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Two Men Charged Under A.I.-Revenge Porn Law: What to Know

Two men in the U.S. have been federally charged with using artificial intelligence to generate sexually explicit photos and videos of women without consent under a new law, as global concern grows over regulating misuse of A.I.

My graduation walk got canceled by COVID. My daughter's was ruined by AI.

Gracella Brown's graduation was canceled during the COVID-19 pandemic. She then missed her daughter's graduation walk because of an AI mishap.

A Brooklyn food entrepreneur used AI to help keep his 'forever house' project organized

Jonathan Butler cofounded Smorgasburg and Brownstoner. Now he's building a house in New York — and vibe coding a construction management tool.

DeepSeek founder declares AGI as the goal as $10bn funding round advances

Liang Wenfeng tells prospective investors the Hangzhou lab will prioritise frontier research over revenue, in its first-ever external raise.

Microsoft's new Anthropic partnership brings Claude AI models to Azure

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The White House reportedly is working on an executive order about AI oversight and access.

The Trump Administration’s rollback of AI safety regulations may not extend to itself, as the NYT reports that after the launch of Mythos, officials are concerned about “…political repercussions if a devastating A.I.-enabled cyberattack were to occur,” said sources.

Ground system issue scrubs first launch of SpaceX's Starship V3 rocket

Engineers could make another attempt to launch Starship as soon as Friday evening.

Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods

Waymo's robotaxi service is now suspended in both Atlanta and San Antonio, as the company works to stop its vehicles from driving into flooded roads.

Notes From the Foothills of the Singularity

Google I/O wasn't flashy, but it might be the most important yet

Perplexity Is Open-Sourcing Bumblebee

Today we are open-sourcing one of the internal tools we use to protect the developer systems behind Perplexity, Comet, and Computer.

Why Trump's AI executive order was pulled

Any further delay of the order means more time for infighting and disagreements.

ChatGPT for PowerPoint generates presentations with prompts.

The new ChatGPT integration for Microsoft PowerPoint, like an earlier add-on for Excel and Google Sheets, adds a sidebar where users can create or edit presentations using chatbot prompts along with documents, images, and other source material.