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Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire after SpaceX's IPO, and his vast wealth now rivals that of nation-states, enabling him to exert unprecedented political and military influence. Musk controls a major defens…
Japan announced a plan to mobilize 370 trillion yen ($2.3 trillion) in public-private investment by 2040, targeting a fivefold increase in domestic semiconductor sales and a 30% global share of the AI robotics market. Pr…
Bengaluru Cyber Crime Police arrested three individuals for creating and circulating AI-generated deepfake images and videos of actor Rukmini Vasanth. The accused were charged under the Information Technology Act and Bha…
South Korea's AI chip boom is driving massive bonuses at SK hynix and Samsung, with average payouts potentially reaching $900,000 per employee by 2027, prompting the Bank of Korea to warn that semiconductor wage gains co…
Hackers from the extortion group ShinyHunters published data allegedly stolen from Madison Square Garden, including millions of records with personal information of customers and references to Knicks players and coaches.…
Iran's retaliatory missile and drone strikes against US military bases and civilian infrastructure in the Middle East hit three Amazon Web Services data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, disrupting digital services to bank…
Amazon Bedrock now requires customers using Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 or Mythos 5 models to opt into provider_data_share, sending prompts and outputs to Anthropic for 30-day human-reviewed retention. This breaks Bedrock…
Anthropic, an AI startup, is embroiled in a political battle over export controls, with critics accusing the company of being politically naive. The fight centers on whether to restrict the export of advanced AI models, …
Mukesh Ambani announced an AI-first strategy for Reliance Industries at its 49th AGM, including Jio Call Agent for voice call transcription and task completion, and plans for a sovereign AI backbone under Reliance Intell…
Japan released a draft revision of its AI Basic Plan on Friday, emphasizing global cooperation to address AI risks like cyberattacks and misinformation. The government aims to secure Cabinet approval after public comment…
A new position paper by Yunze Xiao, Gordon Dai, Shahan Ali Memon, Jen-tse Huang, Maarten Sap, and Mona Diab argues that current AI welfare assessments are structurally disconnected from truth-tracking, labeling them as '…
The European Union has decided not to force publishers to preserve or revive dead video games, rejecting a proposal that would have required them to maintain online functionality after support ends. The decision leaves g…
At least five people, including a father and his two daughters, were killed in Israeli strikes on a residential building in Gaza City early Saturday, with no prior warning given. The mother was wounded and later died, an…
The US government blocked Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models on June 19, 2026, citing a jailbreak vulnerability. Theories suggest the move may be tied to Anthropic's upcoming IPO, regulatory capture, or competiti…
A recent analysis reveals that AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot are replacing junior developer tasks such as writing boilerplate code and fixing errors, leading to a 67% drop in junior job postings from 2022 to 2…
A new Stanford study on algorithmic hiring found that a single vendor's tool, pymetrics, discriminated against Black applicants in about 11% of job positions, but career coaches and commentators have exaggerated the find…
Anthropic accidentally published 512,000 lines of Claude Code's source code in March 2026, triggering a debate over copyright ownership of AI-generated code. The incident highlighted that code predominantly written by AI…
Access to a resource on critical AI literacies has been restricted due to unusual traffic from the user's network. The provider has blocked the request and is asking the user to contact support if they believe this is a …
The U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to suspend foreign access to its top-tier AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing risks of diversion to foreign military or intelligence users. Anthropic complied by disablin…
Japan announced a plan to mobilize 370 trillion yen ($2.3 trillion) in public and private investment by 2040 across 17 strategic sectors, including AI and semiconductors. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's strategy aims to …