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U.S. Says Anthropic Is an ‘Unacceptable’ National Security Risk

In a legal filing, the government said it questioned whether the A.I. start-up could be a “trusted partner” in wartime, which led it to label the company a supply chain risk.

NY Times Tech·4h ago

Ad for AI editing app which said it could 'remove anything' banned

The UK regulator said the ad condoned "digitally altering and exposing women's bodies without their consent."

BBC Tech·8h ago

Arizona Files Criminal Charges Against Kalshi, the Prediction Site

The state accused Kalshi of operating an illegal gambling business, escalating the legal battle between states and prediction markets.

NY Times Tech·9h ago

China Ramps Up Scrutiny of Meta’s Acquisition of Manus

The country appears to be cracking down on people linked to the acquisition of Manus, a Singapore company with Chinese roots, as President Trump prepares to visit Beijing.

NY Times Tech·11h ago

Netanyahu Posts ‘Proof of Life’ Video as A.I. Sows Doubts About What’s Real

The unusual video is the latest demonstration that artificial intelligence is undermining trust — even in footage that is authentic.

NY Times Tech·14h ago

Trapped in a Self-Driving Car During an Anti-Robot Attack

In San Francisco, some passengers of autonomous taxis have experienced an unexpected hazard: being stuck in the vehicles when the cars are assaulted.

NY Times Tech·14h ago

Nvidia faces gamer backlash over 'breakthrough' AI graphics feature

Nvidia says the tool will transform game graphics - critics warn it could squeeze out artistic expression.

BBC Tech·17h ago

AI firm Anthropic seeks weapons expert to stop users from 'misuse'

The artificial intelligence firm says it wants to prevent "catastrophic misuse" of its systems.

BBC Tech·1d ago

Nvidia Debuts New A.I. Product at GTC Developer Conference

At the opening of the company’s annual conference, Jensen Huang leaned on technology from a recent deal to show how artificial intelligence is changing.

NY Times Tech·1d ago

Teens sue Musk's xAI over Grok's pornographic images of them

Musk's AI chatbot has created millions of fake sexualised images, experts say.

BBC Tech·1d ago

How Trump Drove a Wedge Between Florida Republicans Over A.I.

A Florida bill that would have regulated artificial intelligence, backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, failed to gain traction after President Trump made it clear he did not want states to rein in the technol

NY Times Tech·1d ago

Firms urged to check if other users edited their data on Companies House

The glitch meant logged-in users could view and edit other companies' details without their consent.

BBC Tech·1d ago

Is this product 'human-made'? The race to establish an AI-free logo

The backlash to the growing use of the tech has led to an explosion in attempts to come up with 'AI-Free' logo that could be used globally.

BBC Tech·2d ago

TikTok Investors Set to Pay $10 Billion Fee to Trump Administration

The large fee is the latest example of the White House’s inserting itself into corporate deal making in unusual and aggressive ways.

NY Times Tech·4d ago

She spent 16 hours on Instagram in a day. It's up to a jury to decide if Meta is to blame

A landmark lawsuit will set the stage for thousands of people who say social media platforms are intentionally addictive.

BBC Tech·4d ago

Adobe Settles With U.S. Over Hard-to-Cancel Subscriptions

The maker of Photoshop agreed to pay $75 million to the government, which had accused it of hiding details of expensive fees.

NY Times Tech·4d ago

U.S. Tech Giants Flocked to the Persian Gulf. Now They Are Targets.

Amazon, Google and others struck deals in the Persian Gulf to foot the bill for A.I. development. Iran has now threatened attacks against the companies’ infrastructure in the region.

NY Times Tech·4d ago

Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe

The new changes by the Pan-European Game Information age-ratings body (PEGI) will start from June.

BBC Tech·4d ago

AI toys for children misread emotions and respond inappropriately, researchers warn

In first study of its kind, Cambridge researchers found AI toys could misread some children's emotions.

BBC Tech·4d ago

Grammarly pulls AI author-impersonation tool after backlash

Writers criticised the feature which used their names and styles as "AI personas" without consent.

BBC Tech·5d ago