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US Marines add an anti-drone AI turret capable of hitting ground targets: Can it be hacked?

A short demonstration video shows a Bullfrog switching from targeting aerial drones to ground targets.
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Google indexing DeepSeek chats: your conversation could be searchable by anyone


Toilet maker Toto is flushing AI stereotypes down the drain

Forget chips. Think toilets, seasoning, glass.
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Musk promises “historically accurate” AI Odyssey movie after accusing Christopher Nolan of diversity washing


White House will gut university research funding to bankroll AI push

The new guidance could hurt large universities that rely on federal research funding.
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Judge approves record $1.5B Anthropic copyright settlement

The judge has signed off on the 2025 settlement.
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Local counties hitting pause on data centers as Trump seeks to outpace China in AI race


OpenAI executive complains about Kimi, berates open-weight AI models, invites mockery

David Sacks, who is close to US President Donald Trump, has called Ball’s proposals “unacceptable.”
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Urban Japan pushes back against new data centers

Japan joins the global backlash against data centers in urban areas.
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Head of US AI safety agency resigns


Hugging Face breach reveals why defenders need their own AI models on standby


Backlash against data centers in the US grows

It's getting both personal and national.
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European Parliament launches its own AI platform, but it uses American models


Hut 8 signs $9.8 billion AI data center lease

Former crypto company fully commercializes Texas campus.
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Spanish company runs EU-banned facial recognition technology in India

Banned at home, European surveillance tech finds markets abroad.
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DeepSeek and Alibaba launch fresh assaults on frontier AI

Two of China's biggest AI labs spent the weekend taking aim at frontier models.
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Musk's SpaceX could become the Pentagon's next AI provider

The move could deepen the military’s reliance on Musk's services – with critics raising concerns
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Chinese startup Moonshot unveils world's largest open AI model, challenging Anthropic

The open AI model is freely downloadable and customizable.
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China shaken by a wave of AI girlfriend and boyfriend breakups

Users are devastated as AI companions are incompatible with the new Chinese rules.
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Removed AI watermark? You may soon find yourself in a Greek prison