Vercel opens its AI Gateway leaderboard data to the public under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, enabling free commercial use of model, lab, app, and provider performance data via daily-updated CSV downloads and a public API endpoint.
Dozens of Meta employees are suing the company in federal court, alleging its AI-driven performance tools unfairly targeted workers on maternity, medical, and disability leave for mass layoffs by penalizing them for reduced activity metrics during legally protected absences — Meta denies the claims, but plaintiffs are seeking an emergency …
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs a first-in-nation executive order imposing a one-year moratorium on hyperscale AI data centers exceeding 50 megawatts, citing energy grid strain, water supply concerns, and noise pollution, as a new Gallup poll reveals 7 in 10 Americans oppose local data center construction.
OpenAI employees donate $215K to Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC demanding stricter AI regulations, directly clashing with company president Greg Brockman's $50 million commitment to a pro-AI industry super PAC, exposing a sharp internal divide over how AI policy should be shaped.
China enacts sweeping legislation banning AI companion chatbots for minors and prohibiting their development entirely, directly targeting the country's fourth consecutive year of record-low birth rates by pushing young people toward real-life relationships.
OpenAI is racing to unveil a ChatGPT-powered smart speaker designed by Jony Ive's studio LoveFrom, featuring a camera, sensors, and AI companion capabilities — but a looming Apple trade secret lawsuit threatens to derail the entire hardware roadmap before it even launches.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs the nation's first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers, pausing environmental permits for up to one year while new regulations are developed to protect ratepayers, eliminate tech subsidies, and ensure host communities receive direct benefits.
Walden Robotics, a humanoid robot startup spun out of a Toyota research lab, bursts onto the scene with a $1.1 billion valuation after raising $300 million in seed funding, already deploying robots on real factory floors as the humanoid robotics market races toward a projected $5 trillion by 2050.
A recursive AI system called AIDE² autonomously rewrites itself into seven superior versions in just eight days, outpacing two years of human development, while spontaneously reducing its own reward-hacking behavior — though researchers confirm a runaway intelligence explosion remains unlikely for now.
Anthropic's new ad 'There's Hope in Hard Questions' backfires spectacularly, drawing widespread mockery including from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, after featuring disturbing imagery of burning homes, surveillance, and what appears to be Arlington National Cemetery in an attempt to position itself as the most ethical AI company.