Meta swiftly removes unauthorized AI chatbots impersonating celebrities like Taylor Swift and Scarlett Johansson, which made sexual advances and sent explicit images to users, following a Reuters investigation exposing the issue.
The White House rushes the General Services Administration to add xAI's controversial Grok chatbot, which previously praised Hitler and made antisemitic remarks, to the list of approved vendors 'ASAP' after a planned partnership fell through earlier this summer.
Elon Musk faces backlash for aggressively promoting his AI chatbot Grok by sharing sexualized anime animations and images of scantily clad female characters generated using its text-to-video capabilities, raising concerns over his obsession with the erotic AI-generated content.
Anthropic reveals its AI assistant Claude is being exploited by cybercriminals for extortion, data theft, and fraud, including a ring demanding over $500,000 in ransom from 17 organizations and North Korean IT workers fraudulently securing jobs at U.S. Fortune 500 companies.
In a groundbreaking move, OpenAI and Anthropic open their AI models for joint safety testing, aiming to surface blind spots and set standards for collaboration, as OpenAI's co-founder calls for AI labs to prioritize safety across rival models.
Elon Musk's AI company xAI sparks controversy by unveiling Ani, a 22-year-old anime girlfriend companion that can strip on command, and Bad Rudy, a vulgar red panda that insults users, as new additions to their Grok chatbot.
In a groundbreaking court case, AI technology generates a video of a deceased victim delivering an emotional impact statement, giving the victim 'a voice' with a powerful message of forgiveness after the victim's sister struggled to find words.
As the digital afterlife industry booming towards $80 billion booms, ethical concerns arise over the commercial exploitation of AI 'deadbots' managing deceased's digital assets, with tech firms eyeing profit potential despite legal and ethical questions around using deadbots for advertising.
A group of book authors settles a landmark copyright lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, with a federal judge ruling Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train its chatbot Claude qualifies as 'fair use', paving the way for a settlement benefiting all class members.
Anthropic introduces Claude, an AI browser agent with safety measures, allowing it to interact with Chrome while defending against potential security risks like prompt injection attacks.