Category: AI News
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The EU age verification app just took its first step toward reshaping online safety for young people. The European Commission has unveiled a prototype app and supporting guidelines aimed at making the internet safer for minors—without compromising their digital freedom. The initiative focuses on protecting children from harmful content, cyberbullying, and unwanted contact, while promoting…
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Meta spam account purge efforts have taken a sharp turn as the company deletes over 10 million Facebook accounts—most of them impersonating popular content creators. This move is part of Meta’s broader campaign to protect users from spam, plagiarism, and low-quality content flooding the platform. The company also removed 500,000 more accounts earlier this year…
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Trump AI expansion efforts took center stage at the Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh. Former President Donald Trump joined tech and energy leaders at Carnegie Mellon University on Tuesday to outline plans to solidify the United States as a global AI powerhouse. With AI transforming sectors from national defense to data centers, the U.S.…
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California is deploying the first AI energy grid outage management system in North America. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has announced a new pilot program powered by generative AI to modernize how outages are detected and managed. Currently, engineers manually review outage reports, scan for relevant keywords, and enter findings into grid software. It’s…
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A new Bloomberg Intelligence survey reveals that AI dating apps may not be a match for Gen Z. While tech companies pour resources into AI features for online dating, younger users aren’t impressed. Dating platforms like Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge have launched AI tools designed to help users build profiles, improve photo selection, and even…
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The use of tobacco shop cameras that estimate customers’ ages breaks GDPR rules, according to France’s privacy authority CNIL. These so-called “augmented cameras” rely on AI to scan people’s faces and guess their age. A red or green light indicates whether a person is likely a minor or adult. Shop owners introduced the technology to…
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An optical chip for AI has been developed by scientists at Université Laval. It transmits data at 1,000 gigabits per second—enough to transfer 100 million books in under seven minutes. This chip marks a leap in sustainable AI infrastructure. Its energy use is extremely low, requiring only enough power to heat one milliliter of water…
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OpenAI’s $3 billion plan to acquire coding startup Windsurf has collapsed. Now, Google has stepped in, hiring Windsurf’s CEO, Varun Mohan, along with other key team members. This move underscores the fierce battle between tech giants to secure elite AI talent. Google DeepMind will now onboard Mohan, cofounder Douglas Chen, and several members of Windsurf’s…
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Microsoft has saved more than $500 million in the past year by using artificial intelligence in its call centers. According to Bloomberg, the savings came entirely from AI handling customer service tasks. Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff revealed the figure during a recent company presentation. He stated that AI tools now assist in many areas,…
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have made a significant leap in robotic healthcare. They created a system named SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy) that performed gallbladder removals without human assistance. The robot completed eight surgeries on pig organs, achieving a perfect 100% accuracy rate. This groundbreaking success may help push autonomous surgical robots toward real-world clinical…