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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…
International SEO must evolve into global knowledge integrity as AI search systems like ChatGPT and Google's AI Overviews increasingly retrieve and synthesize information across markets, creating risks of cross-market kn…
At CTO Craft Con, Dr. Catherine Hicks argued that engineering measurement failures stem from theoretical gaps, not data issues, and warned that organizations are building 'spike lines'—metrics that appear to measure prog…
Enterprise AI initiatives are struggling to move beyond pilots into production due to network infrastructure constraints, according to industry experts. Legacy networks cannot handle the persistent, high-bandwidth demand…
CNBC reports that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the White House are in ongoing talks about a possible U.S. government equity stake in the company, with discussions spanning over a year and Altman first raising the idea with …
Artificial intelligence and the data centers they require consume growing amounts of energy and water, exacerbating climate change and water scarcity. Experts advise using AI less, avoiding it for simple tasks, and makin…
A major gas company is considering requesting an exemption from British Columbia's environmental regulations, potentially setting a precedent for industry challenges to provincial climate policies.
Microsoft released its 2026 AI in Education Report showing 92% of students and education leaders have used AI for school, and announced new AI-powered teaching tools available at no extra cost. The report highlights wide…
A growing majority of Dutch people want AI-generated music to be labeled on streaming platforms, with support rising from 59% to over 75% in two years, according to the NVPI Muziekmonitor. The demand for transparency com…