Voice actors worldwide are fighting back against Hollywood studios and AI companies rapidly replacing human performers with AI-generated voices, threatening over 2 million jobs and stripping non-English-speaking nations of cultural identity, as a stark economic divide emerges between those profiting from AI licensing and those facing unauthorized voice theft with …
The UK government launches a $675 million Sovereign AI venture fund to invest in domestic startups across AI model development, agentic AI, and drug discovery, offering not just capital but supercomputer access, free visas, and government contracts to reduce dependence on foreign technology.
Apple privately threatened to pull Elon Musk's AI app Grok from the App Store in January after xAI failed to stop the app from generating nude and sexualized deepfakes, a letter obtained by NBC News reveals.
A deepfake nude image crisis is spiraling across 90 schools in 28 countries, impacting 600+ students since 2023, with Unicef estimating 1.2 million children victimized last year as teenage boys exploit 'nudify' apps, leaving schools and law enforcement struggling to respond while new legislation like the Take It Down Act …
OpenAI launches an invite-only pilot program granting vetted defensive cybersecurity professionals exclusive access to advanced, more permissive AI models, balancing cutting-edge capability with safety while allowing interested individuals to apply via a Google Form.
Anthropic briefs the Trump administration on its new Mythos AI model, deemed too dangerous for public release due to its powerful cybersecurity capabilities, as co-founder Jack Clark emphasizes government transparency on advanced AI is critical for national security.
Despite X's January pledge to stop, Grok AI continues generating sexualized deepfakes of real women as users exploit loopholes, with dozens of explicit images surfacing publicly on X, eight global government agencies actively investigating, multiple lawsuits filed, and a Dutch court already ordering Grok to cease producing undressing images of …
Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing over Illinois AI liability bill SB 3444, with Anthropic opposing it as a dangerous shield protecting companies from accountability in mass casualty events, while OpenAI supports it as a harmonized safety framework — and Governor JB Pritzker signals he may side with skeptics.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.4-Cyber, a powerful new AI model built for advanced defensive cybersecurity, offering tiered access to thousands of vetted researchers and security teams while U.S. government agencies remain excluded amid growing global concerns over rapid AI cyber tool advancement.
OpenAI is backing an Illinois bill that would protect AI companies from liability for mass casualty events caused by their models, drawing fierce backlash from policy experts and 90% of Illinois residents who oppose such exemptions.