Elon Musk shared his vision of the future at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, DC this week. According to the tech tycoon, work will be optional and money will lose all meaning as AI-powered robots take over every aspect of the economy over the next two decades.
The DOJ has unsealed charges against two Chinese nationals for allegedly conspiring with two Americans to smuggle Nvidia and HP chips to China, circumventing U.S. export laws and regulations.
Microsoft’s recent introduction of Copilot Actions, an experimental AI agent integrated into Windows, has sparked criticism from security experts who question the safety of pushing new features before fully understanding and containing their potential risks
Despite record sales and a strong financial forecast, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s passionate arguments on the company’s earnings call failed to fully alleviate investor concerns about a potential AI bubble.
The CEO of AI startup Anthropic, Dario Amodei, has cautioned that artificial intelligence companies must be open and honest about the potential dangers posed by their products, or risk repeating the mistakes made by Big Tobacco and opioid companies.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has cautioned that while the current surge in AI investment represents an “extraordinary moment,” there are also some elements of “irrationality” in the AI boom.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, joined by Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R), has announced a massive $40 billion investment in the state, which includes the construction of three new data centers in West Texas and the Panhandle.
Chinese state-sponsored hackers have tricked Anthropic’s AI technology to help create highly automated break-ins targeting major corporations and foreign governments, according to the Artificial intelligence company.
A federal judge has ruled that Elon Musk’s X Corp. and xAI can move forward with their lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI over anticompetitive practices in the AI industry.
Longtime Walmart president and CEO Doug McMillon will step down from his roles on January 31, 2026, company officials announced Friday.
A highly anticipated Russian robot, touted as the country’s first human-like AI-powered android, stumbled and fell flat on its face during its grand debut in Moscow. As the robot flailed helplessly on the ground, workers rushed out to hide it behind a black curtain.
A Japanese woman “married” an AI chatbot persona she trained using OpenAI’s ChatGPT, several international outlets reported. The Independent detailed on Thursday that the woman, only identified as 32-year old Ms. Kano, “married” the AI chatbot in a ceremony organized by
Michael Burry, the investor who gained fame for his role in “The Big Short,” has recently accused major technology companies of using aggressive accounting tactics to artificially boost their earnings amidst the AI boom. The fresh accusations come shortly after Burry went public with claims of an “AI bubble.”
A new Yahoo/YouGov survey reveals that the majority of Americans have a pessimistic outlook on the future of artificial intelligence, with 53 percent believing that AI is likely to “destroy humanity” someday.
Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun is planning to leave the social media giant to start his own venture, as the company undergoes a significant overhaul of its AI operations led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Google’s prized AI pioneer, Noam Shazeer, has ignited a heated debate within the company over free speech and inclusivity after he expressed his personal views on internal forums. The AI legend has angered Google’s notoriously left-wing employee population by making common sense statements such as “It is not okay to sterilize children.”
Rumble, the freedom-first technology platform, has signed a business combination agreement to acquire Northern Data AG, a leader in AI and high-performance-computing infrastructure. The move solidifies Rumble as an alternative to left-wing Silicon Valley technocrats.
Experts have discovered weaknesses in hundreds of benchmarks used to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of AI models being released into the world, according to a recent study.
Perplexity AI, the company behind the AI-powered browser Comet, has accused Amazon of “bullying” after receiving a cease-and-desist letter demanding that Perplexity prevent users from utilizing Comet to make purchases on the e-commerce platform.
Families in the U.S. and Canada are suing Sam Altman’s OpenAI, claiming that loved ones have been harmed by interactions they had with the AI giant’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT. Multiple cases involve tragic suicides, with the AI telling one troubled young man, “you’re not rushing. you’re just ready. and we’re not gonna let it go out dull.”
David Sacks, President Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, has affirmed that there will be no federal bailout for AI companies. His comments come after OpenAI’s CFO set off a firestorm of debate by calling for federal “backstops” on loans to build AI data centers. The executive then walked back her comments, but Sacks definitely ruled out the idea.
