Karsi temporarily banned in Nevada amid legal turmoil
Kalsi hasn’t had a very good week. Arizona’s attorney general filed 20 criminal charges against the online prediction market on Tuesday, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling operation. Now, another southwestern state is making a big move against the company. A Nevada judge has temporarily barred the service from operating in the state as […]
Pinterest CEO urges government to ban social media for users under 16
Pinterest CEO Bill Reddy has called on governments to ban social media for users under 16 in a new Time magazine op-ed. As countries around the world begin introducing or considering ways to restrict children’s online time and accurate methods of verifying their age, he is now one of the few top CEOs to call […]
WordPress.com now lets AI agents write and publish posts and more
Web hosting platform WordPress.com employs AI agents. This is a decision that could change the look and feel of the web. The company announced Friday that its AI agents will be able to draft, edit and publish content on customers’ websites, as well as moderate comments, update and correct metadata, and organize content by tags […]
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game
Blue Origin, the space conglomerate founded by Amazon Chairman Jeff Bezos, has asked the U.S. government for permission to launch a network of more than 50,000 satellites that will serve as data centers in orbit. In a March 19 filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Blue Origin’s lawyers described Project Sunrise as a network […]
President Trump’s AI framework targets state laws, shifting the burden of child safety onto parents
The Trump administration on Friday laid out the legal framework for the only policy on AI in the United States. The framework would preempt state AI laws and centralize power in Washington, potentially undermining recent efforts by states to regulate the use and development of the technology. A White House statement on the framework reads: […]
Cyberattack on car breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US
A cyber attack on a US car breathalyzer company has left drivers across the country stranded and unable to start their cars. Intoxalock says on its website that it is “currently experiencing downtime” following the March 14 cyber attack. Intoxalock sells a breathalyzer device that attaches to a car’s ignition switch and is used by […]
Amazon reportedly working on developing a new smartphone with Alexa at its core
It looks like Amazon is getting back into the smartphone game. More than 11 years after the e-commerce giant abandoned development of its unsuccessful first effort, the Fire Phone, the company is now working on a new smartphone codenamed Transformer, Reuters reports, citing anonymous sources. The device is being developed by the company’s Devices and […]
The best investment in AI may be in energy technology
Venture capitalists are increasingly betting big on AI startups, investing more than $5 trillion in the space over the past five years. But a report from Sightline Climate suggests that the smartest AI investment these days may be in energy. Researchers found that up to 50% of announced data center projects can be delayed. One […]
A humanoid robot that went on a rampage at a California restaurant had to be stopped by employees as it danced around.
When we think of the existential threats posed by new technologies, we usually think of things like the recent negotiations between Anthropic and the Department of Defense over how AI can be used in the military. It’s frightening to think – how long will it take for nuclear weapons to be detonated without human intervention? […]
Cloudflare CEO says online bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027
Bots are taking over the web, according to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. In an interview at the SXSW conference in Austin this week, he said that the speed at which artificial intelligence is growing will result in AI bot traffic exceeding human traffic online by 2027. Prince explained that bots’ web usage is increasing with […]