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Asian tech stocks surged on Monday after the United States and Iran announced a peace agreement, with AI and semiconductor companies posting the largest gains. SoftBank rose 10%, SK Hynix climbed 6.42%, and Samsung Elect…
Anthropic faces a proposed class action lawsuit alleging false advertising over usage limits for its Claude Max subscription plans. The suit claims the Max 20x plan delivers only six to eight times the usage of Pro inste…
The Small Business Administration partnered with AI firm Perplexity to launch a $25 million Main Street AI Accelerator, offering $250 Perplexity Computer credits to up to 100,000 small businesses with SBA-backed loans. T…
The Pentagon's generative AI platform, GenAI.mil, surged from 80,000 to 1.5 million daily users in six months after deploying Google Gemini and clarifying usage rules, now serving nearly half of the Department of Defense…
A federal judge permanently dismissed xAI's trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI, ruling that xAI failed to show OpenAI induced a former engineer to divulge confidential information. The decision marks Elon Musk's second …
AI hiring systems that autonomously reject candidates are indefensible because they learn from a flawed label—'good hire'—which is measured late, confounded, and survivorship-biased, causing models to imitate past gateke…
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized FIFA for high World Cup ticket prices that are out of reach for most Mexicans, urging the organization to reflect on soccer's role beyond business. She promoted a government…
The US government directed Anthropic to suspend foreign access to its advanced AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing a national-security risk from a potential jailbreak that could identify software vulnerabilities. Anth…
The Big 12 Conference filed a lawsuit against Texas Tech University on Monday to clarify its authority to punish the school over its attempt to play quarterback Brendan Sorsby. Three states have joined with Big 12 commis…
The U.S. government shut down Anthropic's most powerful AI model, Claude Fable 5, just five days after its release, marking the most dramatic AI shutdown in history due to technical and political concerns.
Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta was widely mocked after comparing the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center to the fall of the Berlin Wall during a nearly 11-hour live stream. Acosta, who left CNN…
Bittensor's native token $TAO surged 30% after the US government forced Anthropic to disable its advanced AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 under export control directives, driving investors toward decentralized AI alternat…
The Trump administration escalated its war against Anthropic by issuing an export control on its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, forcing the company to shut them down over alleged national security threats. The move came…
Anthropic senior technical staff will meet with Commerce Department officials in Washington on Monday to resolve the escalating crisis over its suspended Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, which has spiraled into a full-blo…
A German court in Munich ruled that Google can be held directly liable for incorrect answers generated by its AI overview feature, rejecting the company's argument that it should receive the same legal treatment as conve…
The Cheapskate's Guide has blocked all internet traffic due to aggressive web scraping by AI companies, but offers a human-only access method. The site provides advice on buying inexpensive computers amid historically hi…
The European Union officially launched the accession process for Ukraine and Moldova on Monday, requiring both countries to commit to years of political reforms. Ukraine views EU membership as a security guarantee amid i…
The UK announced a ban on social media for children under 16, set to take effect in spring 2027, following Australia's lead. Australia's six-month-old ban has seen 70% of under-16s still accessing platforms, raising enfo…
AWS WAF launched an AI traffic monetization capability that lets content owners charge AI bots for access to web content at the network edge. The feature enables per-request pricing by content path or bot category, with …
The Pentagon's enterprise generative AI hub, GenAI.mil, now has 1.5 million daily users, up from 80,000 at its launch in December 2025, Pentagon CTO Emil Michael announced at a Hudson Institute event. The rapid adoption …