Mustafa Suleyman, the recently appointed CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection, has issued a stark warning against treating artificial intelligence like sentient beings. In a candid interview with Wired, Suleyman said giving AI any kind of legal or moral rights would be not only premature—but dangerous.
A cybercriminal group known as “Purgatory” has been identified as the source behind a coordinated wave of AI-enhanced swatting calls that triggered lockdowns and armed police responses at universities across the United States in late August. The attacks, which occurred from August 21 to August 25, affected at least 10 major campuses, including the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Villanova, the University of South Carolina, and UNC-Chapel Hill.
Musicians are speaking out against fraudulent artificial intelligence (AI) albums being released under their names, warning fans not to be deceived by the soulless knockoffs.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has lost another senior leader as Chief Financial Officer Mike Liberatore exited after only a few months on the job. Liberatore, a former Airbnb executive, joined xAI in April but left in July, according to The Wall Street Journal. His short tenure included helping lead fundraising efforts and advancing plans for a major data center expansion in the Memphis area.
First Lady Melania Trump held a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education with the task force members and leaders in the industry's private sector.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the workforce in America’s tech sector. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff confirmed the company has slashed its support staff from 9,000 to 5,000, attributing the 4,000-job reduction directly to AI replacing human roles.
A European activist has triggered bipartisan concern in Washington after using artificial intelligence to identify masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. Dominick Skinner, a Dutch immigration activist, claims to have unmasked over 200 agents through a project called the "ICE List," using AI-generated facial reconstructions and reverse image searches.
Aurelian, a tech startup aiming to support America’s strained emergency response system, has secured $14 million in funding to expand its AI-powered voice assistant. The tool is designed to manage non-emergency 911 calls, easing the burden on overstretched dispatch centers across the country.
