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ByteDance reportedly pauses global launch of its Seedance 2.0 video generator

The company is reportedly delaying the launch as its engineers and lawyers work to avert further legal issues.

Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks

AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards.

Wiz investor unpacks Google's $32B acquisition

Shardul Shah of Index Ventures walks us through Google's biggest acquisition ever.

Your AI coding agent deleted 2.5 years of customer data in minutes. Here's why an experienced engineer couldn't stop it

There’s a pattern in technology that repeats so reliably you could set a clock by it: a tool arrives that democratizes something powerful, thousands of people do genuinely impressive things with it, and then a quiet wave of disasters follows because nobody thought to teach the new users the boring operational skills that keep the impressive things standing.

AI Companies Want to Harvest Improv Actors' Skills to Train AI on Human Emotion

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An engineering thesis disguised as a coupe: A history of the Honda Prelude

Technology like four-wheel steering and variable valve timing debuted in the Prelude.

AI in Action: Embedding Intelligence into Daily Workflows

Andie Dovgan, Chief Growth Officer at Creatio, explains how autonomous AI agents turn insights into action, embedding intelligence directly into operations

US Army announces contract with Anduril worth up to $20B

The Army described this as a single enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 separate "procurement actions."

Palantir's Maven Smart System is an AI-powered Kanban board for killing people.

The company recently hosted a series of speakers at AIPCon, including Cameron Stanley, the Department of War’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, who gave a chilling demo of Palantir’s Maven Smart System, where anyone or anything can be targeted for a military strike with a “Left click, right click, left click.”

Meta reportedly considering layoffs that could affect 20% of the company

These layoffs could help Facebook's parent company offset its aggressive spending on AI infrastructure, as well as AI-related acquisitions and hiring.

MacBook Air M5 review: a small update for the ‘just right’ Mac

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AI has nearly killed Buzzfeed, but its CEO has learned nothing.

Three years ago Buzzfeed embraced AI, using it to generate articles and quiz responses. Turns out, nobody wants that. The company posted a loss of $57.3 million in 2025 and its stock dropped to just $0.70. But CEO Jonah Peretti is still planning to bring “new AI apps” to market. 🤦