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The US Department of Justice moved to dismiss a Clean Air Act lawsuit by the NAACP against Elon Musk's xAI, arguing that enforcing pollution regulations at its Mississippi data center could threaten national security and…
Google DeepMind is partnering with the UK government to develop an AI-powered planning prototype built with Gemini, aiming to halve the time for processing householder planning applications. The tool will assist planning…
Android 17 begins rolling out to Pixel phones and watches today, featuring post-quantum APK signing but lacking developer tools for implementation. Users express concerns about deep AI integration and potential removal o…
The Trump administration is escalating a new kind of conflict with AI company Anthropic, signaling a shift in how the U.S. government approaches artificial intelligence regulation and corporate relations.
Coinbase launched Coinbase Advisor, an AI-powered investment advisory tool for Coinbase One members that analyzes portfolios, generates trade recommendations, and automates tax-loss-harvesting prompts. The tool is regist…
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel unveiled the company's new AR Specs at AWE, positioning them as a 'see-through computer' rather than AI glasses. Spiegel emphasized that Specs are designed for computing overlay, not surreptitious r…
ClimateSOS, an open-source project for inspecting net-zero transition pathways, released a foundational charter with guardrails for reuse by AI systems, including climate justice, planetary boundaries, accountability, tr…
Nearly 150 security leaders signed an open letter urging the Trump administration to reverse restrictions on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, arguing the government turned a model-access dispute into a precedent …
Lawmakers expressed skepticism Tuesday about the Trump administration's export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, citing national security concerns that many cybersecurity professionals have dismisse…
The Trump administration denied a request from UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to exempt British nationals and companies from the embargo on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models, with a senior White House official citing c…
A US export control order forced Anthropic to suspend access to its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models on June 12, 2026, marking the first government-forced takedown of a publicly deployed frontier model. The shutdown, t…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ordered employees to have fun and participate in a companywide AI hackathon, but workers pushed back, citing low morale after brutal layoffs that cut 8,000 jobs last month. The internal memo, rep…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said society needs new social norms to adapt to artificial intelligence, comparing the shift to children learning to avoid cars. He urged everyone to use AI, arguing it closes the technological di…
MIT Technology Review released an exclusive subscriber-only eBook compiling six stories on how militaries are using AI models for decision-making, including generative AI for spying, AI chatbots for targeting, and Pentag…
Mistral AI's Le Chat chatbot repeated state-sponsored disinformation about the Iran war 50% of the time in English and 56.6% in French when prompted on false claims from Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state-aligned networ…
Estonia's Institute of the Estonian Language tested 60 AI models against Russian disinformation, finding all four versions of Mistral AI's models scored below 40%, with the best ranking 47th. The benchmark, released June…
Data scientist Cathy O'Neil warns that AI-powered 'siege pricing' allows companies to charge individuals the maximum they are willing to pay, exploiting consumer vulnerabilities. She cites examples from Amazon and Instac…
OpenAI reported $13.07 billion in revenue and $34 billion in costs for 2025, resulting in a $20.92 billion operating loss, as the AI giant prepares for an IPO expected in 2026. The company's expenses more than doubled fr…
OpenAI has partnered with Visa to enable ChatGPT's AI agents to make purchases on behalf of users using Visa cards, streamlining e-commerce transactions from groceries to airline tickets. The deal allows AI agents to com…
Vice President JD Vance appeared on ABC's 'The View' to promote his faith memoir but faced sharp questioning on Jeffrey Epstein, the economy, and immigration. The interview marked a rare Trump administration foray into h…