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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has suspended new applications for data center sales and use tax exemptions after the program cost taxpayers $1.5 to $1.6 billion in 2025, 12 times more than the projected $136 million. The paus…
AI researchers face growing moral pressure as their work shapes the most powerful technology ever created, with top companies fighting lawsuits over data centers, AI safety, and military use. Researchers Daniel Kokotajlo…
California's largest trial courts in Los Angeles and Riverside counties are testing an AI assistant called Learned Hand to draft legal research, summarize motions, and prepare tentative rulings on real cases without noti…
Opponents of federal AI regulation have spent the past year blocking legislation in Washington, but their strategy backfired this week when Illinois passed SB 315, the strictest state AI law to date. The bill, which requ…
Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah, an atheist and former Thiel fellow, spoke at a Vatican ceremony following Pope Leo's historic AI encyclical, which called for "disarming" the technology. Olah acknowledged the "oddness" o…
Tesla Inc. has registered only 42 vehicles for its Texas robotaxi service, according to new state data, while rival Waymo operates 577 automated vehicles in the state — more than 13 times Tesla's fleet. The figures, disc…
Billionaire investor Peter Thiel has relocated his family from the US to Buenos Aires, Argentina, citing high taxes, political turmoil, and fears of nuclear war and an AI meltdown as reasons for the move. Thiel, a PayPal…
The International Bar Association's 14th Annual Global Report identifies AI adoption, skills shortages, and employee wellbeing as the dominant issues reshaping employment law across 48 countries. The report warns that AI…
Point Loma High School English teacher Jen Roberts is using AI tools including Brisk Boost and MagicSchool to provide students with faster, iterative feedback on reading and writing assignments. Nearly 1,200 people have …
The Fair Work Commission has reported a 70% surge in workload over three years driven by a rise in AI-assisted filings, according to General Manager Murray Furlong. The Commission is exploring generative AI tools for cas…
Researchers interviewed nearly 30 religious leaders across six major faiths in the UK, documenting how generative AI and chatbots are affecting religious practice and authority. A Redeemed Christian Church of God chatbot…
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa in Astana on Friday to discuss cooperation in artificial intelligence and digitalization. Tokayev highlighted the potential for ex…
France 24's "Talking Europe" special, broadcast 29 May 2026, examines whether the European Union is prepared for the economic and social disruption of artificial intelligence, reporting on grassroots education in rural I…
A federal judge in Alabama ruled Thursday that execution by nitrogen gas does not violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting a death row inmate's claim that the method causes excessive suff…
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8, a model that flags its uncertainty more readily and is roughly four times less likely to let code flaws slip by unremarked. The release comes as industry leaders argue that AI sharpens…
AI voice cloning scams are surging, with Americans losing over $893 million to AI-related fraud last year, according to the FBI. Scammers use short audio clips from social media or previous calls to create convincing voi…
Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche vowed federal authorities will arrest an anti-ICE protester who threatened to kill an immigration agent's wife and children during a clash outside Newark's Delaney Hall detention f…
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine suspended a state tax break for data centers Wednesday after its cost ballooned to nearly $1.6 billion in 2025, more than 11 times the initial $136 million projection. The pause comes as opposit…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Chrome Holding Co., formerly known as 23andMe, on Thursday, alleging the genetic testing company failed to protect sensitive user data in a 2023 breach that exposed nearly 7 mil…
Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" identifies artificial intelligence as inherently male-dominated, arguing that AI systems trained primarily by men and on male-created data reinforce gender bias. The pope p…