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Trump’s Voluntary A.I. Policing Echoes What Biden Did. But Is It Enough Today?
President Trump’s plan to let A.I. companies police themselves comes amid mounting examples that they are failing to put safeguards on the technology.
OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.
Trump’s $1.8 trillion AI summit table: All the execs who answered president’s call, and what they’re worth
An extraordinary cadre of the country's richest tech titans with collective net worths over $1.8 trillion converged upon the White House Tuesday for President T...
Congress Set to Leave Washington for the Midterms With No A.I. Progress
Senate Democrats blocked a measure that would encourage, but not require, states to protect consumers from power rate hikes tied to data center growth, and had no limits on A.I. use or deployment.
Instagram rolls out an AI video assistant for creators
This conversational AI assistant is intended to provide personalized feedback to creators, rather than generic advice.
Google Releases New Gemini Model With Guardrails Amid A.I. Safety Debate
For safety reasons, Gemini 4 Argon will initially be available only to some companies and organizations focused on cybersecurity defense before it is more widely released, Google said.
Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon, its most advanced AI model
Gemini 4 Argon is Alphabet's most advanced model yet, with major coding, cybersecurity, and complex professional work improvements.
FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks
The probe adds to the mounting scrutiny that OpenAI and Anthropic have been facing over their safety practices following the Hugging Face hack.
NG_Xiaomi unveils REDMI Note 17 series, built for years with REDMI Titan quality
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Record AI spend is changing the market hunt for 'cash cows' and 'quality' stock investments
With AI spending consuming the cash of the market's richest companies, balance sheet metrics led by free cash flow are getting more investing attention.
Instagram is adding an AI ‘assistant’ to tell you how to post
Instagram will tell creators what’s working and what’s not — along with AI-generated suggestions on how to change their content.
F.T.C. Investigates OpenAI and Anthropic Over Potential Consumer Harms
The agency will examine whether A.I. labs have broken federal laws prohibiting companies from unfair and deceptive practices.
Medical Records Firm Uses AI Tool to Expose Flaws that Threaten Patient Privacy
Epic’s engineers deployed an Anthropic tool that exposed security risks that could allow undetected access to millions of patient records.
FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks
The probe adds to the mounting scrutiny that OpenAI and Anthropic have been facing over their safety practices following the Hugging Face hack.
Firefox 157: Could bold new look be just what Mozilla needs?*
Yet another new version of Firefox, with a significant reskin
Star Fox version 1.2.0 update now available
Publisher Nintendo and developer Velan Studios have released the version 1.2.0 update for Star Fox, which adds new stages to Battle Mode…
Star Fox 1.2.0 update out now, patch notes
Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2 just received a major version 1.2.0 update, and the full patch notes can be found here.
OpenClaw launches free enterprise control plane for persistent AI agents, backed by OpenAI, Red Hat and Nvidia
OCE is explicitly vendor-neutral and self-hostable, with replaceable models, harnesses and sandboxes. That likely makes it more enticing to enterprises that want persistent agents without relying on a single model provider.
Trump hosting Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for private White House dinner
President Donald Trump confirmed a private White House dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, as the AI leader voices concerns over technology risks.
Last Night's 'Viral' Pro-Data Center Party Is Tied to Thiel, the Koch Institute, and Other AI Boosters
That pro-data center party was propped up by, well, data centers.