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A growing gap between insider and outsider access to frontier AI models threatens the effectiveness of external safety research, with government restrictions and deployment lags likely to widen the divide. The author arg…
PC sales in the U.S. fell 7% in Q1 2025 to 15.8 million units, driven by rising component costs and fading demand for sub-$500 laptops, which saw an 18.7% sales drop. Memory makers prioritizing AI server demand have sque…
Cloudflare introduces the Agentic Internet, a framework requiring AI to pay for content access, merging finance and computation. The initiative aims to establish economic accountability for AI transactions, urging tech l…
Cloudflare will block mixed-use AI crawlers from accessing ad-supported websites by default starting September 15, 2026, aiming to give publishers more control over AI data usage. The company also rebranded its Pay Per C…
A Stanford study of 12,000 companies found that high AI-adoption firms grew headcount by 10.2% and entry-level hiring by 12% over 18 months, while low-AI firms shrank by 1.8%. The data challenges the narrative that AI el…
Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5 on July 1, 2026, with autonomous agent capabilities, Computer Use 2.0, and 40% lower pricing, while the US lifted export controls on its frontier models Fable 5 and Mythos 5. The dual a…
A United Nations report warns that the rapid spread of artificial intelligence may worsen global inequality, as adoption and investment accelerate unevenly across the world. The report from the independent international …
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Tawa Supermarket Inc., parent company of 99 Ranch Market, alleging the Asian supermarket chain discriminated against non-Chinese employees by failing to promote them, payi…
NVIDIA and its partners are investing in American manufacturing, supply chains, and energy grids to produce AI infrastructure, including advanced chips and systems, aiming to reinvigorate U.S. industry and support health…
A new survey published in AI & SOCIETY reveals that AI experts are significantly more optimistic about the future of automation than the general public, with experts perceiving lower risks and greater benefits. The study…
Cloudflare announced it will block mixed-use web crawlers from accessing ad-supported customer websites by default starting September 15, 2026, to give publishers more control over AI content harvesting. The move targets…
As AI reshapes data access, security teams must abandon three outdated practices: static access controls, perimeter-based security, and manual compliance checks. Continuous visibility and governance are now essential to …
Cloudflare has introduced the Agentic Internet, a framework requiring AI systems to pay for the content they consume. The move aims to establish new standards for content compensation in the AI era, with implications for…
Cloudflare announced it will default to blocking mixed-use crawlers from accessing ad-supported customer websites, citing broken crawl-for-traffic bargains with AI companies. The move affects roughly 20 percent of the we…
Cloudflare announced the Monetization Gateway, enabling customers to charge for any asset protected by Cloudflare—web pages, datasets, APIs, or MCP tools—using stablecoin micropayments via the x402 protocol. The gateway …
One year after Cloudflare declared Content Independence Day, AI training crawlers now account for 52% of crawler requests, up from 22% in spring 2025. Non-human traffic has surpassed 50% of all internet traffic, and the …
Cloudflare announced new bot controls and a research program to help website owners manage AI crawlers and be compensated for content used by AI search engines, citing a 2025 Pew study showing AI summaries reduce traditi…
Cloudflare announced new AI traffic controls for all customers, allowing website owners to manage bot access based on use cases: search, agent, and training. The company introduced a taxonomy to classify crawler behavior…
Cloudflare announced new tools, analytics, and partnerships to help site owners control AI access to their content, aiming to foster a collaborative agentic economy. The company will test new default classifications and …
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold laws in Idaho and West Virginia banning transgender athletes from female sports teams, but the decision does not require states to adopt such policies. California, which allows …