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A new report from MIT FutureTech and the University of Queensland, based on input from over 270 researchers and AI experts, says AI developers and governance actors hold primary responsibility for addressing risks, while…
A 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model shipped in mid-July with performance close to the commercial frontier, and its full weights followed ten days later under a custom license, prompting Washington to weigh restric…
Tailscale, the WireGuard-based VPN provider, announced at its Tailscale Up conference a suite of new services that expand its platform from VPN into a full connectivity platform, including DNS Filtering by Control D, Tai…
Governors who once courted AI data centers are now imposing stricter rules, with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro requiring local approval for state permits and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott halting data center approvals pending …
Hong Kong's four financial regulators selected 36 AI use cases from nearly 100 proposals for the GenAI Sandbox++ program, involving 30 financial institutions and 27 technology partners, with trials set to begin in 2026 a…
Ha Jung-woo, the new standing vice chairman of the Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (NAIS), said Monday that Korea must continue developing its own AI capabilities to mitigate risks such …
ESET has discovered a Russian state-sponsored hacking group, UAC-0099, embedding a manipulative prompt about nuclear weapons in a malicious VBS script to deliberately trigger AI safety mechanisms and disrupt AI-assisted …
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) launched FSTI 4.0 on August 31, committing up to S$220 million (US$173 million) over three years to bolster the country's fintech ecosystem, a step up from the S$150 million allo…
On August 27, 2026, CISA added CVE-2026-53362 and CVE-2026-66384 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, marking the first federal acknowledgment of autonomous AI agents as primary drivers of active exploitation.…
Build American AI, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit tied to the AI industry, is reportedly spending $50 million to support data-center-friendly candidates in battleground states for the 2026 election cycle, according to a report. T…
The Data Center Coalition, led by President Josh Levi, has launched its America Connects initiative in battleground states including Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, and Ohio to counter opposition from roughly 525,000 Ameri…
Ha Jung-woo, standing vice chair of South Korea's Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, said Monday the government will shift its AI policy focus from strategy-setting to delivering tangible …
Kazakhstan's Air Defense Forces concluded the Ashyk Aspan 2026 joint exercises at the Saryshagan training ground, testing automated command-and-control systems incorporating artificial intelligence to support decision-ma…
Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude models, has been sued over usage limits on its $200-a-month AI plans, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit challenges the company's restrictions on i…
Bank of England Governor and Financial Stability Board Chair Andrew Bailey warned that global markets are unprepared for the consequences of advanced AI, citing stretched valuations and high debt that could amplify a fut…
AI companies including Anthropic, Nvidia, and Google's Isomorphic Labs are increasingly investing in health care and drug discovery to counter public backlash over data centers and job losses, with Nvidia and Eli Lilly b…
Meta has released a mandatory firmware update for its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses that instantly stops video recording if the capture LED is covered or tampered with, closing a loophole that let users record covertly by t…
A Heatmap News poll finds that American opposition to data centers has surged from 42 percent net opposition a year ago to 75 percent net opposition, with 61 percent of Americans now strongly opposing the facilities. The…
AI in lending is projected to grow from $11.63 billion in 2025 to $14.71 billion in 2026, a 26.5% jump, according to The Business Research Company, but 95% of enterprise generative AI pilots deliver zero measurable retur…
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, representing 901,000 members, has urged Congress to oppose any bills banning data center construction, citing high-quality union jobs and economic growth, while North …