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Blogger Noah Smith reflects on the diminishing influence of punditry in an era of populism, AI, and monetization, arguing that while blogging once allowed him to inject ideas into the discourse with speed and breadth, re…
Norway will ban generative AI tools in elementary schools starting in late August, with students in grades 1 through 7 prohibited from using AI at all and secondary schools allowing it only under supervision. Prime Minis…
A new Gallup poll reveals that 25% of recently laid-off workers were fully remote, while only 1% lost jobs due to AI. A separate study in Science found that remote work accounts for a third of the decline in mental healt…
Amazon has pulled distribution of the Luca Guadagnino-directed film 'Artificial' after completion, reportedly due to concerns over its critical portrayal of OpenAI, in which Amazon holds a major equity stake. The move ma…
Cory Doctorow argued on The Atlantic's podcast that AI companies have lured investors with overhyped claims and accounting gimmicks, predicting the resulting bubble will burst with economic fallout rivaling the pandemic …
Norway will ban generative AI for elementary school students aged 6-13 starting in late August, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced. Students aged 14-16 may use AI only under teacher supervision, while older studen…
Amazon MGM dropped Luca Guadagnino's nearly completed Sam Altman biopic 'Artificial' months after Amazon expanded its partnership with OpenAI, including a $50 billion investment. The film, starring Andrew Garfield as the…
IBM CHRO Nickle LaMoreaux said AI will eliminate relatively few jobs overall, as productivity gains will create new roles that don't yet exist. She advised workers to focus on outcomes and AI application skills rather th…
A researcher mapping the AI safety ecosystem for MATS Research discovered unexpected organizations, including the Human Line Project, which collects stories of AI psychosis, and Impact Academy, which helps professionals …
Coefficient has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for global health and wellbeing projects that account for the potential impacts of transformative AI, funding research, policy development, and implementation to impro…
A blogger shares their favorite talks from re:publica 26, a German conference on internet topics, digital rights, and media culture. The talks cover AI agents, counter-power against far-right polling, AI-generated right-…
BCG reports that agentic AI is shifting organizational transformation from centralized programs to team-led workflow redesign, with only 16% of Australian executives achieving significant value from GenAI despite 70% ado…
The U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to obtain government approval before allowing foreign nationals to access its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, expanding export controls to cover usage of frontier AI systems…
Meta is lobbying Congress to attach language to the Kids Online Safety Act that would grant social media platforms immunity from state-law lawsuits over child safety and privacy, according to Reuters. The proposal comes …
VladTV published an article on June 19, 2026, summarizing a members-only video interview in which AI safety researcher Roman Yampolskiy repeated his longstanding claim that there is a 99.9% chance artificial intelligence…
A study by IIIT Hyderabad finds that government procurement contracts and tenders are shaping AI governance in India more than formal regulation, embedding requirements on standards, accountability, compliance, and perfo…
Apple's AI monetization strategy relies on existing business models, with revenue flowing through device sales, App Store commissions, and iCloud subscriptions tied to compute usage, according to Asymco analyst Horace De…
Huawei's Ascend 910C chips successfully completed post-training for DeepSeek's V4-Pro model, a 1.6-trillion-parameter AI system, using a cluster of at least 1,000 chips. This marks a major advance for China's semiconduct…
Canada has banned sophisticated deepfakes of political figures under Bill C-25, which amends the Canada Elections Act to prohibit creating or distributing AI-generated imitations likely to mislead voters. The law targets…
A busy offseason in college sports peaked this week with Texas Tech's NCAA ruling, Teresa Gould's contract extension, a College Football Playoff meeting, and Senate bill turmoil, all of which could have lasting impact.