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Estonia plans to become the first country to issue digital identities for AI agents, Prime Minister Kristen Michal announced. The AI ID codes will grant limited and controllable powers to agents acting on behalf of indiv…
Chinese AI and semiconductor stocks surged on government plans to invest $295 billion in AI data centers and anticipated index reshuffles, with Biren Technology's Hong Kong IPO soaring 120% on its first day. The China Se…
Het UWV meldt dat de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkt nog steeds krap is, maar dat AI leidt tot afnemende baankansen in beroepen zoals reclame en klantenservice. Nieuwe kansrijke beroepen zijn onder meer vintage-verkoper, metsel…
Epic Games' State of Unreal 2026 keynote announced a controversial shift toward generative AI, deprecation of Blueprint, and promotion of Verse, sparking backlash from developers who see it as a threat to creativity and …
Tencent is conducting limited internal tests of an AI assistant called Xiaowei inside WeChat, allowing users to send messages, make voice calls, and navigate mini-programs via text and voice commands. The feature, confir…
Kapwing's new report found that 59% of videos shown to a new TikTok account in May 2026 were AI-generated or low-quality compilations, three times the rate on YouTube Shorts. The study reviewed 10,742 videos and highligh…
Swedish nuclear startup Blykalla is expanding in the U.S. after President Trump eased licensing rules for new reactor technology, enabling faster deployment of its lead-cooled small modular reactors to meet surging AI-dr…
At a BlueDot Impact panel on AI safety careers, attendees expressed frustration over the field's simultaneous claims of talent shortages and high selectivity in hiring. The author argues that genuine mentorship and commu…
A Pew Research survey of 5,119 US adults found that 49% have used an AI chatbot, up from 33% in 2024, with ChatGPT leading at 44% adoption. However, 71% believe AI threatens data privacy, and two-thirds say AI is advanci…
Hong Kong's highly educated youth face a growing mismatch between their skills and available jobs, exacerbated by AI and market shifts. The government must create quality employment opportunities leveraging the city's un…
Yann LeCun called Elon Musk's xAI a failure and warned that frontier AI labs face a bubble burst due to unsustainable investor subsidies, citing xAI's $2.5 billion quarterly loss. LeCun, who left Meta to found AMI Labs, …
The Trump administration imposed export controls on Anthropic's AI system Fable, citing national security concerns over jailbreak vulnerabilities, leading Anthropic to de-deploy the model. The move signals a shift from t…
Sakana AI launched Fugu, a multi-agent model API that coordinates a pool of agents behind a single interface, positioning it as a hedge against single-provider dependency after the U.S. government directed Anthropic to s…
The Atlantic's investigation reveals that tech companies have used at least 15 million videos and millions of songs to train AI models, often without permission. The report highlights the industry's reliance on copyright…
The Canadian government spent $46.8 million on a secret contract with Palantir Technologies, raising concerns about transparency and data privacy.
Box CEO Aaron Levie argues that AI agents will drive 100 times more software usage than humans, transforming enterprise SaaS into high-volume infrastructure requiring new guardrails for data access, permissions, and audi…
A new version of Tlbic, a time-limited basic income system designed with AI, has been released. The system aims to leverage artificial intelligence to manage and distribute basic income efficiently.
JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong announced at the 2026 APEC China CEO Forum that the company has launched an internal Nirvana Plan to retrain its 700,000 delivery workers for a future where robots handle all deliveries. JD.c…
An investigation by The Guardian found that brands are using AI-generated influencers and synthetic customer content on social media without clear disclosure, with some creators signing non-disclosure agreements. Consume…
OpenAI and Anthropic are preparing IPOs in the US amid record equity highs and strong demand for AI-linked listings, while Jio Platforms and the NSE face subdued investor appetite in India's less enthusiastic IPO market,…