When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world, the real world is startin...
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A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration rescind recent restrictions it placed on the AI company.
Google is launching "switching tools" that, just as it sounds, will make it easier for users of other chatbots to switch to Gemini.
The site, whose policies are subject to change, has struggled with the issue of AI-generated writing.
Mastodon is redesigning user profiles to simplify the experience and better appeal to mainstream users and organizations.
The standard plan without ads now costs $19.99 per month, a $2 increase from the previous $17.99 subscription fee, while the premium plan is also going up by $2 and will now cost $26.99 per month.
From redirecting doomscrolling to training humanoid robots, these 16 startups stood out as the most interesting ones from an overflowing YC cohort.
The real-time headphone translations experience keeps each speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence intact, so it’s easier to follow the conversation and tell who’s saying what.
It's only the latest of several side projects that the AI startup has ditched over the past week.
Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren want the Energy Information Administration to gather more details about how data centers use power — and how that affects the grid.
In one year, Shield AI's value has leaped 140%. This after it won a contract to be the software provider to Anduril's Fury fighter jet for the U.S. Air Force.
Leaked hacking tools threaten the security of millions of older iPhones. Cybersecurity experts weigh in.
Search Live allows users to point their phone camera at objects to get real-time assistance, enabling back-and-forth conversations that draw on the visual context from the camera feed.
LiteLLM offers an AI open source project used by millions that was infected by credential harvesting malware.
The new model in CapCut will have built-in protections for making video from real faces or unauthorized intellectual property.
When you’re building at breakneck speed, hiring a trusted team is crucial for an early-stage startup. Bland CEO and co-founder Isaiah Granet has tactical advice on how the company managed to find hidden talent in unlikely places.
Here’s what we know, and what you need to know, about Coruna and DarkSword, two advanced iPhone hacking tools discovered by security researchers. DarkSword has now leaked online.
Conntour uses AI models to let security teams query camera feeds using natural language to find any object, person, or situation.
Relatively light at just 2 billion parameters, the model is meant for use with consumer-grade GPUs for those who want to self-host it. It currently supports 14 languages.