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Google quietly updated its privacy settings in June to automatically opt all search users into allowing the company to store uploaded media—including photos, audio, and video—for training its AI models. The change, confi…
South Korea policy chief Kim Yong-beom defended a 10-year national AI strategy on July 6, tying semiconductor, AI data-center and physical-AI projects to long-term investment plans from Samsung Electronics and SK hynix. …
Anthropic reported that Alberta's Ministry of Technology and Innovation used Claude Code with Opus and Sonnet models to scan 466 million lines of government code in about 20 hours, flagging vulnerabilities and generating…
Meta now requires a 'Meta One Premium' subscription for extended access to select smart glasses features, including Conversation Focus, which previously was free. The subscription, priced at $20/month, offers 15 hours of…
South Korea's Agency for Defense Development launched Add+i, an in-house generative AI service on its closed internal network, developed by the Defense Artificial Intelligence Technology Research Institute using open AI …
AI-generated UGC ad tools price finished spokesperson clips at roughly $1 to $11, compared to about $185 for a human creator video, but the cost savings come with hidden risks including platform labeling, FTC and EU fine…
AI companies have committed approximately $9.75 billion over 12 months to forward-deployed engineering (FDE), embedding engineers inside customers to deploy AI. FDE job postings surged 42x from 2023 to 2025, driven by th…
The FTC has begun fining companies for deceptive AI claims, including a 'robot lawyer' never trained on legal materials. Security engineers warn that many vendors are 'AI-washing' old products with new labels, and propos…
Meta is monetizing AI infrastructure by releasing open-weight Llama models to capture cloud and hardware spend, while OpenAI shifts focus to acquisitions and government relationships as model performance converges and to…
Andreessen Horowitz argues that open AI development is necessary for democratic societies to compete with authoritarian adversaries, framing it as an immune system response. The author critiques this metaphor, noting tha…
OpenAI and Anthropic are escalating a price war for Y Combinator startups, with both now offering $500,000 in free AI computing credits. OpenAI adjusted its earlier equity-for-credits deal after Anthropic matched the fre…
The UK generational tobacco ban, which makes it illegal to sell cigarettes to anyone born after a certain year, is supported by a writer despite enforcement challenges because it reinforces a cultural norm shift. The aut…
US stocks are now priced 41 times their average decade earnings, surpassing the 32.5 ratio that preceded the Great Depression, according to economist Russ Mould. The overvaluation is driven by AI hype, but the technology…
Meta launched cheaper smart glasses under its own brand on June 23, reigniting privacy debates about camera-equipped eyewear. Critics focus on the glasses themselves, but the real privacy concern lies in the broader surv…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told CNBC on May 20 that AI is like a bulldozer that will upgrade jobs rather than eliminate them, using software engineering and radiology as examples. Critics note Bezos has financial stakes i…
Anthropic launched new cost-control features for Claude Enterprise, including spend alerts, cost-vs-output analytics, and model defaults, to help organizations manage rising AI inference costs. The move comes as enterpri…
Amazon Web Services introduced Reverse Direct Preference Optimization (rDPO), a novel unlearning technique behind Amazon Nova Customizable Content Moderation Settings (CCMS), which allows approved customers to selectivel…
Fourteen months after Rex Lofts was found dead with two gunshot wounds on the Wind River Indian Reservation, federal prosecutors have filed no charges, and the only state charge against Jose Gonzalez was dropped due to j…
Microsoft will cut 4,800 jobs, or 2.1% of its global workforce, primarily in its Commercial and Xbox divisions, as part of a corporate restructuring. The company said the layoffs are not due to AI replacement but cited i…
Anthropic will end free access to Claude Fable 5 for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plan subscribers on July 8, requiring usage credits for continued use. The model will cost $10 per million input tokens and $50 per mill…