Apple acquires Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion in its second-largest deal ever, gaining revolutionary technology that reads facial expressions and micro-movements to enable silent speech communication with Siri through future headphones and glasses.
OpenAI launches new social media platform requiring users to verify identity through Face ID or eyeball scanning to eliminate bots, sparking privacy concerns over mandatory biometric data collection for social access.
Roblox's new AI age verification system catastrophically backfires as it misidentifies children as adults and vice versa, leading to verified accounts of 9-year-olds selling for $4 on eBay while users easily fool the system with fake faces and drawings, causing chat activity to plummet 50% and developers to demand reversal …
FDA eliminates regulatory oversight for AI health devices and wearables in sweeping deregulation move, allowing clinical decision support software to enter markets without review as Commissioner Makary prioritizes 'Silicon Valley speed' over traditional safety protocols.
Elon Musk's xAI mandates employees surrender facial and voice biometric data to train 'Ani,' an anime-styled AI chatbot with adult content features available through X's premium service, despite staff concerns about deepfake misuse.
Georgia Tech researchers develop revolutionary AI-powered artificial muscles using hierarchically structured fibers that learn and adapt in real time like human tissue, with a prosthetic glove demonstration showing the technology can restore natural dexterity and instantly respond to user movements.
The EU AI Act becomes the world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence regulation, banning high-risk systems like cognitive manipulation and real-time biometric identification starting February 2025, while requiring transparency measures for generative AI platforms like ChatGPT.
Despite their sophistication, state-of-the-art deep learning models fail to surpass simple baseline methods in accurately predicting gene expression changes caused by genetic perturbations, with higher errors observed for complex models, particularly in cases of double gene perturbations.
Sam Altman's iris-scanning crypto project Worldcoin faces global scrutiny from over a dozen countries investigating privacy concerns and lack of transparency regarding the use of biometric data, leading to suspensions, fines, and intense scrutiny across multiple nations.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns of an 'impending, significant fraud crisis' as AI can now impersonate voices and videos, defeating voice authentication used by financial institutions, raising alarm about malicious AI development outpacing defenses.