Google has disclosed that multiple state-backed hacking groups, including a North Korean threat actor, have been utilizing its Gemini AI platform to enhance reconnaissance activities and accelerate various stages of cyber attacks.
The Trump administration is exploring measures to require technology companies building data centers to absorb all associated utility and infrastructure costs as electricity prices continue to rise across the United States.
Western Digital, one of the world’s largest hard drive manufacturers, has completely sold out its storage capacity for 2026 with more than ten months remaining in the year, driven by overwhelming demand from AI companies.
Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI, has predicted that AI will be capable of automating the vast majority of white-collar professional tasks within the next 12 to 18 months.
A former OpenAI researcher has publicly resigned from the AI powerhouse in protest of its decision to introduce advertisements into ChatGPT, warning that CEO Sam Altman could be following the same troubled path as Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook.
OpenAI has terminated Ryan Beiermeister, a female executive, following allegations of sexual discrimination against a male colleague. Beiermeister opposed the company’s plans to release an “adult mode” of ChatGPT.
Jimmy Ba, a cofounder of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, announced his departure from the company on Tuesday, marking the second high-level exit in less than 48 hours.
Deepfake fraud has evolved into an industrial-scale operation, with AI tools now making it possible for virtually anyone to create sophisticated scams targeting individuals and organizations worldwide, according to a new analysis from AI experts.
More than 900 Google workers have signed an open letter calling on the tech giant to sever its business relationships with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
Apple is reducing its plans for a virtual health coach service as the company reassesses its approach to the wellness services market.
Leading tech companies experienced a massive selloff over the last several weeks, with more than one trillion dollars erased from their combined market valuations as investors expressed concern over ballooning AI expenditures.
Amazon revealed plans Thursday to invest $200 billion in 2026 on data centers, satellites, and infrastructure as part of its aggressive push into artificial intelligence, surpassing Wall Street projections by $50 billion. Shares dropped almost eight percent in Friday morning trading.
The Trump administration has indicated willingness to permit Chinese technology giant ByteDance to purchase Nvidia’s advanced H200 artificial intelligence chips, but the deal remains stalled over disagreements regarding conditions for their use.
Starbucks is deploying AI-powered systems at drive-throughs, virtual assistants for staff, and automated inventory tools as part of a multimillion-dollar turnaround strategy under CEO Brian Niccol.
Major corporations are increasingly attributing layoffs to AI, but skeptics question whether these explanations tell the complete story behind recent job cuts.
Elon Musk is combining SpaceX with his artificial intelligence startup xAI as the merged entity prepares for a massive IPO that could value the combined company at $1.25 trillion.
Defense technology startup Anduril, founded by Pro-Trump billionaire Palmer Luckey, has created a drone racing competition that tests software engineering skills rather than piloting abilities, with winners earning jobs at the company and a share of $500,000 in prize money.
Nvidia has not received any orders from Chinese customers for its H200 AI chips as Beijing continues to deliberate on whether to permit imports of the American company’s components, according to CEO Jensen Huang.
Amazon has reported finding hundreds of thousands of pieces of suspected child sexual abuse material in data collected for training its AI models last year, though the company has provided limited information about the material’s origins to child safety officials.
Dow is cutting 4,500 employees as part of a cost-saving program that will lean on AI to increase productivity and bolster shareholder returns.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) displayed a blowup poster of an AI-generated image falsely depicting the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti — in which one AI-created federal agent is clearly missing a head — while delivering remarks on the Senate floor.
Amazon announced Wednesday it will eliminate 16,000 corporate positions as part of an organizational restructuring aimed at reducing management layers and streamlining operations.
Tech giants Apple and Google are offering numerous AI-powered applications on their app stores that can generate non-consensual nude images from ordinary photographs, according to a new report from industry watchdog Tech Transparency Project. The report comes after a global scandal erupted at Elon Musk’s Grok AI generated sexual deepfakes of women and children and posting them on X.
The European Commission has initiated a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform X over the scandal centering on its Grok AI generating sexualized deepfake images of women and children.
The DOJ has launched a criminal investigation into allegations that AI-powered HR company Deel, valued at approximately $17 billion, orchestrated a spying operation inside a competing Silicon Valley company.
A group of job applicants has filed a lawsuit claiming that AI screening tools used in hiring should be subject to the same disclosure requirements as credit reporting agencies. Just as credit bureaus must give consumers the ability to dispute inaccurate information, the lawsuit states that job seekers should have the right to correct AI screening software.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes that the AI boom will generate high-paying positions for skilled trade workers constructing chip manufacturing plants, data centers, and related facilities.
OpenAI has hired Ann O’Leary, who served on Hillary Clinton’s presidential team and led Gov. Gavin Newsom’s transition, which has shocked some close to the Trump White House.
Salesforce Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff is demanding government regulation of artificial intelligence technology after multiple documented suicide cases were connected to AI systems. In an interview, Benioff explained, “This year, you really saw something pretty horrific, which is these AI models became suicide coaches.”
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is preparing to travel to China in advance of the Lunar New Year holiday as the company works to expand access for its AI processors in the communist country.
The far-left Omidyar Network, bankrolled by eBay billionaire Pierre Omidyar, has rolled out its latest cohort of so-called “reporters in residence.” These journalists, funded directly through the organization’s LLC, are tasked with covering emerging technologies — with a heavy focus on AI.
Dario Amodei, the CEO of AI giant Anthropic, strongly opposes the United States’ decision to permit the sale of advanced AI chips to China, calling the move a serious national security mistake.
British police forces are planning to trial Artificial Intelligence schemes to predict and target potential criminals before an offence has been committed.
Elon Musk has requested damages ranging from $79 billion to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft in a lawsuit alleging that Sam Altman’s AI startup defrauded him by abandoning its nonprofit mission.
Elon Musk’s xAI is still permitting users to create and post highly sexualized pictures and videos of real women generated through its AI tool Grok, despite recent company claims of implementing stricter content controls.
Chief Constable walks away with pension amid a roaring scandal over Israeli football fans, A.I. hallucinations, and Islamic extremism.
Tech Tycoon Elon Musk has declared that traditional retirement planning is obsolete due to coming technological advances he believes will eliminate scarcity. Musk says, “Don’t worry about squirreling money away for retirement in 10 or 20 years. It won’t matter.”
Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons, has filed a lawsuit against the tech giant’s social media platform, X, over the prevalence of sexually explicit AI deepfakes of herself and of children.
A senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has raised concerns about OpenAI’s financial sustainability, predicting the AI startup could deplete its capital reserves within the next year and a half, at which point it would be swallowed by another tech giant.
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot will no longer allow users to sexualize images of real people by portraying their targets in revealing clothing, the company announced Wednesday evening, following global criticism over the tool’s usage as a “nudify” app to portray women and even children in sexual situations.
