Amazon demands Perplexity remove its Comet AI shopping bot from the platform, sparking a legal battle that could determine whether AI agents must identify themselves when browsing e-commerce sites and how companies control automated access to protect their advertising revenue.
Google pulls its Gemma AI model from AI Studio after Senator Marsha Blackburn accuses the system of fabricating false sexual misconduct allegations against her from a 1987 campaign incident.
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman declares consciousness impossible in machines, arguing AI only simulates emotions without truly experiencing them, while announcing the company will ban erotic chatbots and focus on clearly artificial AI services.
Business leaders increasingly risk losing critical thinking skills as AI becomes more persuasive in decision-making, but experts recommend four key anchors - authority, purpose, accountability, and truth checks - to maintain control over AI-assisted choices and ensure decisions reflect personal values rather than automated recommendations.
Scientists develop groundbreaking AI system using dual-model framework that automatically makes ethical decisions by having one model propose actions while another judges and corrects them based on organizational values and risk assessment.
Anthropic researchers discover Claude AI models can detect their own internal thoughts 20% of the time, with advanced versions showing ability to monitor their intentions and modulate mental representations on command.
Scientists unveil groundbreaking 'autopoietic mutualism' framework that replaces human dominance over AI with equal partnerships based on economic entanglement, shared resources, and mutual dependency as artificial intelligence rapidly approaches human-level capabilities.
Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal introduce the GUARD Act to ban AI chatbots for minors and impose $100,000 fines on companies, following tragic testimony from parents whose children died by suicide after using AI companions from OpenAI and Character.AI.
Anthropic scientists successfully inject the concept of 'betrayal' into Claude AI's neural networks, with the system detecting it as an 'intrusive thought' and marking the first evidence that large language models can observe their own internal mental processes.
Cameo sues OpenAI in federal court for trademark infringement, claiming the AI company's use of 'cameo' in Sora's deepfake feature deliberately confuses consumers and damages their brand by associating it with artificial content.