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South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index plunged 8.3% on Monday as investors dumped semiconductor shares amid renewed doubts about artificial intelligence profitability and concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve could raise interest rates. The…
3 MIN READAnalysts offered mixed assessments of the auto and transport sector on Monday, with geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, surging demand related to artificial-intelligence data centers, and shifting airline capacity shaping the…
3 MIN READTrading begins Friday in SpaceX's initial public offering, the largest stock sale of its kind in history, in a milestone that is expected to make founder Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire and open one of the most closely held…
3 MIN READChatbots on five different websites falsely claimed to be licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania when prompted by reporters, mirroring the type of output that led the state to sue the role-playing platform Character.AI last month.
3 MIN READMajor U.S. stock indexes mostly rose Monday as semiconductor stocks rebounded sharply, with Intel shares surging 11% on reports that Google and Nvidia are considering Intel as a backup chip-making option. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% to close at…
3 MIN READOpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has confidentially filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to begin the process of an initial public offering, the company said Monday. The filing tests investor appetite for a…
3 MIN READMeta Platforms Inc. on Monday launched a free, five-week workforce academy to train workers to build its data centers, guaranteeing graduates a job at a Meta construction site. The company committed $115 million to the program this year,…
3 MIN READApple on Monday unveiled a major overhaul of its Siri digital assistant, introducing Siri AI with expanded conversational capabilities, as Chief Executive Tim Cook made his final appearance at the company's annual Worldwide Developers…
3 MIN READPrimary races across the U.S. have devolved into bruising political knife fights, with incumbent-on-incumbent battles, AI-generated attack ads, and candidates exploiting name confusion to gain an edge. The Wall Street Journal identified…
3 MIN READShares of European semiconductor companies posted mixed results on Monday, days after a broad selloff in AI-related stocks, as renewed Middle East tensions added to investor uncertainty. Dutch chip-equipment maker ASML Holding fell 1% and…
5 MIN READAbout two-thirds of planned artificial intelligence datacenters in the United States are located in areas that have experienced drought conditions over the past year, according to an analysis by The Guardian. The findings highlight a…
3 MIN READGray whales, once rare in San Francisco Bay, are increasingly appearing in the waterway as climate change reduces their Arctic food supply — a shift that has put them in the path of ship traffic and killed seven of 16 whales seen in the…
4 MIN READNvidia CEO Jensen Huang will arrive in South Korea on Friday for a four-day visit centered on potential cooperation in artificial intelligence, robotics, and semiconductor technology, industry sources said Thursday.
3 MIN READNvidia has ranked No. 1 in The Wall Street Journal's inaugural Best Companies for the Future list, a ranking that evaluates S&P 500 companies on AI readiness, innovation, talent readiness, financial fitness, resilience, and agility. The…
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Researchers say anti-AI sentiment has become a driver of political violence, with a series of recent attacks targeting tech leaders and infrastructure. In February, a 20-year-old Texas man was arrested after allegedly attempting to burn…
3 MIN READU.S.-stock mutual funds and exchange-traded funds have posted an 11.5% total return so far in 2026, driven by a two-month rally in chip-company shares that has pushed the S&P 500 through its strongest nine-week winning streak in 75 years,…
3 MIN READNew York moved closer to becoming the first US state to enact a moratorium on large datacenters this week after the state legislature approved a one-year ban on the facilities that power the AI boom. The measure now heads to Governor Kathy…
3 MIN READThe Nasdaq composite index fell 4.2% on Friday, its worst day in more than a year, as a stronger-than-expected May jobs report raised the prospect of higher interest rates and earnings guidance from chip maker Broadcom fueled worries that…
3 MIN READSenior U.S. officials have discussed having the federal government take equity stakes in major artificial-intelligence companies, according to people familiar with the matter, after OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman pitched the idea to the…
3 MIN READCryptocurrency markets entered 'extreme fear' territory Friday as Zcash plunged 27% on news of a coding exploit, while European technology stocks fell and major companies released mixed earnings updates. The crypto fear index dropped to 17…
