A Wisconsin man facing charges for creating thousands of AI-generated images depicting child sexual abuse just caught a major legal break that could have chilling implications for how courts handle this emerging technology.
President Donald Trump sent a pointed message to Tehran on Sunday, posting a ten-second artificial intelligence video depicting Iran's most critical oil terminal "blown to smithereens."
A hidden $1 fee tucked into Texas car insurance policies has been quietly funneling millions of taxpayer dollars into an AI-powered surveillance network that critics say violates the constitutional rights of innocent Americans.
The Pentagon has made artificial intelligence its top technology focus, according to Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael, who will address the implications of that decision at a major policy event Tuesday.
The Department of Commerce announced this week it will distribute $874 million in federal funding to seven semiconductor companies and receive a minority ownership stake in each in return, reviving a practice that has drawn pushback from within the Republican Party.
The Trump administration told power companies Monday that generators built solely to serve data centers do not have to comply with the federal Clean Air Act's Acid Rain Program, a move the Environmental Protection Agency says will accelerate artificial intelligence infrastructure development across the country.
A global semiconductor company has pulled the plug on a controversial data center project in rural Texas after Governor Greg Abbott made clear the development didn't meet the state's standards for protecting residents.
