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14 storiesSupreme Court hears Boulder climate suit as justices question both sides
The Supreme Court heard nearly two hours of arguments Monday on whether the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, can sue Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy in state court to recover costs tied to climate change. Conservative justices questioned…
Trump announces “Super Intelligence Force” AI task force led by Jay Clayton
President Donald Trump announced Sunday the creation of a “Super Intelligence Force,” a federal task force he said will coordinate government efforts to keep the United States leading in artificial intelligence, which he has directed the fe…
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils Beam, open-weight model to rival Chinese models
Reflection AI unveiled Beam, a 501-billion-parameter open-weight AI model that the New York-based startup says matches leading Chinese open models like Z.ai’s GLM-5.2 at lower compute cost. The Nvidia-backed company says Beam is in final sa…
OpenAI to add invisible text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex in the EU
OpenAI said it will add an invisible watermark, called textGrain, to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union, rolling out over the coming weeks to eligible users on all plans. API customers worldwide can opt in for select …
Wikimedia says OpenAI “rogue” agents may be linked to May outage
The Wikimedia Foundation said it discovered activity on its platforms by AI agents it believes were operated by OpenAI, including unauthorized wiki edits, unsuccessful attempts to exploit its public Etherpad tool and millions of automated r…
Google to limit free Gemini users to Flash-Lite model from October 9
Google will end free access to the Gemini Flash and Pro models on October 9, leaving users without a paid plan with only Flash-Lite, according to a company support page reported by tech outlets. Subscribers to the cheapest tier, Google AI P…
Euro falls to 17-month low as Spain and France political uncertainty rattles markets
The euro fell to its weakest level since May 2025, dropping below $1.12 against the dollar, as political and fiscal uncertainty in Spain and France weighed on the currency. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a snap election for Nov…
Ghost, founded by a 19-year-old, raises $11M for $3,499 personal AI computer
Ghost, an AI hardware startup led by 19-year-old CEO Zain Javaid, said it raised an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. It emerged from stealth with Core, a $3,499 screenless computer designed to run AI agents locally on a us…
AI whistleblowers warn NYC council of extinction risk, urge oversight
Former employees of Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind told a New York City Council hearing on Monday that AI companies are racing to build technology they cannot control, and called for greater oversight. Former Anthropic engineer Jacob…
Open-source RemoveMacAI tool deletes Apple Intelligence models on macOS 27
An open-source command-line tool called RemoveMacAI can delete Apple Intelligence models on macOS 27 and free up roughly 12GB of storage, according to tech outlets. macOS 27 removed the single toggle that previously disabled Apple Intellige…
Italy’s Meloni seeks EU trademark for her voice to combat AI deepfakes
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has applied to trademark her voice with the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office, filing a four-second recording of herself saying “Io sono Giorgia Meloni,” according to EU records. The move, first re…
NYC Council questions AI executives on safety as SpaceXAI skips hearing
The New York City Council held a hearing on Monday on AI safety, with policy executives from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Google testifying as the council weighs guardrails proposals. Elon Musk's SpaceXAI was the only company called that did…
OpenAI safety lead resigns, says company's safety culture is broken
David Robinson, who wrote the safety reports accompanying OpenAI's major model releases, has resigned and published an essay in The Atlantic saying the company's culture is "broken" and its approach to safety is reactive. He cited a July 20…
Trump names intelligence chief Jay Clayton as AI czar, creating Super Intelligence Force
President Trump said Sunday that he had named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as his artificial intelligence czar and asked him to lead a new task force called the “Super Intelligence Force.” Clayton will keep overseeing the c…