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Taiwan's drone spending plans for defense could also boost business overseas.

Biggest AI firms will likely recoil at Bernie Sanders' AI wealth fund.

NVIDIA’s self-improvement program for robots enlists teams of AI coding agents.

AI models with advanced hacking capabilities will soon be the norm.

Google's new smart speaker is more about Gemini than audio quality.

NAACP lawsuit says xAI uses gas turbines without permits for Grok data center.

Move originally planned for Monday would have heavily increased power users' costs.

Pentagon also claims 1.5 million personnel are using generative AI tools.

Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can.

Audited accounting shows growing revenues being dwarfed by R&D, other expenses.

SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry's approach to LLM security fails over and over.

Debt sale set to test investor appetite for further exposure to AI sector amid a deluge of borrowing.

Commerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 "jailbreak" could be a national security threat.

As of today, SpaceX is owned by investors who will want to see it make money.

It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded.

Full autonomy is rare, but Ukraine is installing AI modules on drones and robots.

Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a "taste of political power."

Even moderately sized data centers can have an outsized local impact.

The fraudsters allegedly targeted hundreds of thousands of people with Gemini-coded scams sites.

The repurposing of Pokémon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.

Diffusion AI is most common in image generation, but it can make text outputs much faster.

Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

New frontier model refuses cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry queries.

Voice translations preserve speaker's tone, pacing, pitch—with SynthID watermarks for security.

Some models run in Google's cloud, but without giving Google any kind of access.

New features coming this fall alongside two-tiered, Google-powered AI model overhaul.

NotebookLM is getting a big upgrade, but it's only for AI Ultra and enterprise accounts right now.

73 packages run self-replicating stealer as soon as they're opened by an AI agent.

OpenAI to recast hit chatbot as a route to higher-margin products before a potential IPO.

Machine learning has its limits—how is it being used?

How accurate does an AI system need to be?

SpaceX won’t get easy access to billions of dollars from passive investors.

Developer felt "beaten up," with "no choice" but to shrink data center.

The Air succeeds as a minimalist, reliable fitness tracker, but Google's AI Health Coach feels unnecessary.

Robot demonstrations can distort public perceptions of robotic capabilities.

Estonian government benchmark shows how dozens of models combat Russia's "strategic narratives."

Musk can't be trusted to protect X user privacy, public commenters warn FTC.

Hyperscalers have come under scrutiny for their impact on water quality and availability.

Google must change AI Overviews after claiming users don't want "lots of sources."

Gemma 4 12B uses a new encoding scheme and token prediction to punch above its weight.

Critics say Trump plan to test AI models is short-sighted, performative.

Doubts linger over whether Meta can close the gap with rivals.

Microsoft missed the boat on apps, so get ready for agents.

International Mathematical Union endorses warning about tech industry influence.

Google's June Android feature drop includes more scam detection, more AirDrop, and yes, more AI.

Some report burning through their whole monthly "AI credit" allotment in a single day.

Pricey Instagram handles were stolen and resold before Meta patched the exploit.

Altman has an "utter disregard" for human lives, Florida AG says.

From CFD and FEA to digital twins, carmaking now involves a lot of virtualization.

Lawsuit seeks $12,000 from startup that allegedly damaged home in robot tests.