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Enterprise customers are cutting AI spending from OpenAI and Anthropic due to high costs and unclear benefits, with major firms like Microsoft, Uber, Amazon, JPMorgan, and Meta reducing usage. The AI industry's run-rate …
Anthropic disclosed that operators linked to Alibaba's ecosystem created over 24,000 fake accounts to generate more than 16 million interactions in a mass distillation attack targeting Claude's software engineering and r…
Effective altruists may be neglecting political actions like voting and protests, which are non-delegatable and increasingly important for AI safety legislation. PauseAI UK has made it easier for individuals to engage wi…
REI faced backlash after an Instagram ad showed a bike with two sets of handlebars, which users criticized as AI-generated. REI attributed the error to Meta's AI personalization tool, which it said auto-enrolled the reta…
Amazon MGM Studios dropped Luca Guadagnino's nearly finished film 'Artificial,' a comedic drama about the 2023 OpenAI leadership crisis, stating it would be 'better served' by another distributor. The decision followed A…
Forrester announced the agendas for AI Forum Singapore on August 20, 2026 and AI Forum Sydney on August 25, 2026, themed "AI Into Action: Unlock Your Opportunity." The forums feature research-led keynotes, workshops, and…
A federal class action lawsuit filed Monday accuses gas station operators including Marathon and Circle K of using AI-powered software from Kalibrate to illegally collude and raise fuel prices in California, violating st…
The General Services Administration proposed a draft contract clause on March 6, 2026, that would grant the US government broad, irrevocable, royalty-free licenses to AI systems developed under federal contracts while ba…
A federal lawsuit filed in California accuses major gas retailers including 7-Eleven, Circle K, BP, Marathon Petroleum, Walmart, and Albertsons of using AI software from Kalibrate to coordinate and inflate gas prices. Th…
TCI Fund Management held a conference promoting an 'anti-AI' investment portfolio, arguing that AI hype is overblown and that traditional value stocks offer better returns. The firm presented a portfolio of companies wit…
Polymarket odds for Claude Fable 5 restoration have rebounded to 60% by July 1 and 88% by July 31 after code hints and an Amazon Bedrock reappearance, though the update may be overconfident. The incident remains a fiasco…
Accenture is attempting to stop employees from depleting AI token reserves by using AI for basic tasks like converting PDFs to slides, according to leaked audio from an internal meeting. The consulting firm's agentic AI …
Charity Majors argues that AI is not uniquely evil but just another technology requiring engagement and governance, urging tech workers to learn AI to better critique and shape it. She catalogues harms from AI creation a…
Charity Majors argues that AI is not uniquely evil but just another technology with risks that require engagement, not avoidance. She contends that tech workers have a moral responsibility to use and shape AI to govern i…
Sunrun, Tesla, and Renew Home announced a partnership to aggregate over 16 GW of home batteries and smart devices into the largest U.S. virtual power plant, targeting surging data center electricity demand. The deal sent…
Anthropic accused Alibaba of illicitly extracting capabilities from its Claude AI model, escalating tensions between US and Chinese AI firms. The allegation highlights growing concerns over intellectual property theft in…
Anthropic disclosed that Chinese AI labs DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax used 24,000 fake accounts to extract over 16 million Claude exchanges, targeting specific capabilities like reasoning and agentic coding. The in…
Arcade.dev announced support for Anthropic's Enterprise-Managed Authorization (EMA), a new MCP extension enabling centralized identity provider-based server access for AI agents. The adoption validates Arcade's existing …
Stanford graduates expressed mixed feelings about artificial intelligence during commencement, with some walking out on Google CEO Sundar Pichai's speech. Students cited concerns over ethical development, job displacemen…
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) denied that her staff used AI to draft a defense funding amendment, clarifying that AI was only used for spellcheck on the amendment summary. The denial came after screenshots showed an AI-g…