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The first AI-focused super PAC, Leading the Future, has failed spectacularly after less than a year, unable to replicate the success of crypto PAC Fairshake. Funded by OpenAI President Greg Brockman and Andreessen Horowi…
The UK Home Office plans to trial AI facial age estimation for Channel arrivals starting April 28, 2026, aiming to resolve age disputes at the border. However, Human Rights Watch and Right to Remain oppose the trial, and…
CIOs identify scaling AI for business value and cybersecurity as the top challenges in 2026, with 71% struggling to prioritize AI use cases and 59% of AI initiatives failing to reach production, while AI-driven attacks e…
Chinese universities are cutting foreign language and translation programs while launching new majors in AI-related fields such as embodied intelligence and low-altitude economy, according to a survey by MyCOS. The restr…
AI is driving up costs across the economy by creating shortages in chips, electricity, and other resources, leading to higher prices for smartphones, software subscriptions, and electricity. The trend transfers wealth fr…
Apple is raising prices but will not ship its Siri AI features to the European Union, citing regulatory concerns. The move highlights ongoing tensions between Apple's product strategy and EU digital regulations.
AI pilots often fail not due to technology but because of unresolved data ownership issues, which become critical when scaling. Organizations that deferred data governance decisions find that production AI requires clear…
Cory Doctorow argues in a new book and podcast interview that the AI boom is driven by unsustainable hype and power dynamics that benefit bosses at the expense of workers, coining the term "enshittification" to describe …
AXT, Inc., which manufactures indium phosphide substrate wafers through its subsidiary Beijing Tongmei Xtal Technology Co., Ltd., has a $100 million backlog and funded capacity doubling, but faces a rich valuation with a…
OpenAI signed a multi-year agreement with Getty Images to display the company's licensed visual content in ChatGPT's search and discovery features, excluding AI training rights. Getty shares rose on the news, reflecting …
Some electricians are questioning the ethics of working on data center projects that power AI, with debates emerging in online communities like Reddit's r/electricians. While some workers see data center jobs as opportun…
Indonesia plans to embed artificial intelligence into President Prabowo Subianto's flagship programmes, including a $15 billion free-meal scheme for 83 million children and pregnant women, to improve logistics and reduce…
Three recent AI events reveal the fragility of relying on third-party model APIs. Anthropic suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models after a US government export control directive, causing a global blackout. M…
European Central Bank research finds that jobs vulnerable to AI substitution declined in the US between 2019 and 2025, while firms adopting AI are 4% more likely to hire and see 4% labor productivity gains. The ECB's sur…
Chinese AI startup Zhipu AI has surged past a one trillion yuan ($140 billion) market capitalization, signaling Beijing's commitment to AI self-reliance and challenging Western dominance in the sector. The valuation, ach…
JetBrains Research found 74% of developers use AI tools, with Claude Code becoming the most popular coding assistant since May 2025, according to Jellyfish's 2026 report. Industry leaders warn that reliance on proprietar…
Mistral AI, a Paris-based AI company, is positioning itself as an enterprise-focused infrastructure provider rather than a consumer chatbot competitor, emphasizing open weights, customization, and sovereign capabilities.…
China's goal to power AI data centers with 80% renewable energy by 2030 faces practical grid challenges, as intermittent supply clashes with the constant demand of AI workloads. Despite massive clean energy capacity, gri…
Tencent has begun internal testing of Xiaowei, an AI assistant embedded in WeChat that accepts text and voice input to execute tasks across the app's mini-program ecosystem, with a public rollout targeted for Q3 2026. Th…
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to circulate in New Mexico between 2023 and 2025 to build larger cases against traffickers, a tactic whistleblower Special Agent Da…