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Intel's price-to-sales ratio surged from under 2x to over 11x in a year, driven by AI chip momentum, government equity stake, and strong earnings. The rapid valuation increase draws comparisons to dot-com era excess, rai…
Whire's EU payment agent architecture uses a consent_url pattern where an LLM drafts payments and a human approves before execution, solving hallucination risks for low-volume transactions. However, as scale increases to…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are attending a G7 CEO lunch in Evian-les-Bains, days after the U.S. blocked EU access to Anthropic's latest AI models. European leaders aim to use the meeting to rebu…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei attended a working lunch with G7 leaders in France on June 17, days after US export controls on Anthropic's models triggered a global access shutdown and renewed Europ…
Los Gatos Mayor Rob Moore hosted a Youth Town Hall at West Valley College, drawing about 200 students for panel discussions, breakout sessions, and a resource fair to foster community engagement. Separately, Caltrans rem…
OpenAI backers spent $7.6 million to defeat New York Assemblyman Alex Bores in a congressional primary, while Anthropic-funded groups spent over $10 million to support him, turning the race into a proxy battle over AI re…
The US Department of Commerce awarded AI startup SandboxAQ $500 million under the CHIPS Act to develop new semiconductor materials, reducing reliance on Chinese supply chains. The government takes an equity stake and roy…
Anthropic's Fable model remains offline after two days of meetings in Washington, with prediction markets showing a 55% chance of restoration by July 1. Security expert Katie Moussouris confirmed there was no jailbreak—t…
A WordPress VIP survey found 60% of US consumers say brands using 'AI' in messaging is a turnoff, while enterprise teams spend 16.6 hours weekly chasing AI search visibility. Multiple studies show consumer trust in AI ha…
Anthropic published an updated privacy policy effective July 8, 2026, detailing how it collects, uses, and processes personal data from users of its website, Claude.ai, and other services. The policy covers data such as …
Estonia plans to issue personal identification numbers to AI assistants, becoming the first nation to do so, Prime Minister Kristen Michal announced. The IDs aim to give agents limited, controllable, and auditable author…
Forbes Tech Council warns that organizations are playing 'AI hot potato' by passing accountability for AI risks between departments, creating governance blind spots. The article argues that enterprises must establish exp…
Kilo has partnered with Swedish AI infrastructure provider Inceptron to offer high-performance inference for open-weight models hosted in the EU, prioritizing data sovereignty and GDPR compliance. The integration allows …
The Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) announced the inaugural AAIF Annual Technical Excellence Awards to honor individuals, teams, and organizations advancing open, interoperable agentic AI. Nominations are open until July 17…
A new Pew Research Center study finds that 49% of US adults now use chatbots, up 16% from 2024, yet 40% believe AI will negatively impact society. The US government has passed only one significant AI law, the Take It Dow…
Intel released its 2025–2026 Corporate Responsibility Report, detailing progress in people, sustainability, and technology as AI demand surges. The company achieved 99% renewable electricity globally, saved 11.2 billion …
A new Pew Research Center study finds that 67% of Americans have little to no confidence in the U.S. government's ability to regulate AI, while 59% doubt U.S. companies can develop it responsibly. Roughly two-thirds beli…
Attackers compromised 20,000 Instagram accounts by exploiting Meta's AI systems through polite requests, highlighting a growing security vulnerability in AI agents that can be manipulated into granting unauthorized acces…
A discussion on the Privacy Guides forum explores whether AI will render privacy efforts obsolete, with users debating increased data collection and potential countermeasures like Mullvad's DAITA VPN feature. Participant…
Clarecast released its inaugural industry report on June 17, 2026, identifying nearly 10,000 companies at risk of AI-driven workforce contraction and over 1,300 showing signs of a full 'Quiet Restructuring' pattern. The …