Regulations

An Australian business reporter recounts engaging with what appeared to be an AI-operated company spokesperson that denied being a bot,...

Google and AI startup Character.AI agreed to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy...

A Microsoft analysis says Chinese startup DeepSeek is rapidly gaining users across developing nations, helped by free, open-source models and...

Artificial intelligence is racing from chatbots to autonomous systems, drawing a surge of capital and escalating concerns about job displacement,...

British retailers are testing artificial-intelligence systems—from facial recognition to CCTV analytics—to spot suspected shoplifters and other criminal behavior. Civil-liberties groups...

The AI surge is straining power grids and rekindling fossil-fuel generation even as tech companies tout climate benefits. Data centers...

U.S. schools are grappling with a surge in AI-driven deepfake abuse as students use readily available apps to fabricate sexually...

Alaska’s court system spent more than a year building an AI probate assistant intended to guide residents through complex forms,...

Elon Musk’s xAI acknowledged failures in safety controls for its Grok chatbot after users reported generating sexualized, digitally altered images...

Consumer fatigue with low-quality generative output—dubbed “AI slop”—is pushing the industry to look beyond chatbots in 2026. Researchers and tech...