U.S. Army Major General William “Hank” Taylor has raised serious concerns after revealing he has become “really close” with artificial intelligence chatbots.
OpenAI has blocked users from generating videos of Martin Luther King Jr. using its AI video tool, Sora, after the platform was exploited to create disrespectful deepfakes of the civil rights leader.
Goldman Sachs has notified employees to prepare for another round of job cuts as the bank pushes to tighten costs and integrate artificial intelligence into its operations.
Authorities in North Carolina have arrested a school therapist accused of spiking her husband’s energy drink after allegedly researching lethal poisons using ChatGPT.
Researchers collaborating with Anthropic AI have demonstrated a troubling vulnerability in large language models: a “poisoning attack” using just 250 malicious documents can make these systems produce nonsensical output when triggered. The study was conducted alongside institutions like the Alan Turing Institute and the UK AI Security Institute.
Bestselling author Andrea Bartz emerged as a champion for writers this week, playing a central role in negotiating a $1.5 billion settlement from AI company Anthropic for the unauthorized use of copyrighted books in training its chatbots. Bartz, alongside fellow authors Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson, served as named plaintiffs for the class action lawsuit that represented writers whose works were allegedly pirated without consent.
A disturbing new trend on TikTok is sparking nationwide alarm as pranksters use AI-generated images to fabricate home invasions, terrifying family members and triggering SWAT-level emergency responses. Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are now issuing stern warnings: this viral prank isn’t just dangerous—it could be criminal.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has raised $20 billion in a major funding round led by chipmaking giant Nvidia, solidifying the company’s position as one of the fastest-growing players in the AI sector. The deal combines $7.5 billion in equity and up to $12.5 billion in debt through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) that will allow xAI to acquire and rent Nvidia processors for five years.
