AI ‘deadbots’ can fuel pathological grief and affect how we deal with death
Due to recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI), it's now possible to digitally "revive" dead...
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Pentagon makes deal to expand use of Google AI: reports
The Pentagon has arranged a deal to increase its use of Google's artificial intelligence in...
Brain-inspired approach can teach AI to doubt itself just enough to avoid overconfidence
Most contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) systems learn to complete tasks via machine learning and deep...
Anxiety, resentment around AI spur violence against tech’s figureheads
Several proponents of artificial intelligence (AI) have become the victims of violent acts in recent...
OpenAI ‘stole a charity’: Musk accusations open blockbuster AI trial
Elon Musk and OpenAI boss Sam Altman faced off in a California federal court Tuesday...
Can AI quantify beauty? New study suggests it can’t
Attempts to define human beauty using artificial intelligence may reveal more about bias in data...
Amazon touts a ‘major expansion’ with OpenAI as Microsoft ties loosen
Amazon announced what it called a "major expansion" of its partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI...
Agentic AI threatens research funding system
In a new analysis, two UCL researchers argue that the present system used to allocate...
AI’s power bill just got easier to predict before the next data center surge
Due to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, it is estimated that data centers will...
Sora shutdown reveals costly limits of AI video generation and creative use
OpenAI officially discontinued its video generation tool, Sora, on April 26, 2026. I'm a computer...
Why deepfake ads may win trust faster when framed as ‘artificial media’
A study into the use of deepfake technology in advertising has found that public acceptance...
You probably wouldn’t notice if an AI chatbot slipped ads into its responses
Hundreds of millions of people consult artificial intelligence chatbots on a daily basis for everything...
EU tells Google to open Android to AI rivals
The EU on Monday laid out measures it wants Google to take to open up...
Taylor Swift files to trademark her voice amid AI clone boom
Taylor Swift has filed applications with the US intellectual property office to trademark her voice,...
Jury selection starts in Elon Musk’s legal battle with OpenAI
Elon Musk's courtroom showdown with Sam Altman got underway here Monday with the start of...
Microsoft cuts OpenAI revenue share in a fresh step to loosen their AI alliance
Microsoft said Monday it will no longer pay a share of its revenue to ChatGPT...
Are you addicted to your AI chatbot? It might be by design
AI chatbots can grant almost any request—a celebrity in love with you, a research assistant,...
AI is the world’s most demanding construction client—with some concerning implications
In late 2024, a new building broke ground in Western Sydney that will draw more...
Why the world’s banks are so worried about Anthropic’s latest AI model
The legendary American bank robber Willie Sutton spent 40 years robbing banks because, as he...
In the face of rampant AI, is ‘data poisoning’ a new form of civil disobedience?
The explosion of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools has provoked both hopes and anxieties about...
Meta and Microsoft have joined the tech layoff tsunami—but is AI really to blame?
Meta and Microsoft are the latest software companies to announce big cuts to their global...
AI firms flex lobbying muscle on both side of Atlantic
AI developers are ramping up efforts to win over the hearts and minds of officials...
Billionaire Elon Musk enters courtroom showdown with OpenAI
Jury selection is to begin Monday in a high-profile legal battle between billionaire Elon Musk...
Google commits $10 billion, could add $30 billion more to Anthropic
Google is planning to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, the artificial intelligence firm...