Uber has unveiled Uber Autonomous Solutions, a new business division offering end-to-end infrastructure, user experience, and fleet operations services to help AV partners commercialize robotaxis and self-driving vehicles across more than 15 cities by end of 2026.
UC San Diego and MIT researchers have published a landmark study in Science demonstrating a scalable method to steer and monitor AI models by directly manipulating internal concept representations, exposing both safety vulnerabilities and capability improvements.
Canadian officials have urgently summoned OpenAI's safety representatives to Ottawa for emergency talks following a shooting incident in British Columbia reportedly linked to AI-generated content, marking a rare government intervention.
OpenAI has updated its mission statement, dropping the word 'safely' as the company advances its controversial restructuring into a for-profit public benefit corporation, raising fresh concerns among AI safety advocates.
OpenAI has launched the Frontier Alliance program, formalizing deep partnerships with major consulting firms including Accenture, Deloitte, and PwC to accelerate enterprise AI adoption beyond direct sales.
Anthropic publicly accused Chinese AI laboratories of systematically extracting knowledge from its Claude models through distillation attacks, releasing new detection and prevention research as the US debates AI chip export controls.
Researchers have developed AI tools capable of designing novel proteins and even entire synthetic genomes from scratch, a breakthrough that could revolutionize biotechnology but also raises profound ethical questions about altering life.
A growing number of articles and expert discussions are focusing on the societal implications of AI-driven job displacement, questioning how economies will adapt and how populations will be supported if human labor becomes obsolete.
Google has partnered with ISTE+ASCD to offer free, comprehensive AI literacy training to all 6 million K-12 and higher education faculty in the U.S., aiming to help them and their students use AI tools like Gemini safely and effectively.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is set to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid a standoff over the military's use of its AI model, Claude, with the Pentagon threatening to label the company a 'supply chain risk'.
OpenAI has partnered with consulting giants including Accenture, Boston Consulting Group, Capgemini, and McKinsey to accelerate the deployment of its advanced AI agent platform, Frontier, in large enterprises.
Nvidia is set to launch its own AI-optimized system-on-chip processors for laptops, partnering with Intel and MediaTek to enter the PC silicon market and directly challenge AMD and Intel's dominance in consumer computing.
OpenAI has rolled out advertisements inside ChatGPT for free and Go-tier users, but early reports show the ads are large, poorly targeted, and fail to meet the company's own stated vision of being 'useful and entertaining.'
OpenClaw, the viral open-source AI agent formerly known as Clawdbot, has triggered bans at Meta and other tech companies after security experts warned of unpredictable behavior, prompt-injection vulnerabilities, and unauthorized access to sensitive data.
Trump's aggressive pro-AI agenda is generating unexpected backlash from within his own base, as MAGA voters join progressives in opposing data center proliferation over energy costs and community disruption ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Lawmakers from both parties in state capitols across the U.S. are finding common ground on regulating artificial intelligence and data centers, marking a rare moment of bipartisan consensus on tech policy.
From Bernie Sanders to Ron DeSantis, politicians across the U.S. are calling to regulate or halt AI data center construction amid voter concerns over rising electricity bills, water use, and environmental impact.
Sony Group has unveiled a new tool that can extract data from AI music models and quantify how much copyrighted source material contributed to generated tracks, enabling creators to claim compensation from AI developers.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed back on AI energy criticism at an Indian Express event, arguing that training a human over 20 years consumes far more energy than training an AI model, while dismissing water-usage claims as 'completely untrue.'
The White House unveiled the Tech Corps initiative within the Peace Corps to deploy STEM volunteers abroad, promoting U.S. AI exports and countering China's growing influence in developing nations.
