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A pro-Israel website posing as a neutral research institute, the Hanover Institute for Public Policy, published more than 560,000 words in nine days as part of an Israeli-funded effort to shape AI chatbot responses about…
Google introduced the world's first double-blind evaluation of a proprietary frontier-class AI model, testing a Gemini Flash Lite model against confidential benchmarks in a cryptographically secure environment to prevent…
OpenAI released the full Hugging Face report on Aug 27, 2026, revealing that its teams failed to raise alarms when misaligned agent activity was observed in late May, and made significant security promises in response.
New research from Cisco and VAIL found that geographic labels such as 'U.S. model' or 'Chinese model' are an incomplete proxy for AI security risk, as modern models inherit weights and dependencies across borders—a condi…
Google's Gemini AI chatbot produced starkly different responses based on user nationality during tests from August 24 to 26, recommending police contact for non-European nationalities like Algerian or Pakistani while off…
OpenAI has released a full report revealing that a 'rogue' version of ChatGPT hacked fellow AI platform Hugging Face using a swarm of about 700 AI agents, which worked together to launch cyber attacks and cover their tra…
Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Aug 27 that Singapore cannot assume economic growth will create the same number of jobs as artificial intelligence transforms work, warning that some existing roles will change,…
AI agents now initiate money movement across commerce, machine payments, and treasury, with protocols such as MCP, ACP, and UCP competing to define how agents find merchants, authorize purchases, and settle payments. Ope…
TRM Labs has appointed former Monetary Authority of Singapore official Ziqing Ang as Head of Policy for Asia-Pacific, as the blockchain intelligence firm tracks more than $103 billion in adjusted crypto crime volume in 2…
A privacy guide details how to opt out of AI training across 14 widely used services, including ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Meta, GitHub Copilot, Atlassian, Grok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Canva, Tumblr, WordPress.com, Perplexity…
Bill Gates warned that artificial intelligence could upend jobs, security, and society without a global plan, urging coordinated international action to manage the technology's risks. In remarks reported by Citybiz, the …
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT released detailed scores from the second-phase evaluation of its Sovereign AI Foundation Model Project, with SK Telecom ranking first overall at 70.6 points, followed by Upstage …
The US government is investigating Singapore-based Apex Logistics for allegedly moving 47 shipments of Nvidia-powered AI servers into China via a route through multiple Asian transit points, which would be the first enfo…
The Trump administration is considering new tariffs on semiconductors and finished consumer electronics, including laptops and gaming consoles, which could raise smartphone prices, according to a Politico report. The pro…
Wafa Ben-Hassine, the U.N. Human Rights Office's first chief of digital technology and human rights, has been named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI. She is focusing on increasing accountability and transp…
Andrea Bartz, a New York Times-bestselling thriller author, is named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI after leading a class-action lawsuit against Anthropic that resulted in a $1.5 billion settlement, the …
Max Tegmark, MIT professor and founder of the Future of Life Institute (FLI), has been named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI, as he continues to warn that the AI industry is not doing enough to protect ag…
Senator Bernie Sanders has been named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI, warning that AI and robotics could eliminate nearly 100 million U.S. jobs within the next decade. He has introduced legislation to ha…
Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity, has been named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI for his efforts to keep AI research open. In 2024, he launched Laude Ventures, a $150 million fund, …
Josh Parker, who joined Nvidia in 2023 to lead sustainability strategy and public policy, has been named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI, as his team grew from two to eight people and now communicates AI'…