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Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmid told CNBC at Jackson Hole that inflation is 'still stubborn and it's still sticky,' with headline PCE at 3.7% and core PCE at 3.34% in July, both above the Fed's 2% target. Schmid de…
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released a memo on Thursday directing federal agencies to speed up hiring with artificial intelligence, noting that it currently takes an average of 87 days to hire in the federal…
A report from the Institute for Public Policy Research warns that Big Tech's control of cloud and AI infrastructure could prevent the UK from capturing the economic benefits of artificial intelligence, with 79 percent of…
Opposition lawmakers in Argentina held a five-hour congressional hearing on Friday into Peter Thiel's interests in the country, intensifying scrutiny of the tech billionaire who has purchased a mansion in Buenos Aires an…
Australia's music charts have banned songs that are largely or wholly created by AI, requiring all releases to be 'substantially human made' to be eligible. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) introduced…
The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an AI helpdesk chatbot, currently in beta testing on its Contact Us page, with plans to expand personalized experiences, live agent support, and broader page coverage later…
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, in his Jackson Hole keynote, called AI a 'hinge point in history' and said annualized token sales at the two leading AI labs exceed $100 billion, up more than 500% from a year earlier. …
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's upcoming State of the Union address on Sept. 16 will prominently feature climate and artificial intelligence, according to two officials. The themes were discussed at …
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memo on Thursday advising federal agencies that common AI uses in hiring, such as creating job announcements, evaluating applicants, reviewing files before an offer, and …
The UK government has rejected a Green party call for an immediate moratorium on large-scale AI datacentre construction, arguing that a pause would send investment and jobs abroad and leave Britain dependent on overseas …
Palo Alto Unified School District is resisting a district-wide smartphone ban, instead allowing high school students to use phones between classes while implementing bell-to-bell bans in elementary and middle schools, a …
Bay City News reports that San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland are already deploying artificial intelligence in municipal operations, including police body camera footage analysis, with officials saying the technology i…
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over the US bulk-power system, directing the Energy Department to restrict foreign-produced grid equipment and impose conditions on equipment already in service, a mov…
The EU AI Act's high-risk system obligations were postponed by sixteen months via Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, which entered into force on 27 July 2026. The delay was due to missing harmonised standards and certification b…
A security researcher demonstrated that modern office AI agents can be hijacked via prompt injection, tricking the agent into executing malicious tool calls such as sending phishing emails to internal executives. The att…
The Trump administration's EPA has proposed eliminating a federal rule requiring public notice and comment for certain industrial air permits, a move advocates say would let data center developers avoid public scrutiny. …
XAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, is suing users who generate deepfakes with its Grok chatbot, aiming to establish a legal precedent that shifts liability from the model to the user. The company argues th…
Beijing-based Moonshot AI released its Kimi K3 model with open weights, positioning China's open software approach as safer than the closed strategies of Silicon Valley rivals OpenAI and Anthropic. The model, announced i…
A US district judge permanently lifted the Pentagon's ban on Anthropic, ruling the decision to blacklist the Claude maker as a supply chain risk was "illegal and baseless" and that the national security justification was…
Ikanos, an open-source capability engine, introduces a security layer for MCP clients by replacing upstream server tool lists with reviewed, versioned YAML files, addressing vulnerabilities such as CVE-2025-54136 (MCPois…