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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…
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth told employees in an internal chat that morale is near an all-time low, citing recent mass layoffs and mandatory AI task force reassignments. The company is taking steps to improve morale, includ…
The US government forced Anthropic to disable access to its Mythos and Fable AI models after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reported national security risks, citing concerns that China had accessed Mythos. Anthropic had refused t…
OpenAI will debut ChatGPT on the Pentagon's GenAI.mil platform in early July, making the chatbot available to over 3 million defense personnel. The company is working with the DoD's Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence …
California Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco has introduced AB 1821, which would allow government agencies to charge steep fees for public records requests and sue requesters deemed malicious. Critics argue the bill undermin…
Thomas Friedman argues that all parties in the latest Middle East conflict—Israel, Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the United States—are losers, with Hamas starting the war on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel's retaliation devastati…
Coinbase announced a System Update on June 16, introducing an SEC-registered AI investment advisor called Coinbase Advisor and unified global liquidity pools connecting its US and international platforms. The move aims t…
The U.S. government imposed export controls on Anthropic's Fable and Mythos AI models after Amazon researchers jailbroke Fable's cybersecurity guardrails, forcing Anthropic to disable the models for all users. Anthropic …
Andrew Giuliani, appointed by President Donald Trump to lead the White House Task Force for the 2026 World Cup, visited Levi's Stadium to oversee security preparations, including new drone defenses. He stated that Trump …
More than 16,000 people signed a SAG-AFTRA open letter demanding Congress pass the NO FAKES Act, which would ban unauthorized AI-generated images and videos. The bipartisan bill aims to protect individuals' control over …