OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Intel Bet On Community Colleges For AI Talent

A national consortium of community colleges is partnering with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Intel, and other companies to scale AI education, and workforce development.

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About 12% of U.S. teens turn to AI for emotional support or advice

General purpose tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are not designed for this use, making mental health professionals wary.

Telecom’s AI Shift: Carriers Are Building Agentic Networks For The 6G Era

From RAN optimization to agentic AI integration, telecom operators are transforming networks into self-directed, intelligent infrastructure powered by AI.

Amazon’s AGI lab leader is leaving
Amazon’s AGI lab leader is leaving

After less than two years at Amazon, David Luan, the head of Amazon’s San Francisco AI lab, is departing the company. Luan announced the update in a post on LinkedIn on Tuesday, saying, “I’ll be leaving Amazon at the end of this week to cook up something new.” He added that, “There’s incredible work to […]

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US tells diplomats to lobby against foreign data sovereignty laws

The Trump administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against countries’ attempts to regulate how American tech companies handle foreigners’ data.

Sony Announces Tech To Detect Music Used In AI. It Has Plenty Of Company

Sony’s new technology joins a growing list of technologies for managing copyright in the age of AI, echoing similar developments in the post-Napster era 25 years ago.

Does Anthropic think Claude is alive? Define ‘alive’
Does Anthropic think Claude is alive? Define ‘alive’

Over the past several weeks, as more and more Anthropic executives do interviews on a publicity blitz for Claude, one thing has gotten increasingly clear: Anthropic sure seems to think Claude is alive in some way, shape, or form. “Alive” is obviously a loaded term; the more frequently used word is “conscious.” If you ask […]

Adobe Firefly’s video editor can now automatically create a first draft from footage

Adobe Firefly is getting a new feature called Quick Cut that uses AI to edit footage to create a first draft of the final video based on user instructions.