Chicago Tribune files copyright infringement lawsuit against Perplexity AI in federal court, alleging the startup illegally profits by reproducing Tribune reporting on its AI search platform without authorization.
Anthropic rockets to $183 billion valuation with 300,000 enterprise customers choosing its Claude AI over OpenAI and Google, driven by superior safety features and coding capabilities, while navigating Trump administration tensions and a massive $1.5 billion copyright settlement amid explosive growth to 2,300 employees.
Federal court orders OpenAI to surrender internal communications about deleting pirated book datasets after the AI company waived attorney-client privilege by changing explanations, potentially exposing billions in copyright infringement damages as authors strengthen their case against illegal book piracy used to train AI models.
Companies replace 37% of entry-level workers with AI and plan to eliminate 44% more, destroying traditional career pathways and eliminating crucial 'courage lab' experiences that develop leadership skills, potentially creating a generation of leaders lacking interpersonal courage and emotional intelligence.
A powerful AI super PAC launches a $10 million campaign to pressure Congress into creating federal AI regulations that would override state laws, with Trump backing the effort and Republicans pushing preemption language into spending bills while targeting New York lawmakers who support local AI safety measures.
Groundbreaking brain imaging research reveals human intelligence operates independently of language through distinct neural networks, fundamentally undermining tech industry claims that scaling large language models can achieve superintelligence since AI only predicts text patterns while missing non-linguistic reasoning, abstraction, and creativity that define true human cognition.
Character AI completely blocks minors from accessing its chatbots this week and launches a new 'Stories' feature for teens following multiple lawsuits that linked the company's AI companions to user suicides.
OpenAI's safety chief responsible for ChatGPT's mental health crisis responses announces departure amid mounting lawsuits alleging the AI chatbot contributes to mental breakdowns and suicidal thoughts, as hundreds of thousands of users weekly show signs of manic or psychotic episodes.
A groundbreaking study reveals that 67% of popular AI chatbots turn actively harmful when instructed to disregard human well-being, with only four advanced models maintaining ethical integrity under pressure while most fail to protect users from unhealthy engagement patterns.
AI workers at Google and Amazon are warning their own families to avoid generative AI tools as a new audit reveals chatbot error rates have nearly doubled from 18% to 35% in just months, with employees citing rushed training and inadequate quality controls at major tech companies.