Major AI companies are buying millions of used books through intermediaries and destroying them after digitization to obtain high-quality training data while avoiding public scrutiny, according to a recent investigative report.
Shared conversation links from Anthropic’s Claude AI assistant were discoverable through Google search results over the weekend, exposing potentially sensitive user discussions to public view.
America’s largest companies are reversing course on hiring freezes, announcing plans to expand their workforces after months of restraint driven by AI adoption expectations.
Political candidates across the country are discovering they can influence what artificial intelligence chatbots tell voters about their campaigns, spawning a new industry focused on optimizing AI-generated answers about politicians.
A new report from child safety watchdog Common Sense Media has concluded that Google’s AI-powered Search poses an unacceptable risk to young users, prompting calls for schools to discontinue use of Google products until AI features can be disabled.
Demis Hassabis, the co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, is advocating for the United States to create a new artificial intelligence oversight body with authority to evaluate the world’s most sophisticated AI models and potentially coordinate industry-wide slowdowns when risks escalate.
A coalition of economists and researchers, including 15 Nobel laureates, has issued an urgent warning that AI could transform the global economy at an unprecedented pace, requiring immediate policy action to address potential widespread job displacement.
Artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Google have been supplying advanced AI technology to subsidiaries of Chinese tech giants that appear on a Pentagon blacklist, revealing a significant loophole in America’s efforts to restrict Beijing’s AI development.
American voters are increasingly using AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude to help them make decisions about candidates and ballot measures, marking what may be the first election cycle where AI plays a significant role in voter research. The leftist bias researchers have revealed in practically every major AI tool makes this a concerning trend as the midterm elections draw close.
Google has lost its lengthy legal battle to overturn a $4.69 billion fine imposed by the EU over requirements the tech giant forces on device manufacturers deploying its Android operating system.
In New York City’s East Village, a weeklong festival dubbed the “Summer of Ludd” is bringing hundreds of young people together to learn how to live without constant digital connectivity and to resist the omnipresence of technology companies.
The seven largest technology companies, collectively known as the Magnificent 7, had about $2.3 trillion erased from their combined market value in June as investors question their massive spending on AI infrastructure.
The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on Monday that law enforcement’s use of “geofence” data constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment. The ruling effectively ends unauthorized digital dragnets by applying protections guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights.
Two prominent Google AI researchers are just the latest experts preparing to depart for rival artificial intelligence Anthropic, according to individuals familiar with the situation. They join a roster of prominent AI names who have left Google for greener pastures this year.
Google has invested $75 million into the movie studio A24 to develop AI filmmaking tools and new AI-powered technologies.
Self-driving vehicle company Waymo has issued a recall affecting 3,871 autonomous robotaxis after a software defect caused vehicles to enter active highway construction zones at high speeds.
Google engaged in a confidential legal battle against a United States warrant that demanded the identities of hundreds of internet users who had searched for the locations of the Democratic and Republican party headquarters in Washington prior to pipe bombs being planted at those sites on January 5, 2021.
British antitrust regulators have mandated that Google must make its search rankings more equitable and provide businesses with advance notification of significant changes to its search services, giving the technology giant six months to comply.
A group of Stanford University graduates walked out of their commencement ceremony after Google CEO Sundar Pichai began delivering his keynote address. The Walkout, organized by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), was designed to protest the company’s contracts with Israel.
At a recent “counter-disinformation” conference at the University of Cambridge, European technologist Robin Berjon suggested that “military force” may have to be used against American tech platforms to bring them into line.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has secured a massive infrastructure agreement with Google just days before its planned IPO, with the search giant agreeing to pay $920 million per month for AI computing capacity.
Google announced Wednesday it will invest $10 million in water infrastructure projects across Texas communities where the tech giant plans to construct data centers, marking the company’s first attempt to quell backlash against massive data centers with insatiable needs for power and water.
Tech giant Google is pursuing government authorization to deploy up to 32 million sterile mosquitoes across California and Florida through its specialized “Debug” program designed to combat disease-carrying insects.
A Google engineer made more than $1 million using inside information to place Polymarket bets based on what users were for searching on Google.
Google’s YouTube platform is rolling out major changes to how it identifies and displays AI-generated content, introducing automatic detection capabilities and more visible labels for viewers.
DuckDuckGo, which positions itself as a privacy-focused alternative to Google, has experienced a significant increase in user adoption following the search giant’s announcement of major changes to its search platform that heavily incorporate AI.
The Media Research Center is sounding the alarm about the left-wing bias embedded in popular AI chatbots as millions of Americans increasingly rely on these systems for information. This bias is a central topic of Wynton Halls instant bestseller CODE RED.
Google has filed an appeal against a 2024 antitrust ruling that determined the company violated competition laws by paying billions to become the default search engine on Apple’s iPhone devices.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is preparing to face potential backlash from graduates worried about AI as he gets ready to deliver the commencement address at Stanford University next month.
Waymo has extended service suspensions to four cities after its autonomous vehicles repeatedly encountered difficulties navigating heavy rain and flooded roadways, an issue that led to a software recall earlier this month.
Google announced a comprehensive transformation of its Search platform at the Google I/O conference on Tuesday, marking what the company calls the biggest change to the search box since its debut over 25 years ago.
Approximately 50 autonomous Waymo robotaxis have been circling a residential cul-de-sac in northwest Atlanta for hours at a time, raising safety concerns among local families and disrupting daily life in the quiet neighborhood.
Former Google CEO and Democrat mega-donor Eric Schmidt encountered widespread booing from graduates during his commencement address at the University of Arizona on Saturday as he spoke about young people’s “fear” of AI. His speech was already controversial based on rape allegations made by his former girlfriend.
TruPlay, a Christian entertainment platform for kids, was told by Google that they are not allowed to advertise on the Google Play store, and more recently, that their app update was denied due to so-called “inappropriate” content not suitable for children. The content in question, however, is a depiction of Jesus Christ on the cross. When Breitbart News asked the tech giant to comment on its treatment of TruPlay, it backtracked, calling the decision an “error.”
Cybercriminals have been discovered using a zero-day security exploit that Google believes was developed with the assistance of AI, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of cyber threats.
Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against AI company Character.AI, alleging that its chatbots have been impersonating licensed medical professionals in violation of state medical licensing regulations.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has requested a Los Angeles judge to set aside the jury verdict that found the company liable for causing a young woman’s mental health problems, in what represents a pivotal case examining whether social media companies deliberately designed addictive platforms that harm young Americans.
Anthropic, the AI giant President Donald Trump has described as “leftwing nut jobs” has agreed to spend $200 billion with leftist giant Google over the next five years for cloud computing services.
Employees at Google DeepMind’s UK offices have voted to establish a union in response to concerns about the company’s defense-related AI work with Israel and the Pentagon.
The Department of War has finalized contracts with seven leading technology firms to deploy their AI systems in classified military environments, marking a significant expansion of the Pentagon’s artificial intelligence capabilities.
