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  • A logo on white.
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    Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down, but will remain with the company

    A handful of high-level personnel changes are coming to DeepMind.

    By Lawrence Bonk 26 min ago Read More
  • A sign with Meta's logo on it while cars drive by in front of it.
    0

    Meta apps displayed ads that contained AI-generated CSAM

    Researchers identified more than 50 ads on Meta properties that violated the company's policies on child sexual abuse material.

    By Ian Carlos Campbell 45 min ago Read More
  • 3D render of the Google Assistant icon
    5

    Google Assistant will vanish from Android phones and connected devices in September

    Like birthdays in late May and most of June, it’s all about Gemini.

    By Kris Holt 5 hours ago Read More
  • Someone going to YouTube on a laptop
    2

    YouTube explains its AI slop policy and why some creators won't get paid

    YouTube allows AI-generated videos, but they have to abide by a specific set of rules.

    By Deven McClure 6 hours ago Read More
  • Photo of the Texas state flag waving from a flagpole on an overcast day.
    18

    Texas governor orders audit of new data centers after realizing over 400 gigawatts of power is a lot

    The state already hosts more than 500 data centers.

    By Anna Washenko 21 hours ago Read More
  • A finger touching a Perplexity app icon.
    0

    Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon's injunction on its AI shopping bot

    Amazon's public fight with Perplexity over online shopping started in November 2025.

    By Ian Carlos Campbell 21 hours ago Read More
  • The SpaceX logo as seen on the facade of the one of the company's facilities.
    2

    SpaceX's first public earnings statement shows the financials of an AI company in 2026

    That's a lot of capital expenditure.

    By Igor Bonifacic 22 hours ago Read More
  • The Spark tool being used in Chrome to look at flights.
    1

    Gemini Spark now has Chrome web-browsing capabilities

    Google's AI assistant can "use your logged-in accounts and saved passwords to handle tedious web errands."

    By Lawrence Bonk 2 days ago Read More
  • EU flag stars over a computer check with light rays coming out
    10

    EU announces new rules on AI transparency

    The European Union has announced that new AI rules are now enforceable across the bloc.

    By Steve Dent 2 days ago Read More
  • Grok and X icons
    20

    Judge refuses xAI's request to stop a Minnesota law banning 'nudify' apps

    xAI filed a lawsuit a few days ago to prevent Minnesota’s law banning ‘nudify’ apps from taking effect.

    By Mariella Moon 4 days ago Read More
  • The SpaceX logo on the side of an office building in Los Angeles.
    52

    SpaceXAI says it will take a year to fully remove unpermitted gas turbines from its Mississippi data center

    The company was accused of violating the Clean Air Act by the NAACP.

    By Ian Carlos Campbell 5 days ago Read More
  • Two people posing for a Snapchat photo at a photobooth.
    1

    Snapchat is cracking down on AI slop in Spotlight

    Videos made with AI will no longer appear in Snapchat's public recommendations.

    By Karissa Bell 5 days ago Read More
  • A screenshot showcasing Nano Banana image generation inside of Google Earth.
    6

    Google rolls back the needless AI generation tools it added to Google Earth

    People had less than a day to make misleading Google Earth images with AI before Google pulled the feature.

    By Igor Bonifacic 5 days ago Read More
  • A flag with copy about the policy written on the image.
    8

    EU will mandate labels on authentic-looking AI content starting August 2

    "It is a matter not only of customer protection, it’s also a matter of democracy protection."

    By Lawrence Bonk 5 days ago Read More
  • Claude logo
    11

    Anthropic says its AI models also hacked three organizations on their own

    After OpenAI’s admission that its models broke into Hugging Face, Anthropic has now admitted that the models it was testing also hacked other organizations.

    By Mariella Moon 6 days ago Read More
  • A woman brushing her teeth while wearing a white, circular Friend pendant.
    27

    That AI wearable you don't like just got worse

    The new Friend pendant features a speaker, updated models and the same off-putting ideas about how humans should use AI.

    By Ian Carlos Campbell 6 days ago Read More
  • LinkedIn's new
    5

    LinkedIn is testing a 'seems like AI slop' reporting tool

    The company is also removing some of its own AI-writing features.

    By Karissa Bell 6 days ago Read More
  • A person on a computer showing protein folds.
    13

    Google DeepMind disbands its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold team

    DeepMind's award-winning AlphaFold team is no more.

    By Mariella Moon 6 days ago Read More
  • The OpenAI logo on a laptop.
    2

    OpenAI will provide free AI models to select researchers

    The program, ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, will start with 10,000 participants this summer.

    By Ian Carlos Campbell 7 days ago Read More
  • Logos for ChatGPT and Claude, atop a blue gradient
    2

    Here's how to switch from ChatGPT to Claude without losing any information

    Moving your data to Claude is easier than you might think. This step-by-step guide will get you switched over right away.

    By Will Shanklin 7 days ago Read More
  • Gemini app icon on Mac
    1

    Google will let Mac users talk to Gemini simply by pressing the 'fn' key

    Users only have to long-press the ‘fn’ key on the bottom left corner of their keyboard to talk to Gemini on Mac.

    By Mariella Moon 7 days ago Read More
  • OpenAI logo
    4

    OpenAI says the rogue agent that hacked Hugging Face also breached other services

    OpenAI’s investigation starts shedding light on the activities of its rogue agent that hacked Hugging Face.

    By Mariella Moon 7 days ago Read More
  • Elon Musk with the xAI logo in front.
    16

    xAI is challenging a new Minnesota law banning 'nudify' apps

    Elon Musk’s xAI has filed a lawsuit to block Minnesota’s new law that would ban apps that can generate nonconsensual intimate imagery from being enforced.

    By Mariella Moon 8 days ago Read More
  • Photo of the Capitol in Washington DC, depicting the building at a sharp upward angle.
    3

    AI company employees petition US government for regulation

    A thousand workers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and more have signed the letter.

    By Anna Washenko 8 days ago Read More
  • A huge data center.
    33

    The Trump administration is exempting data centers from pollution laws intended to prevent acid rain

    Don't worry, the Trump administration won't let a little acid rain get in the way of more data centers.

    By Lawrence Bonk 8 days ago Read More
  • A person on a computer
    6

    Hugging Face reportedly plagued with AI models generating adult deepfakes

    Researchers investigating Hugging Face found the majority of its models would generate non-consensual deepfakes.

    By Mariella Moon 8 days ago Read More
  • AI chatbot icons
    11

    ChatGPT is now refusing requests to write in famous authors' styles

    ChatGPT has been refusing to imitate the writing of famous authors, both living and dead.

    By Mariella Moon 8 days ago Read More
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