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Three Wisconsin residents filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that its $7.3 billion AI data center in Mount Pleasant emits excessive noise from diesel generators and HVAC systems, causing property da…
The Golden State Warriors are losing the LeBron James sweepstakes, but columnist Dieter Kurtenbach argues the team is not a victim—its front office, led by Mike Dunleavy and Joe Lacob, is paralyzed by fear and unwilling …
Apple is showing users a consent popup when some AI prompts are sent to Google Cloud, including for image-generation features in Apple Creator Studio and selected iOS 26 and iOS 27 beta features. The company previously a…
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act into law, requiring large AI developers like OpenAI and Anthropic to disclose safety practices, report incidents, and undergo independe…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is using Anthropic's Mythos tool to audit government code for vulnerabilities, despite a federal ban on Anthropic's AI. The tool has already identified tho…
Microsoft cut 4,800 jobs across its gaming and sales divisions on July 6, 2026, after a leaked internal memo from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma revealed the Xbox business spent $20 billion over five years while revenue declined, …
Microsoft is laying off 4,800 workers, about 2% of its global workforce, while investing $2.5 billion in a new AI deployment unit called Frontier Company. The cuts hit Xbox and commercial sales hardest, with Xbox sheddin…
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that governments risk an 'AI Hiroshima' if they fail to establish global agreements on AI safety, comparing the challenge to nuclear safety efforts after World War II. She called…
SpaceX has absorbed xAI and rebranded the combined entity as SpaceXAI, extending a February $1.25 trillion merger into an orbital-AI infrastructure strategy. The company has filed with the FCC for up to one million orbit…
Wealthy parents are enrolling their children in Alpha School, a private network charging $75,000 a year for AI-based tutoring, despite having access to top traditional education. The school, promoted by the Trump adminis…
New federal data shows steep drops in Affordable Care Act enrollment across many states, with Ohio and Oklahoma each losing nearly one-third of enrollees after enhanced subsidies expired in January. The data, posted by t…
Australian authors, songwriters, and musicians are demanding payment from AI companies for using their work to train AI models, arguing that tech companies should compensate creators just as other users pay for access to…
Schools are shifting from banning AI tools like ChatGPT to integrating them into curricula, focusing on teaching students to critique and revise AI-generated content rather than produce basic essays. The challenge now is…
Partnership on AI launched a Global AI Progress Hub and annual Global Responsible AI: Measures of Progress report on July 6, 2026, in Geneva, providing a public platform for organizations to document and compare concrete…
President Trump signed Executive Order 14409 on June 2, 2026, asking frontier AI developers to provide the federal government early access to covered models up to 30 days before broader release. The voluntary framework i…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, warning that AI deployment is outpacing governance and that humanity cannot 'vibe code' its future. He called for an inte…
Utah became the first US state to allow an AI chatbot, Doctronic, to renew prescriptions without a doctor through a regulatory sandbox that waives licensing laws. The state's medical licensing board, blindsided by the Ja…
Munich Regional Court I ruled on May 28, 2026, that Google's AI Overviews can be treated as Google's own statements, issuing a temporary injunction in case 26 O 869/26 over false claims about two Munich publishers. The c…
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed SB 315, a law requiring large AI developers with over $500 million in revenue to disclose safety frameworks, undergo third-party evaluations, and report critical incidents, with fines…
Apple has added a new popup in iOS 27 and iOS 26 that notifies users and requests permission when their data is sent to Google Cloud to power certain AI features, such as shape generation in iWork and Freeform. The move …