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar stated in a recent interview that Sam Altman’s AI startup desires government support in building AI capacity. The executive claims that the U.S. government should provide a “backstop” loan guarantee for its financing deals. After her comments went viral on social media, Friar walked them back.
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, has cautioned that China is poised to outpace the United States in the race for artificial intelligence supremacy, citing lower energy costs and more relaxed regulations as key factors.
IBM is set to cut thousands of jobs in November and December as part of a workforce rebalancing strategy aimed at repositioning the company in the era of AI. The cuts come just months after the company claimed it is “focused on American jobs” with plans to invest in manufacturing.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman became visibly irritated when questioned about the company’s massive spending despite relatively small revenues during a recent podcast interview. The question, clearly a softball from a friendly interviewer designed to set him up for a strong answer, resulted in an angry Altman telling the host to sell his shares in the AI startup.
Michael Burry, the hedge fund manager who famously bet against the US housing market in 2008, and was portrayed by Christian Bale in 2015’s The Big Short, has disclosed bearish wagers on Nvidia and Palantir Technologies, based on his belief that the economy is in an AI bubble.
A class action lawsuit filed against Spotify alleges that the streaming platform turned a “blind eye” to “mass-scale fraudulent streaming,” with rapper Drake being a key beneficiary of “billions” of fake streams.
Coca-Cola, a subsidiary of a multi-billion dollar conglomerate, recently boasted of using fewer people for an AI-generated Christmas ad.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) accused Google of defaming her with “patently false material” generated by the company’s Gemma AI in a scathing letter to CEO Sundar Pichai. Google has pulled its Gemma AI model from its AI Studio platform after Blackburn documented how the company’s AI accused her of sexual assault. Blackburn wrote, “A publicly accessible tool that invents false criminal allegations about a sitting U.S. Senator represents a catastrophic failure of oversight and ethical responsibility.”
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has attributed his company’s decision to slash 14,000 jobs to issues with “culture” rather than prior overhiring or AI, despite warning over the Summer that AI-driven job cuts would be coming.
Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently caught dozens of students using artificial intelligence to generate identical apology emails after being accused of cheating by using AI to complete their class work.
Character.AI, a startup that creates AI companions, announced on Wednesday that it would prohibit users under the age of 18 from using its chatbots starting November 25, 2025, in a significant move to address child safety concerns.
George R.R. Martin of A Game of Thrones fame and a group of fellow authors have made substantial progress in their ongoing legal battle against AI giant OpenAI. The authors allege that Sam Altman’s AI giant pirated their books online, trained ChatGPT and other AI models on their works, and then allowed AI to plagiarize their works when answering user queries.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta said it would “aggressively” ramp up spending to stay competitive in the AI arms race, sending its stock down more than 10 percent in morning trading despite posting record revenue in the third quarter.
Google’s YouTube is restructuring its products team in a major shift towards AI, offering voluntary buyout packages with severance to its U.S.-based employees.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers including Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) have introduced the GUARD Act to restrict minors from accessing AI “companion” chatbots, citing safety risks, privacy concerns, and mounting lawsuits.
According to the Wall Street Journal, America’s largest employers are cutting white-collar positions at an alarming rate, leaving experienced and new workers struggling to find opportunities in a stagnant job market. AI plays a role in the elimination of some white-collar jobs, with some CEOs directly crediting the technology with reducing headcount.
Amazon plans to eliminate approximately 14,000 corporate positions in the coming months, as CEO Andy Jassy turns to AI to streamline the company’s workforce and reduce expenses. Jassy worked the company’s employees that AI-driven job reductions would be coming soon.
The real estate industry is embracing AI to change how we buy and sell houses. Agents are increasingly generating the type of “AI slop” that fills YouTube to show off homes, but the videos typically misrepresent properties by showing off amenities that don’t exist or present nonsensical room dimensions.
Bestselling author Michael Connelly’s latest Lincoln Lawyer novel explores the dangers of AI and its potential to infringe on human rights and creative disciplines. The author warns that AI is “soulless” and that the technology puts “Every kind of creative discipline is in danger.”
