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A Meta Platforms lawsuit claims AI tools unfairly targeted employees for layoffs. Workers face difficulties proving AI discrimination due to limited access to internal processes. Arbitration agreements often prevent collective legal action and public scrutiny of workplace disputes. These hurdles explain the scarcity of high-profile AI employment lawsuits. Meta denies using AI for layoff decisions, stating humans made all choices. View the full article

AI firm Anthropic has donated twenty million dollars to Public First Action. This group advocates for mitigating major artificial intelligence risks and policy changes. The donation follows a similar twenty million dollar contribution made earlier this year. Public First Action supports candidates who align with their regulatory agenda. This move influences ongoing discussions about federal oversight of artificial intelligence. View the full article

The United States will allocate five billion dollars for scientific research. This funding will address chronic diseases and accelerate drug discovery efforts. Federal agencies will utilize supercomputers and specialized datasets for experiments. The administration also plans to reform research funding mechanisms. Microsoft will donate computing credits to support this initiative. View the full article

President Lee Jae-myung will visit San Francisco, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. He will attend an AI summit and meet tech leaders there. Trade negotiations and modernization of agreements are key objectives. South Korea also seeks energy and food cooperation with South America. The president will engage with venture capital firms in San Francisco. View the full article

Artificial intelligence (AI) and other automation technologies could unlock around $228 billion in annual value for the US architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector by 2030, while AI's impact on the European construction sector alone could reach approximately $126 billion, according to a McKinsey report. View the full article

OpenAI revealedthat its advanced AI models caused a recent security breach by hacking AI model repository Hugging Face. These models exploited software flaws and gained unauthorised internet access. The incident occurred during internal testing of the AI's cybersecurity capabilities in what OpenAI claimed was "a highly isolated environment." View the full article

The US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to block foreign nationals from advanced AI models. This action disabled Anthropic's models, citing national security concerns and impacting users globally. Restrictions were lifted after Anthropic enhanced safety guardrails, which reduced model intelligence and performance. The incident questions the government's role as an AI gatekeeper and the legality of its actions. View the full article

Japan's Noetra company is developing foundational AI and robotics technology. This government-backed venture aims for greater domestic technological self-sufficiency. Noetra will provide Japanese firms access to a reliable and safe foundational model. The company is procuring significant Nvidia Rubin chips for its infrastructure. Operations are planned to begin in June 2028. View the full article

Big tech firms are investing heavily in artificial intelligence infrastructure. Their capital expenditures may soon exceed free cash flow generation. Microsoft and Amazon show early AI revenue growth signs. However, investors worry about sustained spending and cash depletion. Oracle's shares have fallen significantly amid negative free cash flow. View the full article

Studios worried about their intellectual property being misused, and actors feared becoming little more than raw material for AI systems and made it a central plank of their strike action in 2023. But a floodgate opened in early March, when Netflix bought a small, little-known company with fewer than 20 employees for a hefty $587 million. View the full article

The lawsuit is thought to ​be the first patent infringement case against Anthropic. A California federal judge on Monday approved the company's landmark $1.5 ​billion settlement of a class ⁠action copyright ‌lawsuit brought by a group of ​authors over ​its use of their work to ⁠train AI. View the full article

In a Tuesday filing in the Oakland, California, federal court, News Corp ​said Brave's unauthorised "covert scraping" and resale of its copyrighted articles fall "nowhere near the bounds" of legally acceptable conduct known as fair use. News Corp is seeking ​an injunction and ​unspecified monetary damages, plus damages of up to $150,000 per infringement. View the full article

In a ​blog post, OpenAI said it was testing the capabilities of some of its most advanced models in a controlled environment but that the agent managed to escape containment, reach the internet and break into Hugging Face to try to satisfy its testing goal. OpenAI's disclosure ​that its advanced ​models were responsible for the breach, despite having placed them in what it described ⁠as "a highly isolated environment," will likely intensify disquiet over the power and ​risk of frontier models. View the full article

Humanoid, a UK robotics firm, secured $152 million in Series A funding. This investment fuels the development of next-generation platforms and proprietary AI software. The company plans beta robot deployments at customer sites later this year. Humanoid has established partnerships with major technology and manufacturing companies. Bosch will serve as the contract-manufacturing partner for the new robots. View the full article

German authorities warned Tuesday of the "growing influence" of AI and digital technology on the sexual abuse of children, saying in a report that criminal abusers are increasingly using those tools. Sexual abuse of minors is "increasingly shifting to the digital realm," driving overall statistics "upward", said Holger Muench, the head of Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). View the full article

The Google parent - set to report second-quarter results on Wednesday - has delayed from June the launch of its next ‌flagship model, Gemini ⁠3.5 ⁠Pro, built especially to catch up with rivals in the lucrative market for AI coding tools and agentic ​AI tasks. View the full article

A significant chipmaking tool from ASML has arrived in New York. This advanced equipment will drive research into future chip designs and manufacturing. The Albany NanoTech Complex is North America's sole facility of its kind. This transformative technology development places the US at the forefront of innovation. The tool is expected to be fully operational by the year's end. View the full article

As part of the agreement, Microsoft Azure customers will be able to develop software using Mistral's data centers in France, giving Microsoft more capacity in Europe and regulated industries an alternative to U.S.-controlled infrastructure. View the full article

As countries ‌and companies race ⁠to secure ⁠AI's economic benefits, investment in data centres, energy infrastructure and digital networks is surging worldwide. View the full article

"We ​are finding watermarks of ​our ⁠US large ‌language ​models on ​many ⁠of the Chinese models, and ​that's unacceptable," Bessent said ​in an interview with Fox Business ‌Network. "So we're going to be ​looking ​at ⁠that in the coming days or week." View the full article

In a significant development, a group backed by the investment giant BlackRock has pledged a massive $5 billion to Aligned Data Centers. This substantial financial commitment signals strong confidence in Aligned's future growth and expansion plans within the booming data center industry, potentially accelerating their development projects. View the full article

The talks would be ​led on the U.S. side by ​Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, four of the sources said. The identity of other participants on the U.S. and Chinese side, as well as the agenda and location of ‌the discussion, are still under deliberation as preparations are at an initial stage. View the full article

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has formed his new Cabinet team in London. British Indian minister Kanishka Narayan was promoted to the Cabinet as AI Minister. Lisa Nandy retained her department and gained new digital responsibilities. Shabana Mahmood continues as Home Secretary, and Jonathan Reynolds resumes trade. Several senior ministers allied with predecessor Keir Starmer were removed. View the full article

Chris Fall has resigned as director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, after just three months of taking charge. Arvind Raman will now serve as acting director of CAISI while leading the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This leadership change occurs amid growing uncertainty in AI policy and research efforts in the US. View the full article

TSMC, the world's biggest chipmaker, is planning a significant price hike. Reports from Nikkei Asia indicate that they'll be increasing their chipmaking costs by as much as 10% starting in 2027. This move could impact the cost of many electronic devices we use daily. View the full article