In an unprecedented day of privacy enforcement, Google was hit with $806 million in combined penalties on Wednesday as authorities on two continents delivered a coordinated blow to the tech giant’s data collection empire. The dual actions signal what analysts call a turning point in global privacy enforcement — the end of Big Tech’s ability

Industry interest has been piqued by AI browsers, which promote the idea that users can organize everything all in one place, instead of in multiple disparate tabs, and call on the assistance of AI agents to help. Atlassian is making a play in this nascent space, with plans to acquire The Browser Company of New

Of all the startups that have come and gone, the personal finance company Klarna might be one of the best bellwethers for the finance industry overall. Specializing in “buy now pay later” microloans — tiny cash advances for purchases that don’t need to go through a bank — Klarna hit app stores at a time

With artificial intelligence integrating — or infiltrating — into every corner of our lives, some less-than-ethical mental health professionals have begun using it in secret, causing major trust issues for the vulnerable clients who pay them for their sensitivity and confidentiality. As MIT Technology Review reports, therapists have used OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other large language models

Crime rates in the United States, as a matter of statistical fact, have fallen drastically over the past 30 years — but at the same time, due to a mix of sensational news reporting and irresponsible political rhetoric, the average American mistakenly believes they’re increasing. And now, barreling into that reality is a 38-year-old tech

For a while now, we’ve been seeing companies that fired a bunch of their human workers in favor of artificial intelligence move to recoup some of that flesh-and-blood labor. Now, that push has resulted in a new line of gig work: slop fixer-uppers, who get paid to improve AI-generated art, writing, and code — by making

The EU has a chance to shape how the world approaches AI and data governance. AI News spoke with Resham Kotecha, Global Head of Policy at the Open Data Institute (ODI), who said that opportunity lies in proving that protecting people’s rights and supporting innovation can go hand in hand. The ODI’s European Data and

The promise of AI remains immense – but one thing might be holding it back. “The infrastructure that powers AI today won’t sustain tomorrow’s demands,” a recent CIO.com article leads. “CIOs must rethink how to scale smarter – not just bigger – or risk falling behind.” CrateDB agrees – and the database firm is betting

A group of Swiss institutions has released a new open AI model, designed to serve as a foundation for future research and applications. Built by EPFL, ETH Zurich, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), the model is called Apertus – Latin for “open.” The name reflects its core principle: every part of its design

Today, Midoo AI proudly announces the launch of the world’s first AI language learning agent, a groundbreaking innovation set to transform language education forever. For decades, language learning has pursued one ultimate goal: true personalization. Traditional tools offered smart recommendations, gamified challenges, and pre-written role-play scripts—but real personalization remained out of reach. Midoo AI changes that. Here is