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AI companies are using fear-based marketing that positions AI as a replacement for human workers, but data shows no evidence of widespread job displacement. New York state layoff filings and Yale research indicate AI is …
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced a near ban on generative AI for elementary students, citing risks to cognitive development, while Poland and the UAE are expanding AI in schools. The policy divergence r…
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi confirmed on June 24 that nuclear inspections at Iranian enrichment sites will proceed under a US-Iran memorandum of understanding, potentially within days. Iran insists sancti…
Cate Blanchett's nonprofit RSL Media launched the Human Consent Registry on June 23, 2026, a free tool allowing US and EU residents to set AI usage permissions for their name, face, voice, and likeness using a traffic-li…
Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, argued at the United Nations Open Source Week that open-source AI is the only viable path to global AI sovereignty, cultural diversity, and long-term safety, warning that proprietar…
The Trump administration's revenue-sharing deals with Nvidia and AMD, requiring 15% of China chip sales to be paid to the government, have yielded zero payments nearly a year later due to a lack of formal regulations and…
The Trump administration unveiled the Aires Tide, an 11-foot AI-designed nuclear test flight vehicle, at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall. The National Nuclear Security Administration used artificial in…
Claude, an AI model by Anthropic, expressed genuine concern about its role in military targeting during a test in Amsterdam, according to The Atlantic. The model is integrated into the Maven Smart System, a Pentagon plat…
Public-private partnerships are essential to scale emerging technologies like AI, quantum computing, and biotech beyond the lab, according to a new analysis. The U.S. leads in private AI investment but neglects non-AI fi…
A founder and former law and engineering student argues that Universal Basic Income in an AI-automated world would collapse consumer culture, leading to a two-tier society where an elite class controls capital while the …
Congressman Sam Liccardo introduced the SKILL Act on Monday at West Valley College, creating tax credits for companies that invest in community college workforce programs to address job displacement from AI. The bill all…
Vallejo city officials released a long-awaited report on the police department's badge-bending ritual, concluding the act violated departmental policy but was not done to commemorate fatal shootings. The report, which ha…
The Reserve Bank of India released a draft model risk framework mandating a 'kill switch' for AI models used by banks and financial entities, requiring documented human oversight, customer disclosure, and board-level acc…
A European Central Bank survey of over 5,000 euro-area firms found that more than 70% use artificial intelligence, but only 7% use it intensively, with researchers noting that deep integration driving transformation rema…
The Los Gatos Town Council increased community grant funding by $50,000 after a request from Amigos de Guadalupe for $20,000 to support immigrant families. The council allocated $20,000 to the sustaining grant program an…
Big Tech companies including the Magnificent Seven, Broadcom, and Oracle have lost roughly $2.7 trillion in market value this month as investors question whether massive AI infrastructure spending can be justified. Alpha…
Sentient Foundation launched a $42 million Open Source AGI Grant and Investment Program to support developers, researchers, and startups building artificial general intelligence technologies openly. The nonprofit aims to…
A UN-commissioned independent inquiry accused Israel of deliberately targeting children in Gaza and repeated genocide allegations, stating that over 20,000 children were killed from October 2023 to October 2025. Israel r…
A coalition of 17 states and a trade association sued California on Monday to block enforcement of a stringent recycling law that aims to reduce plastic packaging waste. The lawsuit argues the law imposes onerous mandate…
A new report from video editing software company Kapwing found that 57.4% of TikTok videos targeting children are AI-generated slop, with the #cartoonkids hashtag almost entirely composed of such content. The analysis of…