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Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) issued urgent recommendations for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) contributors who use Large Language Model generative AI (LLM-gen-AI) code assistants, urging them to prioritize li…
Software Freedom Conservancy published recommendations for using LLM-backed generative AI in free and open source software contributions, co-drafted with volunteers from the Free Software community. The guidelines aim to…
A customer filed a federal lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing the AI company of misleading users about usage limits on its $100 and $200 monthly subscription plans. The suit claims that the plans, advertised as offering…
Corporate leaders are confronting ballooning AI costs as employees overuse the technology, with Uber burning through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months and one client spending half a billion dollars in a single mon…
U.S. lawmakers are struggling to keep pace with rapid AI advancements, introducing over 1,300 state-level AI bills this year while lacking independent technical expertise. Programs like the Conservative AI Policy Fellows…
The Software Freedom Conservancy released recommendations for using LLM-backed generative AI in free and open-source software contributions, aiming to minimize harm from proprietary systems. The guidelines, developed wit…
Three Amazon software engineers who testified in support of Seattle's data center moratorium say the company is retaliating against them with threats of termination. The employees filed a legal complaint alleging Amazon …
Big Tech companies are framing opposition to AI data centers as unAmerican criminal conspiracy, as Elon Musk's xAI builds two massive data centers in Memphis, Tennessee, that are pumping toxic pollutants into minority ne…
A viral claim that half of 2026 US datacenter capacity is canceled is based on flawed data and uninformed forecasts, according to SemiAnalysis. The firm's own tracking shows only ~1% movement in hyperscaler self-build an…
Bell Canada (BCE) announced a collaboration with Cohere, Hypertec, and BUZZ High Performance Computing to host and operate AI models on Bell AI Fabric infrastructure, using compute capacity from Bell's data centre in Mer…
Meta's Applied AI unit, a 6,500-person team created to power CEO Mark Zuckerberg's AI ambitions, is in turmoil after elite engineers were forcibly reassigned to data-labeling tasks, with employees describing the environm…
Dean Ball will join OpenAI on July 6 as Head of Strategic Futures, a new team focused on frontier AI policy including catastrophic risk, recursive self-improvement, labor market impact, and government relations. Ball wil…
Pocketpair, the studio behind Palworld, announced it will not publish any games that use generative AI, citing player backlash and a preference for human-made content. Communications director John Buckley stated that gam…
Microsoft shareholders filed a securities class action lawsuit in Seattle federal court, alleging the company misled investors about its AI and cloud business performance. The suit claims Microsoft downplayed a decelerat…
Federal regulators voted unanimously to allow AI data centers and other large energy users to connect more quickly to the U.S. electric transmission system, backing a Trump administration plan to accelerate power access …
NASA has selected a payload to fly on a commercial Mars orbiter being developed by a rocket company that has yet to reach orbit, marking a new approach to interplanetary exploration by leveraging private industry.
A KFF poll released Wednesday found that 29% of U.S. adults now use AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Claude for health advice monthly, nearly double the share from June 2024. The survey also showed 30% use socia…
The OpenSSL Library adopted a new AI contribution policy on June 10, 2026, requiring contributors who use AI to sign an updated Contributor License Agreement and declare AI use in commit messages via an Assisted-by trail…
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously cleared the No Fakes Act by voice vote on Thursday, creating a legal right for individuals to authorize use of their voice and likeness in AI-generated content and demand takedo…
Cory Doctorow argues that the concept of AI digital sovereignty risk is a fallacy, using the analogy of blockchain's failure to solve trust problems. He asserts that adding AI to a problem does not eliminate the underlyi…