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OpenAI has agreed to a government-requested slow rollout of its GPT-5.6 model, delaying public release. The decision does not affect development pace but widens the gap between internal and public access. Prediction mark…
Anthropic urged Congress to strengthen protections against AI model distillation, alleging that Alibaba-affiliated operators conducted the largest known extraction campaign against its Claude chatbot, generating over 28.…
The Linux Foundation, Amazon, Anthropic, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Red Hat, and others launched Akrites, a project to defend critical open-source software from AI-discovered vulnerabilities. Akrites establishes a shared…
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver's lawyer argued in federal appeals court that her arrest for allegedly assaulting police officers at an anti-ICE protest is protected by free speech and congressional immunity, claiming the forc…
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the launch of the California AI-Unemployment Tracker, the first statewide tool in the U.S. to monitor AI-related job loss using unemployment insurance claims data. The tracker, …
A user argues that VPN recommendations should prioritize defenses against unproven but plausible threats, citing Mullvad VPN's DAITA tool as an example of proactive protection against AI-guided traffic analysis. The user…
The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to stagger the release of its new model, GPT 5.6, over security concerns, according to a report. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told staff the model will be released in a limited preview …
Google is negotiating AI content licensing deals with roughly 20 national news publishers, demanding real money, transparency, and control as regulators like the UK's CMA impose new rules. The talks follow competitor Ope…
Concord councilmembers approved new concessions for a motel-to-homeless housing project, including adjusted staffing hours and a delayed park fee payment plan, to keep the supportive housing conversion on track. The $760…
OpenAI is delaying its initial public offering until 2027 due to market uncertainties, unmet revenue targets, and significant spending on data centers, according to the New York Times. The company, known for ChatGPT, had…
Dan Reed's blog post warns that AI is consuming agency budgets, citing an early ChatGPT experiment that wrote NSF summaries as sonnets and haiku, and now AI tools are driving up costs alongside quantum computing.
A systems programmer draws parallels between the 1980s AI hype cycle and the current AI boom, warning that overpromises and oversimplification may lead to another AI winter. The author notes that today's massive investme…
DuckDuckGo's AI-powered search results falsely claimed President Donald Trump died of rabies after contracting the infection from Vice President J.D. Vance, who also died of rabies. The misinformation originated from a R…
Federal agencies must address four operational realities—building muscle memory, cleaning data, redesigning workflows, and setting guardrails—before AI can deliver mission impact at scale, according to a commentary urgin…
Hasbro, owner of Peppa Pig, faces backlash after reportedly asking child voice actors to sign contracts allowing AI recreations of their voices. The Agents of Young Performers Association issued an open letter arguing ch…
The Trump administration has requested OpenAI delay the release of its GPT-5.6 model over cybersecurity concerns, aligning with a recent executive order requiring a 30-day pre-deployment review of advanced AI models. The…
The European Commission has selected Milan-based startup Domyn to lead the EUROPA consortium, tasked with building an open-source frontier AI model exceeding 400 billion parameters in all 24 EU languages within a year. T…
Hasbro, the owner of the Peppa Pig franchise, is requiring child voice actors to sign contracts that grant rights for AI use of their voices, according to an open letter from the Agents of Young Performers Association. T…
Pope Leo XIV will convene an extraordinary consistory of cardinals on June 26-27 at the Vatican to reconsider Catholic just war theory in light of modern warfare, including drones, nuclear weapons, and artificial intelli…
A US congressional committee heard testimony that China has been stealing American technologies for decades and now targets artificial intelligence advances, with the Chinese military as the primary beneficiary. Witnesse…