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South Africa's Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube urged caution on AI adoption in education at the 9th Biannual World Conference of IFTRA in Boksburg, emphasizing that AI cannot replace ethical, qualified educators.…
US convertible bond issuance hit roughly $34 billion in the first four months of 2026, more than double the same period last year, with about half of the deals tied to AI companies. AI firms like CoreWeave are using conv…
A Pew Research Center survey of over 5,000 U.S. adults found that while most adults under 30 use AI chatbots, they are the most skeptical about AI's future impact, with roughly half saying AI will negatively affect socie…
About half of U.S. adults say they never use AI chatbots, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Non-users cite lack of interest, privacy concerns, and distrust of accuracy as major reasons, with older adults and cer…
A Sonoma County resident was cited after California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials found a fawn that had been unlawfully captured and confined in a dog crate for more than three weeks. The fawn was taken to a …
The Pentagon disclosed in a federal court filing that Elon Musk's Grok chatbot helped strike 2,000 targets in Iran within 96 hours, using the claim to defend xAI against a Clean Air Act lawsuit over a polluting power pla…
South Korea became the fourth nation to partner with OpenAI on AI security, signing an MOU to develop global evaluation frameworks and risk assessment systems tailored to the Korean context. The collaboration aims to str…
Twenty, a startup building AI-enabled offensive cyber weapons for the US military and intelligence community, raised a $100 million Series B led by Accel, valuing it at $1 billion. The company aims to industrialize cyber…
Alibaba Cloud launched its first data centres in France on Wednesday, expanding its European footprint amid growing demand for data sovereignty. The move responds to increased customer demand and aligns with the European…
The UK government denied seeking an exemption from US export controls that suspended global access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models over jailbreak risks. The US Commerce Department imposed the controls on Ju…
A study published in Science found that ChatGPT outperformed hundreds of physicians in a diagnostic obstacle course using written medical cases and real-world patient information. The research, led by Harvard and Stanfor…
Coherent broke ground on an expanded indium phosphide wafer fab in Sherman, Texas, with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Coherent CEO Jim Anderson attending the June 16 ceremony. The facility, supported by a $50 million CHIPS…
Annecy's MIFA market is expanding its Cross IP Area and focusing on AI integration amid a global animation financing crisis, with growing delegations from Asia and new partnerships with Japan. Organizers emphasize artist…
An endorsement from President Donald Trump is valuable but not foolproof in Republican primaries, as Rick Jackson spent over $100 million of his own money to defeat Trump-endorsed Burt Jones in the Georgia governor runof…
A team of researchers and organizations launched A Beginner’s Guide to Digital Minds, a website introducing AI consciousness, AI welfare, and the moral implications of digital minds. The guide offers resources, events, a…
Federal law enforcement officials thwarted a plot to attack the UFC cage-fighting event at the White House on June 14, arresting five men who allegedly planned to use explosive-laden drones and firearms. The suspects, in…
In June 2026, attackers hijacked the npm contributor account 'ehindero' to mass-publish malicious versions of 144 packages under the @mastra namespace, in what security researchers from JFrog, SafeDep, Socket, and StepSe…
Tigera announced Lynx, a unified control plane for Kubernetes-native AI agents, to address security challenges posed by autonomous, non-deterministic AI agents. Lynx authenticates, authorizes, mediates, and audits agent …
The US Department of Commerce ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by foreign nationals, prompting cybersecurity leader Alex Stamos to urge the administration to reverse the export ba…
Jamf announced a new native AI Governance control plane for macOS, giving IT and security teams visibility and control over generative AI tools on managed Macs. The feature, launching June 30 in Jamf Pro, addresses the g…