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Trump’s tax bill seeks to prevent AI regulations. Experts fear a heavy toll on the planet
Unrestricted AI use could add 1bn tons of planet-heating emissions in the US over the next decade, researchers say
State AI Regulation Ban Faces Bipartisan Resistance in Minnesota
Buried in the federal budget bill moving through Congress is a 10-year moratorium on states regulating the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence industry, and it has drawn ire from state legislators.
Google’s Doppl app took off my socks
The app replaced my mismatched socks with AI-generated feet.
Exclusive: Trump plans executive orders to power AI growth in race with China
The Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the U.S. expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the...
Germany tells Apple, Google to block DeepSeek as the Chinese AI app faces rising pressure in Europe
This is not DeepSeek’s first run-in with regulators in Europe, following run-ins with Italian and Irish authorities.
Echo Chamber: A Context-Poisoning Jailbreak That Bypasses LLM Guardrails
An AI Researcher at Neural Trust has discovered a novel jailbreak technique that defeats the safety mechanisms of today’s most advanced LLMs
Anthropic Economic Futures Program Launch
Anthropic’s new research initiative exploring AI’s impact on the future of work and economy, developing policy frameworks for a changing workforce.
Can AI build a virtual cell? Scientists race to model life’s smallest unit
Nature – Several groups hope to develop artificial-intelligence models that can predict how cells behave.
Google Veo 3: Is it time for end-to-end AI videos?
After spending time testing it myself, I can say Veo 3 is a significant leap forward—though it still has plenty of quirks as this technology finds its footing.
The hidden scaling cliff that’s about to break your agent rollouts
Enterprise teams hit a scaling wall when managing AI agents across departments. Writer’s May Habib explains why traditional software development fails for agents and what Fortune 500 companies are doing...
Walmart cracks enterprise AI at scale: Thousands of use cases, one framework
Walmart VP Desirée Gosby reveals how the retailer scales AI across 255M customers. Enterprise blueprint from Transform 2025 on trust-first deployment.
How AI Could Reshape Global Education — And What Comes After
From virtual tutors to smart textbooks, AI is reshaping education. This story explores what’s changing and what that means.
How ‘Zuck Bucks’ shake up AI race
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Get paid faster: How Intuit’s new AI agents help businesses get funds up to 5 days faster and save 12 hours a month with autonomous workflows
Looking beyond AI assistants, Intuit has integrated agentic AI deeply into multiple processes to help businesses get things done.
Lessons learned from agentic AI leaders reveal critical deployment strategies for enterprises
What does it take to actually engineer AI agents to get the best return on investment? A panel of experts provides some unique insights.
Google announces ‘AI Ultra for Business’ subscription
Following the consumer version at I/O 2025 last month, Google today announced “Google AI Ultra for Business.”
Disney Just Threw a Punch in a Major AI Fight
On this episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we explore Disney and Universal’s lawsuit against Midjourney, which could be consequential for the future of how intellectual property is treated in the AI...
Gemma 3n fully available in the open-source ecosystem!
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
GitHub – metabase/dataset-generator: AI Dataset Generator – Create realistic datasets for demos, learning, and dashboards
AI Dataset Generator – Create realistic datasets for demos, learning, and dashboards – metabase/dataset-generator
Black Forest Labs
Amazing AI models from the Black Forest.
The Industrial Explosion
What happens to industrial capabilities when AI automates labour?
Meta Wins AI Copyright Case, But Judge Writes Roadmap for Authors’ Revenge
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria granted summary judgment to Meta in a copyright case brought by 13 authors, saying they offered virtually no proof of how they were harmed by...
AI Won’t Replace Sales Reps So Much as ‘Deflect’ Them: What Support’s 70% Deflection Rates Tell Us About Sales’ Future
The AI Account Executive Is Arriving. Here’s What Support — Which is 18+ Months Ahead — Teaches Us About What Comes Next. Customer support cracked the deflection code with AI....
AI Gets Better at Getting Better at Writing Code
Could self-improving AI systems reshape the future of programming? Discover the intriguing potential of Darwin Gödel Machines.
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ would effectively ban AI regulation. But California isn’t powerless
OPINION: “Trump’s bill would put a moratorium on all state and local AI regulation for a decade, without offering a constructive vision of what the federal government should be doing,”...
State regulator: Proposed 10-year moratorium on AI law enforcement is ‘extremely disconcerting’
A measure tucked in President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill making its way through Congress would effectively block states from enforcing AI-related regulations for the next decade, a rule that’s...
Model-based reinforcement learning for ultrasound-driven autonomous microrobots
Nature Machine Intelligence – Medany et al. present AI-driven microrobots that use ultrasound propulsion to learn how to navigate complex environments. These microrobots achieve 90% success after…
How People Use Claude for Support, Advice, and Companionship
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that’s working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
Meta’s AI copyright win comes with a warning about fair use
Another big AI copyright ruling.
Anthropic now lets you make apps right from its Claude AI chatbot
Chat on one side, test on the other.
Meta Wins Blockbuster AI Copyright Case—but There’s a Catch
A federal judge ruled that Meta did not violate the law when it trained its AI models on 13 authors’ books.
Tech lobby group urges EU leaders to pause AI Act
Tech lobbying group CCIA Europe, whose members include Alphabet , Meta and Apple , on Thursday urged European Union to pause implementation of the AI Act, saying a rushed roll-out...
AI and Cybersecurity: How Rubrik’s Co-Founder Built a $1B+ ARR Platform While Joining the AI Revolution
AI and Cybersecurity: How Rubrik’s Co-Founder Built a $1B+ ARR Platform While Joining the AI Revolution Lessons from Arvind Nithrakashyap, Co-Founder and CTO of Rubrik, on scaling cyber resil…
Google’s new Gemini AI model means your future robot butler will still work even without Wi‑Fi
No internet necessary to serve (or plot the end of humanity)
AI Is Already Crushing the News Industry
Inside Silicon Valley’s assault on the media
Jun 25, 2025 | The Batch | AI News & Insights
Weekly AI news for engineers, executives, and enthusiasts.
Double Podcast Drop on AI Safety
muckrAIkers released “One Big Bad Bill” and Into AI Safety released “Getting into PauseAI w/ Will Petillo” – both are essential listens if you care about having a voice in...
Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
Company hired Google’s book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize “all the books in the world.”…
Bipartisan bill seeks to ban Chinese AI from federal agencies, as US vows to win the AI race
The hearing on Capitol Hill comes about five months after a Chinese technology start-up called DeekSeek introduced an AI model that rivaled platforms from OpenAI and Google in performance, but...
Federal judge rules copyrighted books are fair use for AI training
But, the judge ruled, AI companies should not be pirating the books they’re training on.