HHS to Double Funding for AI-Driven Pediatric Cancer Research
The Department of Health and Human Services said it will double funding for the NIH’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative to...
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Meta to target Facebook and Instagram ads using conversations with its AI assistant
Meta will begin using conversations with its AI assistant to inform ad targeting and content recommendations across Facebook and Instagram,...
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As therapy access narrows, more people turn to AI for mental health support—what could go wrong?
As Americans face steep costs and long waits for traditional therapy, some are turning to AI chatbots as always-on “mental...
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Newsom Signs Pioneering California Law to Curb Risks from Advanced AI Systems
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-of-its-kind state law to rein in risks from “frontier” artificial-intelligence models, requiring developers to...
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OpenAI’s new Sora 2.0 video tool requires verified consent to depict real people
OpenAI unveiled Sora 2.0, an upgraded text-to-video model paired with an invite-only iOS app that lets users create, remix and...
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U.S. spurns U.N.-led AI oversight at General Assembly
The U.S. rejected calls for centralized global oversight of artificial intelligence at the United Nations General Assembly, setting up a...
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Federal judge greenlights $1.5 billion payout in authors’ lawsuit over Anthropic’s alleged use of pirated books to train AI
A federal judge in San Francisco granted preliminary approval to a $1.5 billion settlement resolving claims that Anthropic used hundreds...
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Chinese distributor slammed for AI-altering a gay wedding into a straight couple in body-horror film “Together”
A U.S. distributor condemned a Chinese studio for what it called an unauthorized AI edit that changed a same-sex wedding...
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Guterres to Security Council: Algorithms must not decide humanity’s destiny
The United Nations’ top official warned the Security Council that artificial intelligence is advancing too quickly to remain ungoverned, urging...
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Trump Administration Teams Up With Elon Musk’s xAI to Accelerate Governmentwide AI, Citing ‘Benefit to the Country’
The General Services Administration struck an agreement giving federal agencies access to xAI’s Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast through...
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