services and Asian microchips. The 27-nation bloc proposed measures including a sequel to its Ch…
Governments are increasingly ceding decision-making power over benefits, policing, and immigration to proprietary AI systems that operate beyond public oversight and democratic accountability. This shift from human discr…
A security researcher has publicly released exploit code for multiple Microsoft vulnerabilities, bypassing the company's coordinated disclosure process. The move follows a similar action by another researcher known as Ni…
Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit announced a ban on new posts about peptides and hormone replacement therapy, citing systematic manipulation by companies seeking to influence AI chatbot answers. The companies hav…
The West Valley Muslim Association appealed 19 conditions of its approved use permit from the Los Gatos Planning Commission on Monday, arguing the restrictions violate federal religious protections. The Council on Americ…
Google announced a new toggle in Search Console allowing website owners to opt out of appearing in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and other generative AI search features. The company stated the opt-out will not affect a site's r…
The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a four-part technological sovereignty package including a revised Chips Act that would grant it emergency powers to override chip supply contracts and fine companies for with…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research accepted the first Letter of Intent for an in silico drug development tool into the Innovative Science and Technology Approaches for New Dru…