Social media becomes world’s leading news source, report warns

State Information Technology Services officials said the enterprise agreement lowers costs, simplifies acquisition and expands access to AI tools and training for more than 130,000 state employees.

As the state accelerates the use of artificial intelligence in government, more than 50 state agencies, boards and offices now report using AI tools, prompting questions about transparency and oversight.

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Government announces plans to invest billions, but questions linger over how its proposals on chips, social media and more will work Ownership of the commanding heights of the AI economy is a political talking point around the world, as countries seek to assert some control of a technology dominated by the US and China. London Tech Week, the showcase event for the UK tech industry, focused heavily on that theme this week. A government keen to show it has a growth story, and an assertive narrative on AI, made a number of announcements related to companies, skills and infrastructure. Some represented new commitments and ideas; others appeared to be putting a polish on already announced measures. Continue reading...

SpaceX’s IPO on Friday allows the public to buy shares of the combined rocket, AI, and social media company for the first time, and is raising enough money to likely make Elon Musk the first trillionaire.  He’ll have more wealth, on paper at least, than the economies of nations like Ireland, Sweden, or his home country of South Africa (CNN cites the International Monetary Fund saying only 20 countries have economies larger than $1.1 trillion), now largely based on the promise of a business based on launching AI datacenters into space. Follow along here for the latest updates. SpaceX is now public Elon Musk is encouraging race riots on the eve of SpaceX’s IPO Here’s the first SpaceX AI data center. The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you SpaceX gets $4 billion contract to build missile-tracking ‘Golden Dome’ satellites In SpaceX’s IPO, Elon Musk is the risk factor SpaceX just filed for what could be the biggest IPO ever The SpaceX IPO is a

A video claiming to show the Iranian army downing a US Apache attack helicopter has garnered millions of views on social media. But the video was AI-generated.

Developers are complaining on social media that Claude Fable 5’s safety system is blocking benign prompts, from résumé edits to shopping lists.