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A viral thought experiment called Europe 2031, published by Brussels-based thinktankers, depicts a doomsday scenario where Europe's failure to invest in AI leads to economic collapse, surging populism, and the disintegra…
A developer built Tamga, an open-source reverse proxy that enforces security policies on LLM prompts in under 2ms. The proxy, designed for regulated environments, uses a hybrid pipeline to scan prompts for PII and other …
Signal president Meredith Whittaker warned on June 20 that AI agents like Microsoft Copilot are surveillance infrastructure disguised as productivity tools, arguing that their access to personal data undermines encryptio…
A UC Berkeley study of over 500,000 grades found that grades in writing- and coding-heavy courses jumped after ChatGPT launched, with the effect driven by homework rather than exams, indicating AI is replacing student wo…
The Danville Town Council unanimously voted to ban electric bikes and scooters in public parks and impose speed limits on trails, citing reckless riding by youths. The measure follows previous bans on e-bikes on sidewalk…
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth admitted during an internal meeting that employee morale is among the worst in the company's 20-year history, citing layoffs and reassignments to menial AI training roles. The admission comes as …
AI professor Carolyn Jean, who carries a high-risk cancer mutation, argues against rapid AI development despite potential benefits like curing cancer. She criticizes AI lab leaders' predictions of imminent superhuman AI,…
A new super PAC called the Guardrails Alliance launched Thursday with $5 million to rally tech workers and labor unions in support of AI regulation, aiming to counter the influence of pro-AI groups like Leading the Futur…
OpenAI and Anthropic plan IPOs at valuations near $1 trillion, potentially exposing retirement accounts to AI stocks through index funds. Critics warn of risk from unprofitable companies spending billions, while analysts…
Amazon MGM Studios canceled the nearly finished Sam Altman biopic 'Artificial' after Amazon announced a $50 billion partnership with OpenAI, the company Altman leads. The studio said the film would be 'better served' at …
Seeking Alpha issued a Hold rating on 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) on June 21, 2026, citing limited AI revenue and legal liabilities despite an operational turnaround. The rating follows 3M's May 2026 entry into the Expanded B…
Anthropic signed a 158,000-square-foot London office lease to quadruple its local staff to 800, while OpenAI confirmed plans for a permanent London office for 544 employees by 2027. Both AI giants are expanding in London…
A 2-year-old boy, Jaxon Juarez, died in a San Jose foster home after Santa Clara County social workers ignored warnings of suspicious injuries and a doctor's urgent request for evaluation. The county's child welfare agen…
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress introduced the CREATOR Act, which would give visual artists the legal power to sue individuals and AI platforms that deliberately imitate their style for profit without permiss…
Vice President J. D. Vance is shaping a distinct AI doctrine that balances Silicon Valley's pro-innovation ethos with MAGA's worker-protection and anti-regulation stance, warning that mishandling AI could threaten the Am…
Brands are increasingly using AI-generated influencers on social media to promote products without disclosing the artificial nature of the content, an investigation by The Guardian has found. The practice raises concerns…
Defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton found that Chinese AI models, including Alibaba's Qwen3-Coder, MiniMax M2.5, and DeepSeek V4-Pro, generated up to 130% more vulnerable code when prompted with a US government person…
Web standards advocate Daniel Appelquist argues that human user needs must remain the top priority in web development, even as AI technologies advance. He emphasizes that AI systems are not people and should not supersed…
Residents in multiple Japanese cities are opposing new data center projects, citing noise, waste heat and fire risks. In Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, ten residents filed a lawsuit against a private inspection company that is…
The author critiques a specific interpretation of 'democratic AI' that carries authoritarian and homogenizing implications, arguing that true democracy requires pluralism rather than imposing a single set of values. The …