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Anthropic and OpenAI are using super PACs to influence the 2024 midterm elections, spending millions to attack congressional candidates and each other. Anthropic donated $20 million to a super PAC backing New York Democr…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted a federal procurement notice on May 8, 2026, seeking a contractor to provide maintenance and security for mothballed warehouses, with an estimated contract value of $10 mi…
Key principles for building trustworthy AI automation, emphasizing the importance of transparent logging, user autonomy, and privacy-by-design. It uses examples like a smart home agent with action logging, a Shutterstock…
Due to Western sanctions limiting access to advanced semiconductors, Russia's Sberbank is seeking to procure Chinese chips to power its GigaChat AI. However, the bank faces significant delays, as it is behind major Chine…
AI labeling systems SynthID and C2PA are undergoing their largest expansion, with Google integrating verification tools into Chrome and Search and OpenAI embedding SynthID into its generated images. The success of these …
The treasurer of Saline Township, Michigan, resigned in tears after receiving death threats related to the construction of a $16 billion Oracle and OpenAI data center. The threats escalated after the township board settl…
After months of controversy and vandalism, the Bandera, Texas city council voted 3-2 to end its contract with Flock, a company providing AI-powered license plate reader cameras. In response, dissenting councilmember Jeff…
In August 1955, the United States traded Chinese scientist Qian Xuesen, a co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and key figure in U.S. airpower doctrine, for eleven American airmen imprisoned in China. The trade wa…
Larry Bushart, a retired Tennessee law enforcement officer, was awarded an $835,000 settlement after being jailed for 37 days for sharing a meme quoting Donald Trump on Facebook. The lawsuit, filed by the Foundation for …
Colossal Biosciences has announced the development of a "fully artificial egg" using 3D-printed plastic cups to grow chickens, aiming to eventually resurrect extinct birds like the dodo and giant moa, though some scienti…
According to a report from Tom's Hardware, China banned the Nvidia 5090D V2 while CEO Jensen Huang was visiting the country. The move aligns with Beijing's ongoing efforts to encourage its domestic AI tech companies to a…
A BBC investigation found that AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Google's Gemini can be easily manipulated to spread misinformation by publishing a single, well-crafted blog post online. In response, Google has updated its po…
According to a report from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), major U.S. data brokers and AI firms use deceptive design tactics to prevent consumers from opting out of the sale of their personal data. The …
Care Compass**, a local-first healthcare navigation demo that pairs Google's **Gemma 4** language model with **signed policy evidence** to create a governed, inspectable AI workflow. Unlike standard chatbots, the system …
The article criticizes Google's 2026 I/O keynote for prioritizing raw scale—processing 3.2 quadrillion tokens per month—over genuine developer passion and efficiency. It argues that this approach mirrors the playbook of …
Based solely on the provided text, the article states that New Zealand will use artificial intelligence to lay off 14 percent of its government staff. This marks the arrival of AI-driven job cuts in the country.
Researchers developed a national inventory of 319,972 solar photovoltaic facilities and 91,609 wind turbines in China using satellite imagery and deep learning to assess solar-wind complementarity. The study found that p…
Several winners of the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been accused of using generative AI to write their entries, with readers and writers pointing out stylistic markers of AI text. The allegations first surfac…
Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI, where he accused CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman of deceiving him about the company's non-profit status. The article promotes a subscriber-only roundtable discussion …
A California jury swiftly rejected Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its founders, finding his claims of a "breach of charitable trust" to be weak and filed too late. During the trial, evidence emerged that Musk him…