Google has sued a China-based cybercrime ring, accusing the group of using Gemini AI to power a sprawling text-message scam aimed at U.S. cellphone users. The complaint landed on June 12 in…
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Zuckerberg now has to sell the $14B Meta AI bet he handed Alexandr Wang
Mark Zuckerberg spent the past year rebuilding Meta’s place in the artificial intelligence race. Now the Meta CEO faces a tougher assignment. He must convince investors, developers, and users that his $14.3…
AI wealth fuels San Francisco housing frenzy
San Francisco’s housing market has shifted into overdrive again, and this time the engine runs on AI wealth. Employees at the city’s biggest artificial intelligence firms are landing enormous payouts as initial…
Anthropic’s new Claude Fable 5 model draws fire over silent restrictions
Anthropic reversed course after a wave of complaints from developers and researchers over a hidden control inside Claude Fable 5, the company’s newest top-tier model. The lab now promises that users will…
Doctored AI image ignites new Philippines political firestorm
A fabricated picture has thrown the Philippines into a fresh political uproar. The AI image claimed to show a former Senate leader drinking with state investigators. Online posts then used it as…
The AI productivity gap is real — here’s how long it takes to close
Nearly 1,300 days have passed since OpenAI launched ChatGPT, and the business world still wrestles with one question. When will AI finally deliver on its promise? The honest answer disappoints both the…
AI overreliance carries a hidden learning cost, study shows
A few minutes with a chatbot can chip away at the way people think on their own. New research frames AI overreliance as a quiet threat to focus, problem-solving, and the will…
Apple’s Siri overhaul takes center stage at WWDC 2026
Apple is making its biggest bet yet on Siri. The company plans a sweeping Siri overhaul and will place the redesigned assistant at the center of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS…
YouTube AI labels get harder to miss
YouTube wants viewers to spot synthetic clips faster, so the platform is pushing its disclosure tags into plain sight. The new YouTube AI labels will sit across both videos and Shorts, where…
AI voice cloning scams surge as Bay Area mom loses $5,400
A San Francisco Bay Area mother says one terrifying phone call cost her thousands of dollars, after she became a victim of AI voice cloning scam that faked her daughter’s voice. Deborah…