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KPMG has removed a report about artificial intelligence from its websites after multiple organizations named in the document said its claims were false. Anthony Ha reports for TechCrunch that the inaccuracies appear to stem from AI hallucinations, meaning the firm likely used AI to help produce a report about AI adoption. The report, titled “Redefining …
Anthropic’s sudden suspension of its most advanced AI models for non-American users has triggered alarm across Europe, with politicians from across the political spectrum calling for greater technological independence. The European Commission confirmed it is assessing the consequences of the move. The US company announced late on Friday that it had received a government directive …
The US government has ordered Anthropic to restrict access to its two most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, to US citizens only. Anthropic, unable to verify the citizenship of its users, responded by taking both models offline entirely. The move marks the first time the US government has issued an export control …
A German court has ruled that Google is directly liable for false and defamatory claims made by its AI Overviews feature in search results. Matthias Bastian reports for The Decoder that the Regional Court of Munich issued a temporary injunction against Google after its AI-generated summaries falsely linked two Munich-based publishers to scams and dubious …
OpenAI has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Ashley Capoot and Kate Rooney report for CNBC that the company, valued at $852 billion, is targeting a public debut as early as the fourth quarter of this year. The filing comes one week after rival Anthropic made …
OpenAI is planning a major overhaul of ChatGPT, transforming the chatbot into a so-called “superapp” that bundles coding tools, AI agents, and partner services into a single platform. Bipasha Dey reports for Reuters, citing a Financial Times story based on more than a dozen current and former OpenAI employees. The redesign will give greater prominence …
Bot traffic has overtaken human traffic on the internet for the first time in history. Mark Tyson reports for Tom’s Hardware that Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince publicly acknowledged the milestone, admitting he had not expected it to happen until 2027. “Welp, that happened faster than I predicted,” Prince wrote. According to Cloudflare data, bots now …
A New York-based startup called Flourish has raised $500 million to pursue one of AI’s most ambitious goals: building an artificial intelligence system that works like the human brain. Steven Levy reports for WIRED that Jeff Bezos led the early funding after reading a two-page pitch document, eventually contributing tens of millions of dollars and …
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders plans to introduce the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, a bill that would give the American public a direct ownership stake in the largest artificial intelligence companies in the United States. Sanders writes for the New York Times that AI is built on collectively created human knowledge and that its …
Google has announced five commitments around water use at its data centers, including a pledge to replenish more water than it consumes by 2030. Lauren Feiner reports for The Verge that the company published the commitments in a blog post and is framing them as a model other data center operators could follow. Concern about …