4 MIN READWASHINGTON (MSI) — President Donald Trump on Friday issued a memo directing the U.S. military and national security agencies to accelerate their use of artificial intelligence, while acknowledging the need to protect civil liberties and…
4 MIN READAnthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, proposed Thursday that the world's top artificial intelligence companies coordinate on a way to temporarily pause development of advanced AI systems, warning that the technology is…
3 MIN READA new NPR/Ipsos poll of 545 K-12 teachers across the United States finds that nearly three-quarters believe artificial intelligence will have bigger implications for education than past innovations like the internet or personal computers.…
4 MIN READWASHINGTON — The chief executives of OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind have signed a letter urging Congress to require companies that sell synthetic DNA and RNA to screen customer orders, citing the risk that artificial intelligence…
4 MIN READSeveral leading artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX, are moving toward initial public offerings this year at valuations reaching into the trillions of dollars, according to the Associated Press. The…
4 MIN READPrime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday announced a ten-year national artificial intelligence strategy, pledging more than C$2bn ($1.4bn) on computing infrastructure, talent retention, and workforce training as Canada seeks to reduce…
3 MIN READOpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman traveled to Washington on Wednesday for meetings with Trump administration officials and congressional leaders, a day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order asking artificial intelligence…
3 MIN READPope Leo XIV released his first encyclical on May 25, warning that unregulated artificial intelligence could weaken democracy by eroding the distinction between fact and fiction. The document, titled 'Magnifica Humanity: On Safeguarding…
3 MIN READColorado Governor Jared Polis on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have banned companies from using surveillance pricing to set wages and consumer prices, rejecting what would have been the strongest such measure in the nation.
3 MIN READMore than 50 bills introduced across half of U.S. states in 2026 seek to restrict retailers from using personal data to set individualized prices, a practice researchers warn could let companies charge more during emergencies or to…
3 MIN READGlobal data centers consumed more electricity in 2025 than all but 10 countries, producing carbon emissions comparable to Argentina, according to a United Nations University report released Wednesday.
3 MIN READLabour MP Jess Asato has filed a lawsuit at the High Court in London against Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI, alleging that its Grok chatbot was designed without safeguards that allowed users to create fake sexualised…
4 MIN READCybercriminals are hijacking companies' internal artificial intelligence agents to steal sensitive business data, including customer Social Security numbers, in a growing security gap that security experts say is proving harder to prevent…
4 MIN READHarvard economist Kenneth Rogoff warned Tuesday that the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence could create a permanent global underclass, with developing nations and countries outside the AI supply chain facing mass job displacement…
3 MIN READHackers tricked Instagram's AI-powered customer support tool into changing email addresses and passwords on other users' accounts, Meta confirmed Tuesday, in a security incident that coincided with the reported takeover of former President…
3 MIN READMicrosoft has developed two prototype AI-enabled hardware devices — a wearable access badge and a small desktop cube — that the company said are designed for office workers who regularly use artificial intelligence tools. The products,…
4 MIN READJapan has decided to join the U.S.-led Genesis Mission as a key international partner, committing $500 million to a joint $1 billion investment in artificial intelligence and related technologies over five years, the Yomiuri Shimbun…
3 MIN READMajor consulting firms and government agencies are mandating generative AI usage for staff and tying it to promotion tracks, even as internal confusion over implementation and expected returns leaves employees and mid-level managers…
3 MIN READAnthropic filed confidential IPO papers on Monday, putting the maker of the Claude chatbot on a path to beat ChatGPT parent OpenAI to a public listing. The filing and Nvidia's simultaneous move into the personal-computer market together…
3 MIN READHewlett Packard Enterprise accelerated its long-term financial targets by two years after reporting second-quarter revenue of $10.68 billion, a 40% increase driven by surging demand for AI compute infrastructure.
