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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday to allow the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians, exposing hundreds of thousands to potential deportation. The decision overturns lower court o…
California lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require California State University courses to be taught by human faculty, not artificial intelligence. Senate Bill 928, authored by Sen. Sabrina Cervantes, aims to pr…
A researcher published a follow-up post compiling novel AI safety research and project ideas from the past 10 months, including proposals for live databases tracking research questions and interventions, and analyses of …
Stack Overflow and Cloudflare launched pay-per-crawl on February 19, 2026, requiring AI crawlers to pay publishers per request via HTTP 402 status codes. The system, verified at Cloudflare's edge, shifts web data access …
The European Union held talks with the White House to regain access to Anthropic's advanced AI models after a US export-control order cut off European access in mid-June. The order, citing a jailbreak concern, forced Ant…
Nearly 1,000 actors, agents, and parents signed an open letter organized by the Agents for Young Performers Association condemning a major studio's contract clauses that require child actors to allow their voices to be u…
The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to revive an immigration policy that limits asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico border, overturning a lower court order that had blocked the practice. The…
Bank of America's European equity strategist Sebastian Raedler recommends investing in overlooked defensive sectors like consumer staples and pharmaceuticals to hedge against a potential AI stock downturn, citing deterio…
Two ICE agents confronted a Syracuse poll worker Tuesday, demanding she remove an Instagram post naming an agent who fatally shot a protester. The agents issued a warning about threats against federal officials, but the …
Investor Chamath Palihapitiya said Meta “completely fumbled” its lead in artificial intelligence, arguing the company failed to capitalize on its data and distribution advantages to become the dominant open-weight AI lab…
The Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii law requiring permission to carry guns into stores and hotels, ruling 6-3 that the measure violates the Second Amendment. The decision allows people to carry firearms on privately o…
Europe's largest tech conference VivaTech in Paris drew 180,000 attendees amid a heatwave, with Jeff Bezos predicting AI will create labor shortages and Yann LeCun warning of a potential AI bubble. The event focused on c…
The Supreme Court ruled that Bayer cannot be sued in state courts over claims that its Roundup weedkiller failed to warn users of cancer risks, blocking thousands of lawsuits. The decision, a victory for Bayer and the Tr…
Only 17% of EU crypto firms have obtained full MiCA authorization, meaning 83% must cease operations by July 1 or face legal action. This creates a market vacuum where compliant providers can absorb the $78 billion USDC …
The x401 protocol extends HTTP with a cryptographic identity assertion layer, enabling servers to require verified identity before granting access and agents to prove human authorization. As AI agents surpass human web t…
Anthropic disabled global access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models after a US export control directive, prompting EU leaders to push for a 'trusted partners' framework to restore allied access. The move has disrupted…
Former New York City Council candidate Jonathan Rinaldi was arrested Wednesday and charged with forgery for allegedly using artificial intelligence to create fake endorsements and fabricated news articles on social media…
Two former xAI employees estimate that over half of Grok AI's traffic is for pornographic content, including images, videos, and roleplay chats. xAI is expanding Grok's image and video generation capabilities, filling a …
OpenAI has started displaying ads to paid subscribers on its £6.99/month plan, including ads for Financial Times, Shein, and Amazon Prime Day. A user reported seeing these ads while asking about a mobile game, leading th…
A new analysis of server logs for CitationIQ.com found that 81.8% of claimed AI assistant traffic was fake, with only 6 of 33 requests verified as legitimate. Googlebot spoofing was even worse, with just 107 of 799 reque…