Teen bonds are shifting as AI chatbots become confidants
Teens are increasingly turning to AI chatbots for companionship and advice, valuing the round-the-clock, judgment-free exchanges that can feel more...
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Guterres Warns AI Is Advancing at ‘Light Speed’ as UN Puts Forward Experts for a New Independent Global Panel
The United Nations named 40 nominees to an Independent International Scientific Panel to assess the societal and economic impacts of...
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China doubles down on photonic chips to supercharge AI — can light-based processors deliver?
China is pouring resources into photonic computing as generative AI strains the limits of conventional silicon. Researchers say optical chips—processing...
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Low-quality AI content is reshaping social media—and triggering a user backlash
Big Tech is leaning into generative AI as low-effort synthetic images and videos flood feeds and drive engagement, even as...
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Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar: Americans Are Being Misled About Artificial Intelligence
Palantir Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sankar argues that prevailing narratives about artificial intelligence—both utopian and catastrophic—ignore human agency and the...
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China mandates AI instruction across primary and secondary schools
China is moving to embed artificial intelligence in the classroom, with Beijing and other regions making AI a formal part...
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Colorado man arrested in Boulder, accused of using AI to produce child sexual exploitation images
A 72-year-old Boulder man was arrested after investigators alleged he used generative artificial intelligence to create sexually exploitative images of...
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SpaceX seeks FCC approval to deploy up to one million satellites as orbital AI data centers
SpaceX has asked the Federal Communications Commission to approve a constellation of up to one million solar-powered satellites that would...
Read moreDetailsEx-Google Engineer Convicted of Espionage, Theft of AI Trade Secrets
A federal jury in San Francisco convicted former Google software engineer Linwei “Leon” Ding on seven counts of economic espionage...
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Students Deploy AI to Avoid Being Labeled AI Cheaters
Anxious over false flags from AI-detection software, U.S. college students are adopting countermeasures—ironically, many powered by AI. A cottage industry...
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