Reuters and a Harvard researcher used AI to plot a simulated phishing scam and tested it on senior volunteers. It worked–showing how AI arms criminals for fraud

ASML , a crucial supplier of advanced chipmaking equipment, is set to become the top shareholder of French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI in a move to strengthen European tech sovereignty, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

OpenAI has decided that its nonprofit division will retain control over its for-profit org, after the company initially announced that it planned to

QWEN CHAT GitHub Hugging Face ModelScope Kaggle DEMO DISCORD Introduction Today, we are excited to announce the release of Qwen3, the latest addition to the Qwen family of large language models. Our f...

France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched…

In a new policy proposal, OpenAI describes Chinese AI lab DeepSeek as “state-subsidized” and “state-controlled,” and recommends that the U.S. government consider banning models from the outfit and similar People’s Republic of China (PRC)-supported…

An audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow’s disinformation goals by repeating false claims from the pro-Kremlin Pravda network 33 percent of the time

Privacy-focused messaging app Signal has been flying high in the Dutch app stores this past month, sitting many days as the most downloaded free app on iOS and Android for all categories, per data from multiple app-tracking platforms such as Sensor Tower.…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that North Korea was responsible for the theft of approximately $1.5 billion in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange ByBit.

Wan2.1 by WanAI is an advanced video generation model developed by Alibaba Cloud, capable of transforming text inputs into high-quality videos. Supporting both Chinese and English, this model excels a...

Alibaba will release an open-source version of its video and image-generating artificial intelligence model, Wan 2.1, the Chinese tech giant said in a post on X on Tuesday.

A new OpenAI study reveals Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms GPT-4o and o1 on SWE-Lancer, a new benchmark simulating real-world software engineering tasks.

The growing market for sex technology is overlooking certain factors that could condemn robosexuality to objectification

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Alphabet unit Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech after proposed changes to its search results failed to address EU antitrust regulator's concerns and those of their rivals, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

OpenAI said on Friday that it is rolling out Operator, its so-called AI agent that can perform tasks on behalf of users, for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the U.K., and more countries. OpenAI…

Today Nature published Microsoft’s research detailing our WHAM, an AI model that generates video game visuals & controller actions. We are releasing the model weights, sample data, & WHAM Demonstrator...

The company said it was greenlighting a number of AI programs for editorial and product staff.

Guardian Media Group today announced a strategic partnership with Open AI, a leader in artificial intelligence and deployment, that will bring the Guardian’s high quality journalism to ChatGPT’s globa...

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DeepSeek may face more actions from national regulators in the future, Europe's privacy watchdog said on Tuesday, underscoring the bloc's concerns about the rising popularity of the cheap Chinese artificial intelligence startup.

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World leaders and technology executives are convening in Paris on Monday to discuss how to safely embrace artificial intelligence at a time of mounting resistance to heavy-handed red tape that businesses say stifles innovation.

The United States and Britain have not signed the Paris AI Summit's declaration entitled 'Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence'.

Confirmation of snub comes after JD Vance criticises Europe’s ‘excessive regulation’ of technology

Research by the BBC has highlighted ‘significant issues’ in half of AI responses to questions about the news, including problems with accuracy, impartiality, and misrepresentation of source material.

"The AI race is far from over," von der Leyen said in her speech, before proceeding to announce further investments in the tens of billions.

In a new essay on his personal blog, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company is open to a “compute budget,” among other “strange-sounding” ideas, to “enable everyone on Earth to use a lot of AI” and ensure the benefits of the technology are widely…

A new poll shows the British public wants far stricter AI rules than its government does.

The ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE’s access to sensitive personnel data.

Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.

Elon Musk's social media platform X must release information enabling researchers to track the spread of election-swaying information on the network, a German court ruled on Friday.

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The third global AI summit convenes amid fears the EU is falling behind America and China in the race to exploit the economic potential of artificial intelligence, writes Georgia Cole.

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A few days ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, the French presidency has announced the first of several expected financial

Introducing agent mode for GitHub Copilot in VS Code, announcing the general availability of Copilot Edits, and providing a first look at our SWE agent.

As the AI summit kicks off, Trump’s comeback, a new geopolitical climate and Europe’s strategic shift are shaking up governance

The chatbot is part of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s ambitions to use AI and other technologies to cut costs and modernize the US government.

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The U.S. delegation to a major artificial intelligence summit in Paris next week will not include technical staff from the country's AI Safety Institute, two people close to Washington's plans for the event and a third source briefed on the matter told Reuters.

Lawmakers in the House are proposing to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from U.S. government devices. Democratic Rep.

OpenAI has launched data residency in Europe, allowing European orgs to meet local data sovereignty requirements while using the company's AI products.

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By drawing on the results of other models, distillation can shape AI that’s almost as good, quickly and more cheaply. WSJ tech reporter Miles Kruppa says that has investors worried about the risks of ...