Reuters

US, China opt out of joint declaration on AI use in military

Spain hosts summit on responsible use of AI in military domain Just 35 of over 80 countries sign joint declaration Strained US-Europe ties made many hesitant, attendees say A CORUNA, Spain, Feb 5 ...
Wired

HHS Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target ‘DEI’ and ‘Gender Ideology’ in Grants

Since March 2025, the Trump administration has used tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out “DEI” and “gender ideology" from child welfare programs. Neither Palantir nor HHS has ...
The Washington Post

Google helped Israeli military contractor with AI, whistleblower alleges

SAN FRANCISCO — Google breached its own policies that barred use of artificial intelligence for weapons or surveillance in 2024 by helping an Israeli military contractor analyze drone video footage, a ...
The Verge

There’s a social network for AI agents, and it’s getting weird

A viral post asks questions about consciousness. A viral post asks questions about consciousness. is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also ...
TechCrunch

Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot

Microsoft delivered a solid earnings report on Wednesday with $81.3 billion in revenue for the quarter (up 17%), net income profits of $38.3 billion (up 21%), and a record-breaking Microsoft cloud ...
Ars Technica

New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research

On Tuesday, OpenAI released a free AI-powered workspace for scientists. It’s called Prism, and it has drawn immediate skepticism from researchers who fear the tool will accelerate the already ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Darren Aronofsky Has Reconstructed the Revolutionary War Using AI

That's the conceit of a series he made with Google DeepMind and Salesforce, which will unfurl on Time Magazine’s YouTube channel every week through the end of the ...
Harvard Business Review

How Gen Z Uses Gen AI—and Why It Worries Them

As go the young, so goes society. Young adults were early adopters of cell phones, social media, and the internet. Now all of these technologies are universal. So how are members of Gen Z using ...
The Hechinger Report

Educating teachers to use AI without harming the planet

Asli Sezen-Barrie, an endowed chair of climate and environmental education and an associate professor at the School of Education at UC Irvine, is one of TEACH-AI’s creators. Credit: Courtesy of Asli ...
CNET

YouTube Will Soon Let Creators Make Shorts Using Their AI Likeness

But YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says artificial intelligence will be a "tool for expression," not a replacement for human creativity. Aaron covers what's exciting and new in the world of home entertainment ...
Reuters

OpenAI seeks to increase global AI use in everyday life

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 21 - OpenAI is expanding its efforts to convince global governments to build more data centers and encourage greater usage of artificial intelligence in areas such as education, ...