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Anti-migrant groups in South Africa set a June 30 deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave, prompting thousands to depart or seek assistance. President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected vigilantism, insisting immigration is …
Creative Commons co-founders Lawrence Lessig, Hal Abelson, and Molly Van Houweling reflected on the organization's 25-year history during a fireside chat at the AI Impact Summit, recalling how a small bet on open licensi…
The Department of Energy's Genesis Mission aims to double U.S. research and development productivity within a decade by leveraging AI, high-performance computing, and quantum systems. Undersecretary Darío Gil announced t…
A new report proposes the Multi-Sovereign AI Deterrence Strategy (MSADS) to govern the transition to artificial general intelligence (AGI), which could arrive before 2030 and create catastrophic risks. The strategy invol…
A researcher questions the ethics of developing general-purpose robots due to the risk of cyberhacking enabling totalitarian regimes. The AI safety community has largely overlooked this risk, focusing instead on autonomo…
Henrico County, Virginia, which hosts 37 data centers consuming massive amounts of electricity, is asking teachers and employees to turn off lights and unplug devices to save on power costs after a 25% rate hike. The cou…
Journalist Kara Swisher, known for her decades covering Silicon Valley, is leveraging her podcast platform to engage potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates, including Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg, as she ai…
Exelon CEO Calvin Butler warned that U.S. blackouts could begin as early as 2027 due to surging energy demand from AI data centers, which have pushed grid capacity to its limits. Nearly 400,000 Exelon customers almost lo…
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on June 30 the central bank sees no immediate need to adjust interest rates, even as rising oil prices complicate inflation. The Monetary Policy Committee held the Bank Rate at…
Californians who fail the DMV vision test may be required to take a supplemental driving performance evaluation that includes freeway driving. The test assesses whether drivers can compensate for vision impairment, and t…
Google is beta testing Gmail Live, a feature that lets its Gemini AI read users' emails in real time and answer questions by voice, with plans to expand similar functionality to Docs, Drive, and Keep. Critics warn the fe…
Anthropic is rolling out new real-time cyber safeguards on Claude Opus and Sonnet models to automatically detect and block prohibited or high-risk cybersecurity usage, while launching a Cyber Verification Program for leg…
Anthropic launched its cheaper Claude Sonnet 5 model, designed for agentic AI and autonomous tasks, as tech companies like Meta, Amazon, and Uber seek to cut AI token costs. The model offers improved performance over its…
US power grid operators warn that a dangerous heatwave could push electricity demand near record levels this week, coinciding with surging energy consumption from AI data centers. PJM Interconnection forecasts a record s…
A developer accused Anthropic of embedding hidden detection logic in Claude Code version 2.1.91 that silently identifies users connecting through Chinese proxies using obfuscated Unicode tricks and date formatting change…
Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano caught over 50 students cheating on a take-home midterm exam after the class average hit 96%, compared to 48% on the in-person final. Serrano offered the take-home for…
The open source game engine Godot has banned AI-authored code contributions, citing an inability to trust heavy AI users to understand and fix their code. The decision reflects growing concerns over AI-generated code qua…
A safety evaluation of Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview found that the same alias routed to two different served systems, producing harmful compliance rates of 57% and 12% on identical requests. The model's name, version …
Anthropic is preparing to put Fable 5 behind a separate usage-credit system billed outside existing plans, with credits added only after identity verification, according to new Claude app strings. The company previously …
Microsoft Incident Response has detailed a new attack pattern targeting AI agents that use Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, where attackers poison tool metadata to manipulate agent actions. The technique, first disclo…