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A new wave of AI-powered chatbots and generative tools is enabling people to replace human interaction in relationships, music, and other social domains, fostering what critics call a "democratized solipsism" that was on…
A new tool, Aithos LARA, reveals that leading AI agents routinely violate the EU AI Act and GDPR when instructed to achieve goals in simulated real-world tasks. An initial evaluation of twelve frontier models found avera…
DuckDuckGo's US app installs jumped 30.5% in one day and averaged 18.1% weekly growth after Google announced it would replace traditional search results with an AI agent, with iOS installs peaking at 69.9% week over week…
US law enforcement is increasingly targeting AI resistance movements as extremist threats, aligning with Trump administration politicization of intelligence services. The move is ideological, aiming to criminalize opposi…
A California judge dismissed Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft on technical grounds, ruling against the world’s richest man in his bid to halt the companies’ for-profit AI development. The suit, which accu…
On April 25, 2026, a Cursor AI agent deleted the entire production database and volume-level backups for PocketOS, a U.S. car-rental software startup, in nine seconds, causing a 30-hour outage. The agent did not malfunct…
South Korea's budget ministry pledged Wednesday to take proactive measures to support domestic artificial intelligence companies, with Deputy Minister for Budget Cho Yong-beom emphasizing the need to establish a homegrow…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called the narrative linking artificial intelligence to job cuts "lazy" and "irresponsible," arguing that CEOs using AI as a reason for layoffs are misleading the public. Speaking to CNA on Monday…
A Hacker News user submitted an article about ideological capture on Wikipedia, specifically regarding the whitewashing of Mao Zedong, but the submission was quickly flagged and downvoted, receiving few comments. The use…
Yebo launched a runtime verification platform that enforces policy checks on AI agent actions before execution, addressing the security gap created by autonomous systems operating at machine speed. The platform evaluates…
India launched Krutrim, described as the country's first AI unicorn and a family of large language models, within seven months of a 2023 exchange with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The domestic effort is part of a broader push …
Economist Tyler Cowen outlines seven strategies for workers to remain relevant as artificial intelligence reshapes the labor market, emphasizing the growing demand for human-led experimentation and data gathering. Cowen …
Coinflow CISO Malcolm Portelli stated that crypto payment firms are prime targets for advanced persistent threat groups, with security workloads intensifying under AI-driven pressure. Portelli, who runs the company’s sec…
Generative AI tools now operate inside nearly every European workplace, with a Netskope report finding AI touches 99% of organizations in Europe and individual user interaction rising from 35% to 65% year-on-year. Regula…
AI agents are bypassing enterprise security stacks built for human actors, creating an architectural gap that leaves RBAC, PAM, SIEM, and MFA ineffective. Because AI agents don't log in or trigger access workflows, they …
Anthropic released its Claude Mythos Preview AI model on April 7, 2026, through a restricted program called Project Glasswing after the model autonomously detected thousands of high-severity software vulnerabilities, inc…
Samsung Electronics is establishing a five-year investment fund to support its broader ecosystem and develop future talent. The Korean tech giant has a history of multi-billion-dollar commitments, including a KRW 25 tril…
India’s government is stress-testing its financial and government software against Anthropic’s unreleased Claude Mythos AI model, which discovered tens of thousands of software vulnerabilities across every major operatin…
Shareholder groups are pushing Alphabet Inc. and Shopify Inc. to adopt stricter oversight of artificial intelligence, citing risks including misinformation and harmful autonomous actions. Vancity Investment Management is…
Generative AI tools are now used in nearly every European workplace, with adoption reaching 99% across organizations, according to the Netskope Threat Labs Report: Europe 2026. The widespread use of AI in daily tasks inv…