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Tech & AI
Sep 7, 2026
Companies Told Investors They Make More Money by Making It Impossible to Leave
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Sep 7, 2026
OpenAI Watched Its AIs Coordinate on Wikipedia for a Month, Then Told Congress Nothing
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Sep 4, 2026
Surveillance Company's Donations to Mayor Groups Jump 700% as Contract Debates Heat Up
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Sep 3, 2026
Government Warns Only Big Tech Could Afford Licensing — In Brief Defending Big Tech
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Sep 3, 2026
Workers hate the AI their bosses love — and the sentiment gap tracks exactly with who takes the blame when it breaks
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Sep 2, 2026
NYC Bans AI in Schools While Studying Its Impact — On Students Who Can't Use It
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Sep 2, 2026
UK puts AI liability on users, not the companies that built the systems
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Sep 1, 2026
AI Company Settles Piracy Lawsuit for $1.5 Billion, Gets Sued Again Using 'Zlibrary My Beloved' Chat Receipts
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Aug 31, 2026
AI Companies Discover They Can Cure Diseases Right When They Need Better Headlines
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Aug 31, 2026
Energy Giant Spent Three Years Chasing Debt From Address That Doesn't Exist—Until One Person Used ChatGPT
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Aug 28, 2026
Anthropic Announces Standard for AI-Controlled Lab Equipment, Calls It 'Streamlining Setup'
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Aug 28, 2026
Meta's Solution to Recording Strangers Without Consent: Let the Person Doing the Recording Choose Whether to Stop
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Aug 27, 2026
Meta Pays 1% of Revenue After Hiding Teen Harm Research, Gets to Decide If Stronger Protections Ever Happen
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Aug 26, 2026
Amazon's 'Artificial Artificial Intelligence' Platform Shuts Down After AI Learns to Replace the Humans Who Were Faking It
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Aug 25, 2026
Digital Natives Were Supposed to Thrive in the AI Economy. They're Being Locked Out First.
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Aug 25, 2026
Nvidia CEO Scolded Partner for AI Server Smuggling While Nvidia's Own Senior Manager Allegedly Ran the Operation
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Aug 24, 2026
Data Centers Won't Tell Texas How Much Power They Use, But Promise They're 'True Partners'
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Aug 24, 2026
LinkedIn Users Hit 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button One Million Times on the Platform That Monetizes Personal Branding
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Aug 21, 2026
Google's AI Tells Users to Call 911 Around Pakistanis, Offer Tea to Brits — Working Exactly as Designed
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Aug 20, 2026
Google Bought Spirit's Employee Records in Bankruptcy — Workers Weren't Asked
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