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As the healthcare industry grapples with the rapid integration of AI, nurses are voicing their concerns about the potential risks to patient care.

Microsoft has strengthened its stance against the use of generative AI for facial recognition by U.S. police departments through its Azure OpenAI Service, a managed enterprise solution built around OpenAI’s technology.

“Try That in a Small Town” took on a life of its own, well beyond anything its creators could have foreseen. Now the writers behind the 2023 hit are looking to turn that headline-making controversy into something positive with a new podcast that they hope will return some of the spotlight to those small American towns, and maybe some bigger ones, that are referenced in the song.

China’s state-linked electronics giant Huawei has reportedly been “secretly funding cutting-edge research at American universities” through a Washington-based nonprofit called the Optica Foundation.

A bipartisan group of 14 senators is calling on their leaders to restrict TSA’s use of facial recognition technology over privacy concerns.

Kroger and Walt Disney are reportedly exploring joining forces in a retail streaming deal that would involve bringing Disney+ to the food retailer’s grocery delivery program.

A majority of Americans see China’s popular TikTok app as a Chinese tool meant to influence and shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs debuted a “spokeswoman” named “Victoria Shi,” a digital character created by artificial intelligence.

The New Republic, a fascist, racist, anti-democracy, far-left propaganda outlet, was caught lying about anti-woke tech entrepreneur and investor, Balaji Srinivasan.

Google has reportedly laid off hundreds of employees from its “Core” organization while relocating positions to India and Mexico.

More than 50 former Google employees who were fired in connection with protests against the company’s $1.2 billion contract with the government of Israel have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), alleging unlawful retaliation.

Singer FKA Twigs is reportedly creating a deepfake AI version of herself so that she can interact with fans without having to actually do so.

A clash is brewing in Hollywood as actors seek to impose limits on artificial intelligence technology — particularly when it comes to their digital likenesses — while studios are pushing back, arguing that such limits would violate First Amendment rights.

A convicted sex offender is asking the Norwegian Supreme Court to declare that social media access is a human right.

China’s TikTok appears to be probing ways to avoid paying Apple’s 30 percent commission on digital purchases made through its iOS app.

Elon Musk’s recent decision to fire Tesla’s entire charging team has reportedly already led to the company pulling back on its plans to expand the Supercharger network. EV owners already face difficulties finding working charging stations, especially during busy travel times, and these difficulties aren’t likely to be lessened anytime soon.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a preliminary investigation into Ford’s BlueCruise driver assistance system following two separate fatal crashes that occurred at night. BlueCruise joins Tesla’s Autopilot as the second driver assistance program to face federal scrutiny.

Indian media expressed surprise and anger this week when Tesla CEO Elon Musk canceled a planned trip to India and made a surprise visit to China instead.

Shares of Elon Musk’s Tesla went up 15 percent on Monday after the electric carmaker reached a key milestone to roll out its advanced driver-assistance technology Full Self Driving (FSD) in China.

TikTok’s claim that it was walling off U.S. user data from its parent company, Chinese tech giant ByteDance, only applied to the “front door” while the app left the back door wide open, according to former employees.

In a move that could reshape the relationship between news publishers and AI giants, eight prominent newspapers owned by investment firm Alden Global Capital have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement.

European regulators have launched an investigation into Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, escalating pressure on the tech giant to bolster its safeguards against misinformation and foreign interference on Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp ahead of pivotal EU elections.

Tesla has reportedly laid off hundreds of employees, including senior executives and a majority of its Supercharging team. The desperate move comes on the heels of a major recent layoff of 14,000 workers, part of what Musk claims is an “absolutely hard core” plan to cut costs at the struggling EV company.

ChatGPT developer OpenAI has reportedly struck a deal with the Financial Times that allows it to use the newspaper’s journalism content as a means for training artificial intelligence systems.

“Tens of thousands” of fully autonomous tractor-trailers are expected to haul freight on public roads in upcoming years.

As Elon Musk’s Tesla faces multiple lawsuits and a federal investigation, the company’s assertion that drivers are solely responsible for crashes involving its Autopilot technology is coming under intense scrutiny.

Google has issued an urgent warning to its vast user base of over 1 billion Chrome users, strongly advising them to update their browsers as soon as possible to protect against a critical security vulnerability.

Ford’s electric vehicle (EV) division lost $1.3 billion in the first quarter of 2024, which adds up to a $132,000 loss for each of the 10,000 EVs sold.

A recent study by Yale School of Management professor Balázs Kovács reveals that AI-generated restaurant reviews can pass the “Turing test” by fooling both human readers and AI detectors, potentially undermining the credibility of online reviews.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has reportedly asked the CEOs of OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft to join other tech leaders on a federal AI safety panel.

Ford Motor Company reported a whopping $132,000 loss on each electric vehicle sold during the first three months of the year, amassing a $1.3 billion loss.