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Amazon kicks out Meta's Muse in split over AI shopping

The agentic shopping revolution — the trend of empowering AI to buy stuff for you online — is already running into a major roadblock: tension over who controls the experience and the related data.

California tightens rules on AI data center energy and water use

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OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems

The group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research.

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Meta's Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch

Meta’s new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period after its mobile debut, according to new estimates from Appfigures.

Trump says there are ways to 'rein' in AI 'if we have to'

President Donald Trump stressed the US will "be careful" in how it handles AI.

Meta's AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com

Muse isn't welcome as a shopper anymore.

FAA launches AI tool to assist air traffic control at major D.C.-area airports

Federal aviation officials on Monday launched an artificial-intelligence-powered air traffic control tool at the three main airports serving the Washington area, the Transportation Department said.

Ahead of Sam Altman's UN address, OpenAI proposes new ways to track AI misalignment risks

Sam Altman readies a global AI safety pitch for the UN.

Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026

A third-party cybersecurity firm accidentally gave experimental Gemini models access to the Internet.

Russell Vought Will Reportedly Be Given Veto Power Over All NIH Grants

Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.

With Tabby, a former accountant is using AI to make accountants obsolete

Tabby is designed to be a real-time bookkeeping interface, handling clients’ paperwork as it gives them up-to-the-minute data on their business’s profit and loss.