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The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is considering standards changes that would allow websites to block automated access, threatening the open web. Proposals from the AI Preferences and Web Bot Auth working groups…
Rachel Dratch, as her 'SNL' character Debbie Downer, delivered a commencement speech at Dartmouth College on Sunday, humorously warning graduates about AI eliminating jobs and data centers causing water wars. The speech …
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay urging democratic nations to form a coalition for binding AI safety regulations, including mandatory third-party audits and government authority to halt dangerous AI deployme…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has received full access to Anthropic's Mythos Preview model, a powerful AI tool for vulnerability scanning, but the White House has not yet set clear usage parameters…
Peterson Technology Partners reports over 166,000 AI-assisted fake job applications were submitted, resulting in 76 confirmed job offers. The incident highlights rising demand for AI talent and growing concerns around ca…
French President Emmanuel Macron pushed at the G7 summit to restore allied access to Anthropic's Mythos AI, a frontier model that the US ordered restricted due to its ability to find zero-day vulnerabilities. Macron expe…
President Trump signed an executive order on June 2 establishing a voluntary pre-release review framework for frontier AI models, asking developers to give the government access up to 30 days before public release for cy…
The G7 concluded a summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, with leaders discussing artificial intelligence and a surprise US-Iran agreement. French President Emmanuel Macron praised the Iran deal as a "very good deal" and off…
The Trump administration restricted use of Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models under export-control regulations, forcing the company to suspend access within 90 minutes. Defense contractors like Lockheed Martin remov…
Government-associated AI policy leaders met at the British High Commission in Ottawa to discuss forming a coalition of "middle powers" to create AI safety guardrails distinct from the United States and China, which parti…
Canadian organizations temporarily lost access to Anthropic's AI models during an outage, highlighting risks of relying on foreign AI providers. Experts say the incident underscores Canada's underinvestment in domestic A…
A study by RMIT University surveying over 16,000 adults across ten countries found that 14.5% have experienced sextortion, with 4.8% admitting to perpetrating it. The Australian eSafety Commissioner has launched an aware…
The US Department of Commerce awarded a $500 million CHIPS Act grant to SandboxAQ, an Alphabet spinoff backed by Nvidia, to discover new materials for semiconductor manufacturing. The funding aims to find alternatives to…
Anthropic joined Frontier, a Big Tech coalition funding carbon removal, which announced $915 million in new commitments on June 17, bringing total pledges to $1.8 billion. The AI company, known for its Claude model, join…
A developer argues that middle management is the primary bottleneck stalling AI transformation in enterprises, citing surveys from PwC, BCG, and Gartner showing that most companies have not achieved tangible value from A…
The NO FAKES Act, intended to combat harmful AI-generated impersonations, would instead suppress satire, commentary, and news by importing DMCA-style takedown rules, according to a coalition of civil society groups inclu…
A blogger predicts a massive increase in funding for effective altruism (EA) causes by 2028, potentially eight times the 2025 level, based on trends and key donor decisions. The author urges the EA community to adjust th…
A new Pew Research Center survey finds only 16% of Americans expect AI to have a positive societal impact over the next 20 years, while 40% expect negative effects. The survey also reports that 44% of U.S. adults use Ope…
Apple may make its Apple Intelligence AI suite mandatory in iOS and macOS 27, according to reports from the first beta. The change would force users to accept the AI tools, which consume several gigabytes of storage and …
Apple may make Apple Intelligence mandatory in iOS and macOS 27, according to beta reports, forcing users to accept the AI suite that consumes storage and RAM. The change also alters Spotlight behavior, integrating Siri …