A new investigation exposes the underpaid African workforce fueling global AI through outsourcing firms, raising concerns about tech companies distancing themselves from responsibility for exploitative labor practices by employing workers through third-party intermediaries.
Meta is leveraging AI technology to safeguard minors on Instagram by automatically adjusting account settings to age-appropriate restrictions if AI detects a user is underage but has an adult account, while allowing users to modify settings if the AI assessment is incorrect.
Introducing Gemini 2.5 Flash, a groundbreaking hybrid AI model that empowers developers with fine-grained controls to optimize quality, cost, and latency by setting a 'thinking budget,' unlocking new possibilities for controlled and efficient reasoning.
An AI customer bot's 'hallucination' provided incorrect information, leading to user cancellations and raising concerns about over-reliance on AI for customer support, highlighting potential severe consequences as companies adopt autonomous AI agents, especially in regulated industries.
A controversial AI startup, Cluely, raised $5.3M despite backlash over its unethical service enabling users to cheat on job interviews and dates using AI-generated responses, with the CEO proudly boasting over $3M in annual revenue from the cheating tool.
Major tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft are strategically pausing or slowing down their data center expansion plans, signaling a shift in spending priorities amidst economic headwinds and potential cost-cutting measures within the industry.
Financial giants are aggressively investing in generative AI, with firms like Moody's developing AI agents for specialized tasks, fueling a surge in spending projected to reach $126.4 billion by 2028 as the industry taps into AI's 'co-working' capabilities.
Instagram is employing AI technology to detect underage users who misrepresented their age, automatically enrolling them into a restricted 'Teen Account' with enhanced safeguards, while allowing users to correct any age misidentification errors.
While OpenAI's o3 AI model underperformed initial claims with a 10% score on a benchmark test, the company's newer models like o3-mini-high and o4-mini show promise by outperforming the public o3 release, indicating progress in AI capabilities.
Despite a $270 billion market value hit due to Trump-era tariffs, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang vows to invest $500 billion in U.S. manufacturing while continuing to serve the crucial Chinese market, defying trade tensions and underscoring the company's resilience and long-term vision.