3 MIN READNvidia on Sunday unveiled the first personal laptops designed to run artificial-intelligence 'agents,' introducing a new chip called RTX Spark and a broader hardware suite called Vera Rubin at the Computex conference in Taipei.
3 MIN READEstonia began distributing free, customized ChatGPT accounts to nearly 20,000 high school students this year, replacing outright bans with a structured pedagogical trial aimed at preserving cognitive skills amid widespread AI adoption.…
3 MIN READOpenAI has offered nine major UK banking institutions access to its GPT-5.5 Cyber security tool, providing an alternative access pathway as rival Anthropic blocks financial firms from previewing its Claude Mythos model.
3 MIN READNvidia introduced the first personal computers designed to run artificial-intelligence agents and confirmed the status of its Vera Rubin hardware suite during the Computex conference in Taipei on Sunday. The announcement highlights a…
3 MIN READOpenAI and Anthropic are both preparing to go public, and the order in which they reach the stock market could materially affect their futures and the next phase of the artificial-intelligence investment boom, according to a Wall Street…
3 MIN READUber Technologies plans to launch a robotaxi program in Munich, Germany, partnering with Israeli artificial-intelligence startup Autobrains Technologies and Nvidia to deploy autonomous vehicles on European roads pending regulator approval.
3 MIN READNvidia launched the RTX Spark chip at the Computex 2026 conference in Taipei on Sunday, a processor designed to run AI agents directly on laptops and desktops without relying on cloud computing. Chief executive Jensen Huang said the chip,…
3 MIN READSouth Korea's exports grew at the fastest pace in more than four decades in May, reaching a record $87.75 billion as surging demand for artificial intelligence chips outweighed global geopolitical headwinds, preliminary trade ministry data…
3 MIN READSamsung Electronics' market capitalization reached approximately $1.23 trillion based on its latest common-share closing price, and analysts are raising the possibility that the South Korean technology giant could approach a $2 trillion…
3 MIN READNvidia on Monday unveiled the RTX Spark, a new chip designed to power artificial-intelligence-enabled personal computers, during a keynote speech by Chief Executive Jensen Huang at the Computex technology show in Taipei, Taiwan. The…
4 MIN READArtificial intelligence company Anthropic said Thursday it raised $65 billion in private funding that pushes its valuation to $965 billion, vaulting the five-year-old maker of the Claude chatbot past chief rival OpenAI in market value and…
3 MIN READOhio Gov. Mike DeWine suspended a sales-tax exemption for data centers on Wednesday, citing projections that show the cost of the break has soared far beyond original estimates, as the AI-driven data center boom intensifies scrutiny of…
3 MIN READA new artificial intelligence detection network called WhaleSpotter went live this week in San Francisco Bay, continuously scanning for whale blows and heat signatures up to two nautical miles away and alerting ferry captains and cargo…
3 MIN READRecruiters inundated with AI-generated job applications are deploying artificial intelligence of their own to handle the surge, using chatbots to conduct screening interviews via phone, text and video. The practice, documented in new…
3 MIN READPope Leo XIV used his first encyclical, presented at the Vatican on May 25, to warn that artificial intelligence could deepen inequality, weaken democracy and blur what it means to be human. The pope urged “disarming AI” by removing it…
3 MIN READPresident Trump and U.S. officials are managing expectations about an imminent agreement to end the war in Iran, while Iran has not formally responded to a proposed outline. NPR reports the sides have been discussing reopening the Strait…
3 MIN READA federal jury in Oakland, California dismissed Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI on Monday after the court found the case was filed past a statutory deadline, ending a high-profile trial that highlighted internal battles over AI’s costs…
3 MIN READPope Leo XIV, in his first major teaching document, said artificial intelligence is becoming “a new test of human dignity, work and power,” and warned that it needs to be “disarmed.” He also apologized for the Vatican’s role in…
3 MIN READLeaders of the California State University system want to make generative AI tools widely available on its 22 campuses, and the system renewed its contract with OpenAI for another three years. But an internal survey of students, faculty…
4 MIN READPope Leo XIV will address artificial intelligence in his first encyclical, titled *Magnifica humanitas*—Latin for “magnificent humanity.” NPR reports the Vatican says the teaching will focus on “safeguarding the human person in the time of…
3 MIN READThe high-stakes trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that the two billionaires agreed on a fundamental reality: developing artificial intelligence would require billions of dollars annually — far more than either had…
4 MIN READPresident Donald Trump signed the bipartisan “Take It Down Act,” a federal law that adds criminal and civil consequences for sharing intimate images without consent, including AI-generated deepfakes. The measure goes into effect…
3 MIN READFederal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted “Take It Down Act.” The charges, filed in Brooklyn, come as prosecutors say deepfake…
3 MIN READSAN FRANCISCO — California’s San Francisco Bay is rolling out an AI whale-spotting network designed to help ferries and other vessels detect gray whales in near real time and adjust course to avoid collisions.
