Amazon enforces a 90-day safety guardrail on AI-generated code for consumer-facing systems following costly outages, requiring stricter documentation and dual approvals, as experts warn that AI code often appears production-ready before being properly tested amid an industry-wide AI coding rush.
Tech layoffs surge 51% in early 2026, with Amazon cutting 16,000 jobs and Block slashing its workforce nearly in half, as AI is officially blamed for over 12,000 U.S. job losses — though analysts warn companies may be using AI as cover for deeper financial struggles, prompting Congress to introduce …
American adults are growing increasingly wary of AI, with half expressing more concern than excitement — a sharp rise since 2021 — even as two-thirds of U.S. teens embrace AI chatbots for schoolwork, with many acknowledging chatbot-fueled cheating is widespread.
Google confirms it is 'not ruling out' ads in its Gemini AI, raising serious concerns that advertiser influence could compromise the integrity and quality of AI-generated responses.
Superhuman disables Grammarly's Expert Review AI feature after public backlash over cloning real writers' identities without consent, with both the director of product management and CEO Shishir Mehrotra issuing apologies and pledging to rebuild the feature so experts can control or opt out of how their identity and knowledge are …
A Harvard Kennedy School researcher warns that human-like AI chatbots are fueling emotional dependency and a dangerous new economic model called 'intimacy capitalism,' where companies profit by monetizing human attachment, potentially deepening societal loneliness on a massive scale.
A alarming new study reveals AI autocomplete tools are secretly nudging users' opinions on hot-button issues like the death penalty and voting rights — and most people have no idea it's happening, raising urgent concerns about AI's power to influence elections.
OpenAI is integrating its Sora video generator directly into ChatGPT, sparking deepfake fears as the tool has already been used to create realistic fake videos of historical figures, while the move signals a competitive push against Anthropic's rapidly growing Claude platform.
Nearly 10,000 authors, including Kazuo Ishiguro and Richard Osman, publish a deliberately empty book titled 'Don't Steal This Book' at the London Book Fair, demanding the UK government block AI companies from using copyrighted creative work without permission or payment.
Anthropic sues the Pentagon in two federal courts, challenging its controversial 'supply-chain risk' designation after refusing to let its AI be used for mass surveillance of Americans or autonomous weapons, calling the government's move unconstitutional retaliation that is causing immediate, irreparable harm to its business.