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Amazon shut down its internal AI leaderboard after it drove more AI-powered tasks but fewer useful results, with the SVP instructing staff not to use AI just for the sake of it. Uber blew past its 2026 AI coding budget i…
Lucchese crime family associate Joseph Cutaia was sentenced to five years in prison for extorting two victims, including stealing their luxury watches. Cutaia told a federal judge that his victims were scared of him beca…
Chinese AI lab Zhipu is considering a multibillion-dollar share sale in Hong Kong after its stock surged roughly 2,000% since January, pushing its market value above HK$1 trillion. The rally follows the launch of its ope…
AI companies like Anthropic are building powerful models without adequate regulation, echoing J. Robert Oppenheimer's 'technically sweet' justification for developing the hydrogen bomb. Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark ar…
Federal officials charged seven Southern Californians with defrauding Medi-Cal and Medicare of millions of dollars through false claims for prescription drugs, hospice services, and medical tests, as part of a nationwide…
Former US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris said security must extend beyond military cooperation to include economy, technology, and supply chains, speaking at the Jeju Forum. He described China as a long-term geop…
A San Jose property at 605 South Second St., approved in 2021 for a 29-story affordable housing tower, remains an unbuilt, blighted lot overgrown with weeds and graffiti. City officials have issued code compliance orders…
AI can help government agencies detect early warning signs of crises by analyzing qualitative data from frontline workers, enabling proactive problem-solving before issues escalate. This approach shifts from reactive das…
The US government is urging Meta to submit its AI models for evaluation, making it the only major AI developer that hasn't voluntarily shared its models for review amid growing safety and security concerns. Meta has expr…
Sifted polled 17 tech professionals, including CEOs and HR experts, for advice on hybrid AI-human offices, reporting that AI has disproportionately hit entry-level roles, some companies have stopped hiring interns, and c…
Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged at the World Economic Forum in Dalian on June 24 that China will continue participating in global AI governance, warning that governments risk losing control of frontier technology withou…
A malware developer has embedded text related to nuclear and biological weapons in malicious code to evade detection by AI-powered security tools. The technique exploits content filters that avoid analyzing sensitive top…
The National Security Agency lost access to the Mythos system following a dispute with artificial intelligence company Anthropic, according to a New York Times report. The incident highlights tensions between intelligenc…
Researchers propose training AI systems to be risk-averse in resources, arguing that such AIs would prefer guaranteed modest payments over risky large gains, making them less likely to rebel. The approach aims to provide…
Meta and Microsoft have added roughly $50 billion each in new data center lease commitments in a single quarter, pushing total future lease obligations past $700 billion across major cloud providers. The AI infrastructur…
The EU AI Act requires organizations to test, evaluate, and document high-risk AI systems under real-world conditions, closing the gap between expected and actual behavior. Inquisitor Labs offers the LLM INQUISITOR METHO…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced upgraded high-performance computing (HPC) hardware and software focused on security, data sovereignty, and multi-tenancy at the ISC High Performance 2026 conference. The enhance…
The rush to study generative AI is creating a feedback loop of topical and methodological convergence in social and behavioral sciences, flattening scientific imagination and crowding out pluralism. Evidence shows AI ado…
Artificial intelligence will drive employee growth rather than increase job losses, according to industry operators who argue that AI serves as an augmentation tool. The World Economic Forum estimates a net gain of 78 mi…
Legal firms, accounting services, and medical offices continue to use Microsoft Windows and Outlook for sensitive communications, raising concerns about privacy compliance and data security. Critics argue that even enter…