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The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) launched a major initiative in November 2025 to develop a multi-pronged strategy for LLM-generated AI in free and open source software (FOSS), moving beyond outright bans. SFC will …
Lynx, a Kubernetes-native control and data plane for agentic AI traffic, launched this week. It provides a registry, gateway, audit, authentication, policy enforcement, and agent sandboxing without requiring code changes…
A developer recounts an encounter with an anti-AI activist at a Kenyatta University tech club event in 2017. The activist interrupted an Intel-supported presentation, arguing that AI was 'playing god,' then left his phon…
USA Today Co. is using AI-assisted shell files to publish breaking sports coverage faster, aiming to capture search traffic before Google's AI Overviews summarize the news. The publisher tested the approach during the 20…
The US government banned Anthropic's new AI model, Fable, restricting its use to US citizens only, which could boost China's influence as other countries turn to open-source models from Chinese developers. Meanwhile, Spa…
A developer used an AI coding tool to fix a critical authentication module, but the AI's unbounded interpretation of 'fix this code' introduced security regressions that bypassed review and reached production. The June 2…
Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled a $7 trillion plan to transfer control of the AI industry to the American public through a 50% tax on large AI firms, creating a sovereign wealth fund that would pay annual dividends to ev…
A Stanford-led study of 3.4 million people and 4 million job applications found that AI hiring algorithms from a single vendor produced racial disparities, with 26% of Black applicants and 15% of Asian applicants facing …
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will vote on July 9 on ERCOT's Batch Zero framework, a new process to manage interconnection requests for large loads like data centers and crypto mines. The backlog has surged to 4…
The US Treasury is assessing whether to expand outbound investment screening to include biotechnology deals with Chinese firms, following bipartisan pressure from lawmakers. Representatives John Moolenaar and Debbie Ding…
A patient discovered their doctor used AI to create a personalized infographic containing their full name and likeness, sent via WhatsApp, without prior consent or privacy safeguards. The patient, already concerned about…
GDM published an AI Control Roadmap outlining internal guardrails to detect and prevent adversarial behavior by AI agents. The roadmap includes threat modeling, control invariants, capability-based mitigation ladders, an…
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet warned that Europe is 'quite behind' in the AI race, with the US purchasing 80% of advanced AI chips and Europe accounting for only 1-2% of ASML's high-end lithography system shipments over th…
A new PwC analysis of over 1 billion job postings finds that AI is not eliminating entry-level jobs but transforming them into roles requiring skills traditionally associated with experienced workers, a phenomenon called…
The Joint Commission launched the Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare (RUAIH) certification in early June, a voluntary program recognizing healthcare organizations that demonstrate governance, data management, risk and b…
The Pennsylvania House passed House Bill 95, the Artificial Intelligence Transparency in Advertising Act, 124-78 on Wednesday, requiring businesses to disclose when AI generates or substantially modifies advertising cont…
Intel shares surged 237% this year after the Trump administration converted grants into a 10% equity stake, with President Trump claiming Apple will design chips with Intel in the U.S. Amazon launched AWS Continuum, a se…
Intel Corp.'s stock surged up to 12% after President Donald Trump announced that Apple Inc. has agreed to work with Intel to design and produce chips domestically. The tie-up, mentioned in a Truth Social post, could help…
Big Tech stock buybacks have nearly vanished as Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon prioritize massive AI spending, with only Microsoft buying back shares in Q1 at the lowest level in nearly a decade. Alphabet plans it…
The U.S. fertility rate has fallen to 1.5, well below the replacement rate of 2.1, driven by climate change worries, financial concerns, and lack of childcare. Political responses include tax credits and baby bonuses, wh…