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Flathub, the primary repository for Flatpak applications, has banned the submission of apps containing AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, or other content. The policy change, which also prohibits automated …
Hackers exploited Meta's AI support chatbot to hijack high-profile Instagram accounts, including the Obama White House account and the Chief Master Sergeant of Space Force's account, by simply asking the bot to change th…
Frontier AI models can now autonomously identify exploitable software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed and scale, exposing decades of technical debt from an industry that prioritized rapid deployment over secure de…
Anthropic, the AI lab behind the Claude chatbot, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company, valued at nearly $1 trillion after a recent $65 bill…
US companies continue to dominate the allocation of semiconductor subsidies, capturing the majority of funding under the CHIPS Act. The distribution of grants has drawn scrutiny as foreign firms receive a smaller share o…
Anthropic has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, moving forward with plans to go public. The AI company's confidential IPO filing signals its intent to enter the public markets amid growing investor int…
Anthropic has filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering, moving ahead of rival OpenAI in pursuing a stock market listing. The AI company's IPO filing signals its intent to raise capital from public inve…
Owen McGrann, author of the viral "The Dead Economy Theory," told over 1,000 new subscribers that his widely shared essay was not a prediction of the future but a diagnostic connecting disparate trends. McGrann acknowled…
Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Sløk said there is "zero evidence" that artificial intelligence is causing job losses, arguing instead that the AI boom is creating employment and fueling inflation. Sløk …
The OpenAI Foundation announced a new "AI resilience" program on Wednesday, expanding its mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits humanity by funding efforts to mitigate AI risks. The foundation has fi…
Web developer David Bushell returns from a ten-day offline break to express anger and frustration over the negative impact of AI on the tech industry, citing demotivated talent, educators questioning their worth, and a g…
EIG research reveals that healthcare jobs are booming in many states, masking weakness in other sectors, with California leading the trend. The Wall Street Journal highlighted the findings, noting that healthcare wages a…
Hundreds of Facebook pages with names like "Life in Texas" and "History of Wisconsin" are churning out AI-generated images that exploit local anti-data center sentiment, using fake stories of farmers mowing protest messa…
A lawsuit in Minnesota federal court alleges UnitedHealthcare used an AI tool called nH Predict to deny post-acute care coverage to Medicare Advantage members, with roughly 90% of those denials later reversed on appeal. …
Salt Security released research showing 90% of security leaders are concerned about AI-generated code risks, with 67% of organizations widely adopting AI coding assistants. The company launched Salt Code, a governance to…
China has approved the world's first invasive brain-computer chip for use beyond clinical trials, a device called NEO that enabled a paralyzed man to write his name. The approval in March is expected to accelerate China'…
IBM launched a tool to help customers assess cloud-sovereignty risks and meet regulatory compliance requirements, as 93% of executives believe sovereignty must be part of their business strategy. The Sovereignty Risk Pro…
AI companies are increasingly turning to human-driven surveillance to gather training data, with startups offering free cleaning services in exchange for recording private homes. Critics argue this shift from remote data…
India is partnering with the United Arab Emirates to deploy an AI supercomputer on its own soil, challenging the dominance of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google in cloud-based AI computing. The deal, signed on May 15 with Abu…
Mitchell Hashimoto is advising developers to stop updating software dependencies and instead fork and trim libraries, updating only when user-facing issues arise. The recommendation follows a spring of severe npm supply-…