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Two top AI companies changed their stances on military and intelligence applications.

Shipping ports are the latest front in the rising tension between labor unions and AI-powered automation.

AI coding assistants are brewing codebases that once were the sole province of human programmers. Will AI systems take over software development?

Politicians and pundits have conjured visions of doom to convince lawmakers to clamp down on AI. What if terrified legislators choke off innovation in AI?

Once hailed by OpenAI chief Sam Altman as the “best bromance in tech,” the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI is facing challenges as both companies seek greater independence.

A new report documents the interplay of powerful forces that drove AI over the past year: open versus proprietary technology, public versus private financing, innovation versus caution. 

The United States government launched Operation AI Comply, targeting businesses whose uses of AI allegedly misled customers.

Malaysia’s location, natural resources, and investor-friendly government are perfect for data centers, turning part of the country into an AI-fueled boomtown.

The AI startup Runway is helping to retool Lionsgate, the producer of blockbuster movie franchises like The Hunger Games and John Wick, for the era of generated video.

Amazon took on talent and technology from robotics startup Covariant to enhance its warehouse automation, an area critical to its core ecommerce business.

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle division of Alphabet, released an analysis of its own safety data. It suggests that the company’s self-driving cars are safer than human drivers on the same roads.

Argentina created a national law-enforcement department that will use AI to detect crimes as they’re committed, investigate them afterward, and predict them before they occur.

OpenAI may be spending roughly twice as much money as it’s bringing in, a sign of the financial pressures of blazing the trail in commercial applications of AI.

Prices for access to large language models are falling as providers exploit new efficiencies and compete for new customers.

Character.AI followed an emerging pattern for ambitious AI startups, trading its leadership to a tech giant in exchange for funds and a strategic makeover.