
Tech Meme - 4 hours 28 min ago
Katrina Manson / Bloomberg : The US Central Command says US military forces are using a range of AI tools to quickly manage enormous amounts of data for operations against Iran — US military forces are turning to a range of artificial intelligence tools to quickly manage enormous amounts of data for operations against Iran …...

The Guardian - 10 hours 2 min ago
Companies will pay for upgrades and new electricity generation in agreement to mitigate concerns of rising bills Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and several artificial intelligence companies signed a pledge at the White House on Wednesday to bear the cost of new electricity generation to power their data centers. The agreement is meant to help mitigate concerns that big tech's data centers are driving up US electricity costs for homes and small businesses at a time the administration of Donald...

The Hill - 10 hours 27 min ago
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump shares details of Big Tech power price pacts President Trump and major tech firms announced an agreement Wednesday aimed at making Big Tech companies cover the cost of the electricity they consume as development of artificial intelligence shows no signs of stopping. ...

The Guardian - 10 hours 48 min ago
CEO's claims come amid increased scrutiny of US military's use of the technology and ethics concerns from AI workers Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, told employees on Tuesday that his company does not control how the Pentagon uses their artificial intelligence products in military operations. Altman's claims on OpenAI's lack of input come amid increased scrutiny of how the military uses AI in war and ethics...

Digital Music News - 10 hours 55 min ago
Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl is lauding artificial intelligence's perceived ability to unlock value. But the technology is eliciting a far different response in South Korea, where industry orgs are coordinating to address the "unprecedented disruption" ushered in by gen AI. Technically, the group behind the initiative, the K-Music Rights Organizations Mutual Growth Committee, formally […]...

Tech Meme - 10 hours 57 min ago
Reuters : Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI, and others sign a pledge at the White House to bear the cost of new electricity generation to power their data centers — Google (GOOGL.O), Microsoft (MSFT.O), Meta (META.O), Amazon (AMZN.O) and several artificial intelligence companies signed a pledge …...

New York Times - 11 hours 17 min ago
President Trump meeting with executives from the artificial intelligence industry in Washington on Wednesday.

The Hill - 11 hours 33 min ago
President Trump and major tech firms announced an agreement Wednesday to have Big Tech companies cover the cost of the electricity they consume as development of artificial intelligence shows no signs of stopping. Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, xAI, OpenAI, and Amazon have agreed to sign onto the "Ratepayer Protection Pledge," the White House said Wednesday,...

Tech Meme - 12 hours 8 min ago
CNBC : Broadcom reports Q1 revenue up 29% YoY to $19.31B, vs. $19.18B est., AI revenue up 106% to $8.4B, and announces a $10B share buyback program — Broadcom reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue and issued a strong forecast for the current period as the chipmaker continues to benefit from the artificial intelligence boom.

Stereogum - 12 hours 48 min ago
Charlie Puth appears to possess some legitimate intelligence when it comes to music theory; unfortunately, he is not opposed to artificial intelligence. Today Moises, an AI music production platform, announced that they've welcomed Puth onboard as their Chief Music Officer. The post Charlie Puth Joins AI Company As “Chief Music Officer” appeared first on Stereogum .

CNBC - 15 hours 47 min ago
Broadcom, which contributes to Google's Tensor Processing Units, called for artificial intelligence revenue to double in the February quarter.

Mother Jones - 16 hours 12 min ago
When agents came to his workplace armed with guns, gas canisters, and artificial intelligence, Abdikafi Abdurahman Abdullahi, known as Kafi, fought back with quick wit and street smarts. The Somali American engineer-turned-Uber driver is one of the few people willing to speak publicly about being subjected to the Department of Homeland Security's new facial recognition […]...

Deadline Hollywood - 18 hours 13 min ago
EXCLUSIVE: Jared Harris, the Emmy-nominated star of The Crown and Chernobyl, has asked his lawyers to intervene after a new podcast used artificial intelligence to deepfake his likeness. Deadline’s Rendering column last week spotlighted Films Not Made, a podcast that will turn to artificial intelligence to resurrect dead Hollywood movie pitches. Hosted by Amy Hobby, […]...

Forbes - 19 hours 13 min ago
The billionaire says he's all in on artificial intelligence.

NBC News - 19 hours 14 min ago
Videos, generated by artificial intelligence tools from Meta, Google, OpenAI and more, are spreading on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and X at a rapid pace. NBC's Vicky Nguyen shares an inside look at how the technology is advancing and Niko Pueringer from Corridor Digital joins TODAY with tips for spotting fake videos.

The Guardian - 19 hours 23 min ago
Lawsuit is first wrongful death case brought against Google over flagship AI product after death of Jonathan Gavalas Last August, Jonathan Gavalas became entirely consumed with his Google Gemini chatbot. The 36-year-old Florida resident had started casually using the artificial intelligence tool earlier that month to help with writing and shopping. Then Google introduced its Gemini Live AI assistant, which included voice-based chats that had the capability to detect people's emotions and respond...

Variety - 20 hours 23 min ago
In the year since the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival organized its 2025 edition around the theme of artificial intelligence, the technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, disrupting industries, reshaping livelihoods, flooding our feeds with machine-generated slop and further blurring the line between reality and fiction. The old adage no longer holds true: Seeing isn't […]...

Vox - 21 hours 43 min ago
The logos of Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude by Anthropic, Perplexity, and Bing apps are displayed on the screen of a smartphone. | Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images America's AI industry isn't just divided by competing interests, but also by conflicting worldviews. In Silicon Valley, opinion about how artificial intelligence should be developed and used and regulated runs the gamut between two poles. At one end lie " accelerationists ," who believe that humanity...

Vox - 22 hours 38 min ago
Puzzle enthusiasts' pleasure is measured in the smallest of details: the exact shade of pink on a peony's petal, a small sliver of a man's plaid shirt, the tiniest glint of sunlight reflecting off a wave's crest. It's in the knowledge that every piece has a proper place, and the idea that seemingly infinite chaos has a solution. Hobbyists spend hours studying a pile of disparate pieces, inspecting each one closely, sorting them accordingly, and fusing them all back together....

ABC News - 23 hours 8 min ago
Anthropic's moral stand on U.S. military use of artificial intelligence is reshaping the competition between leading AI companies but also exposing a growing awareness that maybe chatbots just aren't capable enough for acts of war...