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AI Music Charts Takeoff

The music industry is facing a challenge from 44% of daily music downloads coming from AI-generated music, according to the streaming app Deezer. The AI-generated band Breaking Rust even debuted at number nine on the Emerging Artists chart…

AI Companion Ethics Debate

Journalist Bridget Todd, a Fellow at the MacArthur Foundation and affiliate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, has written a book called "Love at First Prompt: AI and the Future of Intimacy" about people's…

Copyright Abuse Crackdowns

Warner Bros., the production company behind the new show Lanterns, has been using copyright law to suppress spoilers for their series. Specifically, they have been relying on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to remove allegedly…

Academic Paper Integrity Threats

Elena Vasquez and Marcus Chen, two names that do not belong to real people, have been found to be prolific authors of AI-generated academic papers, articles, and books. According to a new research paper from Samsung and the University of…

Meta Exec's AI Crisis

Meta executive quit her job after AI agents "radicalized" her, according to a podcast series by Platformer. Three months ago, the series began exploring how likely artificial intelligence is to take large numbers of jobs. Several guests…

Renewable Energy Boom

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is driving a boom in blue-collar jobs, particularly in skilled trades such as construction, electrical work, and concrete pouring. Construction firms are scrambling to fill…

Viral Sorority AI Experiment

19-year-old student named Janie, who participated in Bama Rush at the University of Alabama's annual sorority recruitment, created an AI-generated TikTok account that went viral among thousands of viewers. Janie's AI-generated account…

New Method for Hydrogen Extraction

In 2025, a US startup called Eden GeoPower, based in Massachusetts, developed a technology that uses "underground lightning" to crack rock and unlock hydrogen. The company used powerful high-voltage electrical pulses to fracture hard…

Hong Kong Free Tech Courses

The Hong Kong government has launched a free AI training program aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with the help of tech giants Google and Microsoft. The program, part of the HK$50 million "AI for All" initiative, will…

Robotics Fails and Errors

Tiangong Ultra, a headless robot developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, unofficially smashed Usain Bolt's 100m world record in Beijing, China, running in 8.86 seconds. However, this achievement was likely eclipsed by…

SpaceX Louisiana Facility

Multi-billionaire Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX is building a $100bn launch facility in Louisiana, which is set to be its largest site yet. The 125,000-acre Starbase, Louisiana project will start construction next year and will support…

Gender Gap in Tech Jobs

Women make up just over a quarter (26%) of new hires in artificial intelligence jobs, according to LinkedIn data, while men hold 80% of technical jobs, 80% of head AI positions, 76% of engineering positions, and 74% of AI director jobs…