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Illinois passed Senate Bill 315, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, requiring major AI developers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to undergo annual independent safety audits and disclose catastrophic ris…
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical on artificial intelligence, addressing the ethical and human implications of the technology 135 years after Pope Leo XIII's "Rerum Novarum" confronted the industrial revolution.…
The Illinois House of Representatives passed SB 315 on Wednesday, requiring frontier AI labs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind to undergo third-party safety audits. The bill, which Governor JB Pritzker said he …
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick set a Sept. 29 court date to potentially end federal oversight of the Oakland Police Department, praising the agency for completing all reforms required under a 2003 settlement stemm…
A new video titled "The Authorization Paradox: Who Has the Keys to Your AI?" examines the growing conflict over control of artificial intelligence systems, highlighting that no clear authority currently governs who can g…
Anthropic, the AI safety company behind Claude, refused contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense for autonomous weapons and citizen surveillance applications in 2023. The decision was a direct result of the company'…
AI Gateway has launched a team-wide provider allowlist that restricts which AI providers can serve requests, enforcing approved-vendor routing at the gateway level for all traffic including BYOK. The feature blocks unapp…
SQLite has updated its AGENTS.md file to explicitly state it does not accept agentic code, removing the word "currently" to strengthen the policy. The project also split AI-generated bug reports into a separate SQLite Bu…
Several leading AI executives have publicly softened earlier warnings that artificial intelligence would cause mass unemployment. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called the narrative linking AI to job loss "just too lazy," while…
The Illinois House of Representatives passed SB 315 on May 27, 2026, in a 110-0 vote, requiring frontier AI companies to create and annually update risk-management plans and undergo independent third-party safety audits.…
YouTube announced automatic AI detection and labeling for videos with significant photorealistic AI use, even when creators do not manually disclose it. Creators can update incorrect labels in YouTube Studio, but disclos…
Outside groups have spent $74.1 million on California's governor's race ahead of Tuesday's primary, more than double the amount spent in the last open contest in 2018. Nearly half of that total, $33.1 million, has been u…
A new report from the Royal United Services Institute warns that North Korea and Iran are now developing and deploying AI models to automate sanctions evasion, including mass-producing fraudulent documents and managing s…
A federal judge in San Francisco ordered law firm Quinn Emanuel to pay $3 million to Palo Alto biotech company Guardant Health, plus a $100,000 punitive fine, for misconduct by four of its Silicon Valley partners. Judge …
A developer has created three free, ad-free Wikipedia-based search tools as alternatives to Google's AI-powered search results. The tools include MiniGladys for quick reference and official link searches, and Wikipedia S…
Anthropic published an updated "Constitution" for its Claude AI model, moving beyond simple behavioral rules to include explanations of the underlying reasoning behind each principle. The company aims to create AI system…
Organisations require human reviewers to check generative AI outputs for legal and reputational reasons, but those reviewers face high volume, time pressure and complex judgement calls as GenAI deployment increases. Two …
The Associated Press will provide its U.S. election vote-count results to OpenAI, making AP tallies available to ChatGPT users and OpenAI services through the 2028 general election. The deal supplies vote counts for nati…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has completed his first year in office by steering a pragmatic diplomatic course that prioritizes national interests over ideological alignment. Lee balanced relations with U.S. Presi…
Credit default swap volumes on major U.S. tech firms hit record highs in December 2025, with exposure surging 90% since September as investors hedge against $121 billion in new AI-related debt. Oracle and Meta drew the m…