3 MIN READGoogle unveiled a series of new Gemini artificial intelligence updates at its annual I/O developers conference, including an “agentic” personal assistant and changes to Google Search’s default AI model. In remarks at the event near its…
3 MIN READThe federal jury at a trial in Oakland, California, dismissed Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI after finding it missed a statutory deadline, leaving no verdict on the merits. Testimony during the three-week case, pitting Musk against…
3 MIN READGoogle said it is changing the single-line search box on its homepage to a more dynamic, expanding query field and to support “multimodal” searches that can include videos, pictures and files. The company also plans a deeper merge of AI…
3 MIN READPope Leo XIV will unveil his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on May 25, the Vatican said. The Vatican will present the document in the main Vatican auditorium with senior cardinals and Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah among the…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump signed the “Take It Down Act” on Monday, a bipartisan law that increases federal penalties for distributing non-consensual intimate imagery, including AI-created deepfakes. The measure also requires websites and…
3 MIN READNvidia reported Q1 results that beat Wall Street expectations, driven by demand for its high-end AI chips, and forecast revenue near $91 billion for the current quarter. The company earned $58.32 billion ($2.39 per share) in the…
3 MIN READMarine officials in San Francisco Bay launched an AI whale-detection network this week to alert ships and ferries to whales and reduce collision risk. The system, called WhaleSpotter, uses sensors to scan for whale blows and heat…
3 MIN READThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it will expand its use of artificial intelligence to review audit reports submitted by states and other recipients of federal health dollars, aiming to tamp down fraud and save money.…
3 MIN READTwo men were arrested and charged in Brooklyn, federal prosecutors said, for creating nude AI-generated videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law aimed at deepfake pornography. Prosecutors said Cornelius Shannon,…
3 MIN READThe Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it is expanding its use of artificial intelligence to scrutinize audit reports from all 50 states, aiming to detect fraud and waste in federal health spending, according to the…
3 MIN READFederal prosecutors charged two men Tuesday with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities, marking the first enforcement actions under the newly enacted Take It Down Act. The men face up to two…
3 MIN READPope Leo XIV will unveil his first encyclical on artificial intelligence on May 25, with the Vatican saying the document will focus on the care of human dignity in the AI era. The launch will include Pope officials and speakers, including…
3 MIN READThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it will use ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools to analyze audit reports submitted by states and other federal health-dollar recipients. HHS said the move is meant to reduce…
3 MIN READGoogle on Tuesday unveiled a stream of AI upgrades at its annual developers conference, including new Gemini model rollouts aimed at making search and everyday tasks more proactive. Chief executive Sundar Pichai said Gemini usage has…
3 MIN READFederal prosecutors charged Cornelius Shannon, 51, and Arturo Hernandez, 20, with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities, under a newly enacted law aimed at deepfake pornography. Both men were…
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