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Steven Spielberg denied Emily Blunt's claim that he suggested using AI for a scene in his new film 'Disclosure Day', stating he would never use AI and prefers traditional sound design. Blunt had said Spielberg offered AI…
Anthropic disabled its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models worldwide on June 12, 2026, after the U.S. Commerce Department issued an emergency export-control directive barring access by any foreign national. The government cited …
Rainbow studio manager Phil Caraway warned freelance fashion models in June that the retailer had begun using AI to generate avatars and style products, stating that fewer people would be needed long-term. Models later r…
G7 leaders proposed a 'trusted partners' scheme to allied nations for access to America's top AI models after the US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to block foreign nationals from its most advanced systems. The ex…
A user on Hacker News vents frustration with French economic policies being driven by elections rather than model recommendations, criticizes AI model censorship without explanation, and laments centralized content distr…
The Linux kernel has removed AppleTalk protocol support after nearly 4,000 lines of code were deleted from the tree for Linux 7.2. The decision was driven by a surge of AI-generated patches for the obsolete protocol, whi…
HSBC announced a partnership with Google Cloud to deploy AI across its operations, targeting over $100 million in cost savings or revenue generation. The bank plans to use AI for personalized wealth management, financial…
Rising AI token costs are forcing companies like Pylon to set usage caps, reversing the era of unlimited spending. Pylon CEO Marty Kausas faced a $1.4 million bill and now limits tokens for non-technical employees, while…
A new report from Resume Now reveals that 63% of workers believe AI will make the workplace feel less human, and 57% say it will reduce human skills. IT and business leaders are pushing AI for efficiency, but employees f…
OpenAI burned through $3.7bn in the first quarter of 2026, more than half its $5.7bn revenue, as costs tripled year-over-year alongside revenue growth. The company held $73bn in cash after a large funding round and has f…
The Pentagon's artificial intelligence chief revealed in a sworn statement that Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot was used to fire over 2,000 missiles at 2,000 distinct targets in Iran within 96 hours. The admission came in a …
Oracle-backed OpenJDK banned generative AI contributions in April 2026, citing reviewer burden, safety, and IP concerns, while Oracle's GraalVM project permitted them with optional disclosure. The conflicting policies hi…
Sean McDonnell, founder of web design company Kaizen and SaaS site Consigns, lost access to Anthropic's Fable AI model mid-project after the US government ordered export restrictions. The disruption was minimal due to hi…
IgniteTech CEO Eric Vaughan laid off nearly 80% of the company's workforce after employees refused to adopt AI tools, leading to a leaner organization with 75% EBITDA margins and nine-figure revenues by the end of 2024.
Microsoft was sued by shareholders in a securities class action filed June 12 in Seattle federal court, alleging the company misled investors about slowing Azure growth and rising AI infrastructure spending. The lawsuit,…
Google Cloud Next 2026 shifted focus from model size to agentic control planes, with Google repositioning Gemini as a connective layer and launching the Agentic Data Cloud. Gartner predicts 40% of enterprise apps will em…
The global semiconductor market exceeded $300 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time in Q1 2026, driven by an 80% surge in memory demand from AI. Japan's Kioxia and South Korea's Samsung and SK Hynix dominate th…
Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview AI model autonomously discovered thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities, including a 27-year-old flaw in OpenBSD, raising global security concerns. The Financial Times reported on the ris…
South Korea's Ministry of Education announced a plan to select three flagship national universities for intensive support, aiming to transform them into regional tech hubs linked to strategic industries and AI. The initi…
At the APOS 2026 conference, actor Andy Serkis expressed excitement about AI's creative potential while warning of risks like misinformation and accountability gaps, and Google's Jon Zepp called AI a major new storytelli…