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Cybersecurity giant Cloudflare announced on Thursday that it will lay off more than 1,100 employees globally as part of a reorganization aimed at positioning the company for what executives describe as the agentic AI era. The tech company’s shares have dropped massively Friday in response to the announcement.

A cyberattack forced the Canvas educational platform offline on Thursday, affecting millions of students and teachers at more than 9,000 universities and K-12 schools across the United States during a critical time in the academic calendar.

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.

A social media user successfully manipulated Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok into helping him scam a second AI chatbot into transferring $200,000 worth of cryptocurrency by sending hidden instructions encoded in Morse code.

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.

Lawyers representing Elon Musk questioned OpenAI President Greg Brockman about his massive $30 billion fortune gained from the supposed charity during testimony in the ongoing trial between Musk and OpenAI kingpin Sam Altman.

The EU will block funding for clean energy projects that use Chinese solar inverters over the potential cybersecurity risks that they pose.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed plans to lay off about 14 percent of its workforce, with CEO Brian Armstrong citing market volatility and the accelerating impact of artificial intelligence on company operations.

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 White House celebrated “May the Fourth Be With You Day” by posting a Star Wars meme, stating that “America stands ready.”

Video game retailer GameStop announced Sunday it has made an unsolicited offer to acquire online marketplace eBay for approximately $56 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction, marking one of the most ambitious takeover attempts in recent corporate history.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta returns to a New Mexico courthouse today for the continuation of a high-stakes child safety case that could force the social media giant to pay billions of dollars and fundamentally restructure how its platforms operate in the state if it is declared a “public nuisance.”

Nissan has officially canceled its plans to manufacture electric vehicles at its Mississippi assembly plant, opting instead to produce a lineup of body-on-frame trucks and SUVs.

Actors created with artificial intelligence will not be eligible for an Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Friday as it launched a crackdown on the use of AI.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has ended its contract with Sama, a Kenya-based data annotation company, two months after workers reported viewing sensitive footage ranging from sexual activity to bathroom breaks recorded by Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.

A recent study published in the journal Science demonstrates that AI tools capable of analyzing vast amounts of medical information may diagnose emergency room patients as accurately as, or even better than, human physicians in certain circumstances. The study makes clear that AI will not replace human physicians anytime soon.

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.

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers repeatedly intervened during the third day of Elon Musk’s testimony in his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, steering attorneys away from broad debates about AI’s potential threat to humanity.

An ex-attorney for former President Joe Biden’s (D) son, Hunter Biden, must pay $50,000 to a former Trump aide in closing out a legal dispute.

Google delivered first-quarter results that far exceeded Wall Street expectations, with revenue climbing 22 percent and net income soaring 81 percent as AI demand transformed its cloud computing division into a major growth engine.

Thursday on Newmax TV’s “On the Record,” President Donald Trump said artificial intelligence would “lead to tremendous numbers of jobs.”

Evangeline Lilly, who played The Wasp in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, denounced Disney for laying off visual effects artists as it integrates AI.

Maritime logistics and intelligence company Windward AI published a report on Wednesday that claimed Iran has slipped up to $800 million worth of crude oil past the U.S. Navy blockade by electronically disguising its tankers as Iraqi ships.

Families of the victims of a deadly Canadian school shooting have filed seven federal lawsuits accusing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman of prioritizing profit over safety by failing to install adequate safeguards on the ChatGPT AI platform.

Breitbart News social media director and author Wynton Hall discussed the revelations in his instant bestseller, Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, and warned it is crucial for conservatives to understand that AI is not just “a tool,” but “political power,” and the MAGA movement has the opportunity to use it “to prevail on the battlefield of ideas.”

Elon Musk repeatedly clashed with OpenAI’s attorney during a heated cross-examination on the second day of a landmark trial that could shape the future trajectory of AI development.

A research scientist at Google DeepMind has publicly expressed that he is “incredibly ashamed” over the company’s deal with the Pentagon allowing the Department of War to use its AI technology in classified settings.

The latest (dumb) idea floating around to protect actors from AI is something called the Tilly Tax.

The AI investment wave is translating directly into orders at American factories.

A Stanford microbiologist was shaken when an AI chatbot outlined a detailed plan for a biological attack on mass transit systems during a safety test last summer.

Elon Musk, the tech tycoon who has made himself a significant player in the AI boom, took the witness stand Tuesday in a closely watched federal trial that pits him against former allies Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in a dispute over the future direction of OpenAI and AI development in general.