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OpenAI is embracing rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data resides. In a post on X on Wednesday,...

One academic who reviewed the dataset said it was "clear evidence" that China, or its affiliates, wants to use AI to improve repression.

Digital banking startup Mercury has raised $300 million in primary and secondary funding at a $3.5 billion post-money valuation, the company...

The Canadian company is developing small modular reactors. It previously raised nearly $100 million.

The proliferation of scarily realistic deepfakes is one of the more pernicious byproducts of the rise of AI, and falling victim to scams bas...

Sez Us, a social app founded by Democratic strategist Joe Trippi, is trying to build a platform without rage-bait. Rage-bait refers to any p...

YouTube is changing how it counts views on YouTube Shorts to give creators a deeper understanding of how their short-form content is perform...

Amazon started the Alexa Fund in 2015 to back early-stage voice startups. With the advent of large language models and Amazon launching Gen...

It’s getting easier to build new applications on ATProto, the protocol that powers Bluesky’s social network and a growing number of other ap...

Americans’ support for a TikTok ban is declining, according to a study from the Pew Research Center. This survey of over 5,000 U.S. adults f...

Amazon continues to infuse AI into its shopping tools to encourage customers to make more purchases. The company announced on Wednesday a ne...

Kaspersky attributed the hacks to an espionage campaign targeting journalists and employees at educational institutions.

Before RJ Scaringe founded Rivian in 2009, he had micromobility on his mind. More than a decade later, his musings took root in a small skun...

It’s virtually impossible today to determine when a student’s writing has been composed using ChatGPT or another GenAI tool, and it can be a...

Microsoft is introducing a “deep research” AI-powered tool in Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI chatbot app. There’s been a raft of deep researc...

Block just laid off 931 employees. Read the email from its co-founder Jack Dorsey for more details on why.

Block just laid off 931 employees. Read the email from its co-founder Jack Dorsey for more details on why.

This is a guide on how to check whether someone compromised your online accounts.

Emergence Capital has closed its $1 billion seventh fund, it reported on Tuesday It’s the firm’s first raise in nearly four years. In May 20...

The startup uses AI to quickly search for minerals over wide areas, identifying promising potential deposits for exploration.

Instagram on Tuesday announced a new school partnership program aimed at expediting the handling of moderation reports submitted by verified...

Apple has announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will kick off on June 9 and run through June 13. The tech giant’s...

23andMe holds millions of customers' genetic information. Here's what you can do to protect your data.

On Tuesday, Google unveiled Gemini 2.5, a new family of AI reasoning models that pauses to “think” before answering a question. To kick off...

AI chipmaking company Cerebras Systems’ IPO is delayed again as the public listing’s national security review drags on. Cerebras, which orig...