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President Trump’s Rose Garden dinner with a who’s‑who of Silicon Valley on September 4, 2025 crystallized a new chapter in industry‑government relations: tech executives publicly pledged vast U.S. investments and education initiatives while pressing for lighter regulatory touch on artificial...

FreeBSD’s core team has decided to take a cautious, deliberate path on generative AI: investigate and codify limits rather than open the gates to LLM‑authored commits, and in doing so it has joined a short but growing list of major open‑source projects that are treating AI‑generated code as a...

Microsoft’s Redmond campus erupted into a high-stakes showdown this month as employee-led protesters occupied public spaces, splashed paint on the company sign, and drew law-enforcement intervention — all over one fundamental allegation: that Microsoft Azure has been used at scale by the Israeli...

Kansas City legal professionals who postpone practical, governed adoption of AI in 2025 risk ceding measurable efficiency gains to competitors — but adoption must be paired with concise policies, hands‑on pilots, and documented ethics training to manage confidentiality, discoverability, and IP...

Google has rolled Gemini-powered image editing directly into Google Slides and Google Vids, adding two AI tools — Replace background and Background expansion — that let users swap or extend image backgrounds with text prompts and intelligent outpainting. The features aim to help non-designers...

If you’ve felt the AGI timeline accelerating, you’re not alone: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis now says systems with “all the cognitive capabilities humans have” could emerge in five to ten years—perhaps on the shorter end—ushering in “radical abundance” and a transformation “10 times bigger...

As transformative waves of artificial intelligence continue to ripple across the employment landscape, few technologies are sparking more heated public debate or anxiety than AI-powered chatbots like Microsoft’s Copilot. The question echoing from boardrooms to factory floors is no longer if, but...

Artificial intelligence is transforming the landscape of higher education at a rapid pace, prompting institutions worldwide to rethink their strategies for integrating AI-driven tools and fostering responsible usage among students and faculty. Nowhere is this more apparent than at Carleton...

Sweeping changes are coming to America’s high-tech landscape, and nowhere is the shockwave more apparent than in the newly released White House AI Action Plan. Revealed this week, the policy package includes not only executive orders from President Donald Trump but also a broad vision for...

The recent executive order issued by President Donald Trump targeting “woke” artificial intelligence has set off a seismic debate within the technology sector, and particularly among the companies vying for lucrative federal contracts. With economic and geopolitical stakes rising in the global...

The rapid integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into the workplace is reshaping the global economy, presenting both opportunities and challenges for employees and organizations alike. As GenAI tools become more prevalent, understanding their impact on productivity, job...

San Jose’s experiment with artificial intelligence marks a new milestone in Silicon Valley’s ongoing quest to redefine how city governments serve their residents. Mayor Matt Mahan’s public embrace of AI, particularly large language models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, is not a branding gimmick but a...

Artificial intelligence (A.I.) is rapidly transforming fields across the spectrum of higher education and healthcare, with academic medical centers being among the earliest and most energetic adopters of emerging A.I. solutions. On July 24, at the University of North Dakota’s (UND) School of...

What happens inside an enterprise when employees harness powerful artificial intelligence tools without organizational oversight? This question, once hypothetical, is now a burning reality for IT leaders as “shadow AI” moves from the periphery to center stage in corporate risk discussions...

Missouri’s escalating investigation into leading artificial intelligence companies has ignited fierce debate about the boundaries of government power, the definition of bias, and the political weaponization of emerging technologies. At the forefront is Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s ambitions for the future of ChatGPT offer a dynamic vision for artificial intelligence—one that both excites and unsettles, as the lines between digital assistants and ever-present agents begin to blur. Since its 2022 debut, ChatGPT has evolved at breakneck speed...

Amid the surging hype surrounding artificial intelligence, the gap between the corporate vision for AI and its current realities has never been more fraught with risk and contradiction. Tech giants are selling a utopian narrative—one where artificial general intelligence (AGI) will usher in an...

When enterprise-grade AI meets the demands of real-world business, the result is rarely straightforward disruption—it’s more often a tense, methodical transformation. Microsoft Copilot, the suite of AI-powered assistants woven into the company’s core productivity platforms, has been touted as...

Malaysia stands at the threshold of an unprecedented technological transformation, determined to position itself as a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) across Southeast Asia. This ambition is underpinned by the work of the National AI Office (NAIO), the central force driving Malaysia’s AI...

Here’s a summary of the key points from Microsoft’s 2025 Responsible AI Transparency Report, as shared on their official blog: Overview This is Microsoft’s second annual Responsible AI Transparency Report, building on their inaugural report from 2024. The report focuses on new developments in...