Category: AI News

Xi Jinping warns against new historical injustices in AI era

Xi Jinping told the 2026 World AI Conference in Shanghai that countries should avoid 'new historical injustices' in AI and support Global South adoption.

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How Google’s S-CTS System Detects AI Spam at Scale

Google researchers published a paper on a cluster-based spam detection system built for video platforms, and what it signals about scaled content abuse.

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Feinstein Institutes double neural bypass restores movement and touch in paralysed patient

Researchers at the Feinstein Institutes used a brain-computer interface, AI, and electrical stimulation to restore hand movement and feeling to a man paralysed since 2020.

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Amazon Addresses AWS Billing Bug and Erroneous Charges

Amazon confirmed a bug in its AWS billing subsystem displayed erroneous charges up to $2.5 billion to some customers last week. Actual charges were not affected.

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Meta in Early Talks to Lease Compute Power to Anthropic in Potential $10 Billion Deal

Meta is in early talks to lease compute capacity to Anthropic in a deal worth up to $10 billion over two years, per a source familiar.

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Gemini 3.5 Pro Launch Delayed as Google Struggles to Improve Coding Performance

Google missed its June 2026 Gemini 3.5 Pro launch after internal coding benchmarks fell short, sending Alphabet shares down ~4%. No firm ship date has been set.

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Moonshot AI Drops Kimi K3, Largest Open Model, Rivaling Opus 4.8

Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, a 2.8T-parameter open-weight model rivaling Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5. Full weights drop July 27, 2026.

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New Unpatchable BootROM Exploit Targets Apple’s A12 and A13 Chips

Security research firm Paradigm Shift has published details of an unpatchable BootROM exploit named usbliter8 affecting Apple's A12 and A13 chips.

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Public Opposition to Data Centers Has Surged, Surveys Show

Surveys show 71% of Americans oppose data centers in their neighborhoods, up from 42% in August 2025, with electricity costs driving the backlash.

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Why most annual app subscribers don’t come back after canceling

Annual app subscribers who cancel rarely return, a new report finds, making first-year retention more valuable than post-cancel win-back.

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California Sues Meta Over Alleged Scheme Using Facebook Ads to Promote Fake AI Tools

California has filed a lawsuit against Meta, accusing the company of profiting from Facebook ads that allegedly lured users with fraudulent AI-themed offers.

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YouTube will automatically label AI-generated videos and surface the tags more visibly

YouTube will auto-label AI videos starting May, placing tags below the player on long-form videos and overlaid on Shorts, with creators still able to disclose or contest.

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Survey: Americans Prefer Nuclear Plants Over Local AI Data Centers

Gallup finds 71% of Americans oppose local AI data centers, higher than the 53% who oppose a nearby nuclear plant, with environmental concerns leading.

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European Commission Orders Meta to Change Addictive Features on Facebook and Instagram

EU orders Meta to rework Facebook and Instagram design under the DSA, citing compulsive use harms. Non-compliance could cost Meta up to $12 billion.

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Meta pulls Instagram AI image tool after four days of backlash

Meta pulled its Muse Image AI tool from Instagram four days after launch after SAG-AFTRA, privacy groups, and users objected to opt-out image generation.

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