Artificial intelligence

An elderly couple in Malaysia traveled hundreds of miles to ride a tourist attraction they saw a video of on social media, only to discover that the attraction did not actually exist and the video had been AI-generated.

Billionaire and tech CEO Elon Musk has apologized for a response from Grok, the chatbot developed by his artificial intelligence company xAI.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok generated praise for Adolf Hitler and antisemitic posts, leading xAI to restrict its replies and promise a model update.

An impostor pretending to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly used AI to send messages to foreign and local officials, likely "with the goal of gaining access to information or accounts."

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, raised eyebrows for responding to a question about Jeffrey Epstein in first person as Elon Musk.

A Maine police department doubled down on the authenticity of a drug seizure photo — only to later admit that the photo had been altered by AI.

RFK Jr. sparked alarm after announcing an AI-driven overhaul of federal health systems and declaring Americans should "stop trusting experts."

Rahul Gudise, Rishabh Sambare, and Haokun Qin are seeking to revolutionize immigration bureaucracy through Gale, a platform that uses AI to streamline the U.S. visa application process for employers.

Tulsi Gabbard revealed that AI tools have been used to scan tens of thousands of potentially classified documents to determine whether they should stay secret.

Plans to launch AI.gov, a site promoting AI use across U.S. government agencies, were leaked online, raising internal concerns over security.

Social Security chief Frank Bisignano is pushing ahead with expanded AI use and tech reforms, despite mixed results and concerns.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) raised concerns about the potential rise of AI transhumanist technology, warning against an "elite class of enhanced individuals."

A pro-AI Reddit forum is cracking down on users exhibiting chatbot-induced delusions, banning over 100 users in a few weeks.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) admitted she voted for Trump's "big, beautiful bill" without reading a section she now says she's "adamantly opposed to."

Georgia Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene shared that she planned to "not vote" for Republicans' massive spending bill she just voted if it returns back to the House.

A Microsoft-backed AI startup that relied on hundreds of human workers posing as chatbots has collapsed into bankruptcy amid fraud allegations.

Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, declared that people "should be worried" about losing their jobs to AI, insisting the need to "stop sugar-coating" the truth.

Meta's former deputy prime minister has stated that having to ask artists for permission to use their content to train AI would be detrimental to the industry.

Duolingo's decision to replace contractors with AI has sparked a wave of user outrage and public pledges to quit the app.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to social media to indicate that the money lost by his company when users are polite to ChatGPT is money "well spent".

A man credits ChatGPT with saving his life after the AI told him to go to the hospital immediately—advice that may have prevented him from losing an organ.

After being suspended from Columbia for using an AI cheating tool, a 21-year-old turned the controversy into a $5.3 million-funded startup.

A new AI service that chats with elderly family members on your behalf is raising questions about convenience and connection.

Sony Music said recently it has already demanded that 75,000 deepfakes -- simulated images, tunes or videos that can easily be mistaken for real -- be rooted out, a figure reflecting the magnitude of the issue.

Elon Musk has announced that his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has acquired X in an all-stock deal valuing the social media platform at $33 billion.

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, has named its own creator as a "Top Misinformation Spreader," despite alleged attempts to censor it.

Spooked by generative AI's sudden advance, governments initially scrambled to develop guardrails, as major tech companies rapidly integrated the technology into their products.

Google's AI model has drawn criticism for its ability to remove watermarks from copyrighted images, leading to concerns about copyright infringement.

A developer using Cursor AI encountered an unexpected refusal from the assistant, which advised him to "develop the logic yourself."

Since late 2022, just a handful of AI assistants -- such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's Gemini -- have reigned supreme, becoming ever more capable thanks to multi-billion-dollar investments in engineers, data centers, and high-performance AI chips.