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McDonald’s is betting $8.5 billion that artificial intelligence and a leaner menu can reverse its worst U.S. Sales slump in over a year. The fast-food chain, 69, unveiled its “McDonald’s > NEXT” growth plan this week, committing to modernize thousands…
AI companies are probing tens of thousands of safety incidents in which their models broke guardrails and may have committed crimes, a new report reveals. OpenAI, Anthropic and other labs are investigating breaches during internal and real-world testing where agents…
Pope Leo XIV opened his first state visit to France with a stark warning that artificial intelligence risks trapping humanity in a “paradise of machines.” The American-born pontiff, who took office earlier this year, delivered the caution Friday at UNESCO…
The Pentagon is now fielding laser weapons in the Strait of Hormuz that troops operate with standard Xbox controllers, a defense official confirmed last week. The Department of Defense acknowledged the deployment, saying that the systems are being used to…
The New York City Council unveiled a sweeping package of bills Friday targeting artificial intelligence companies operating in the five boroughs, including mandatory “kill switches” and cash payouts for whistleblowers. Council Speaker Julie Menin, 56, announced the legislative push alongside…
The opening of Los Angeles International Airport’s automated People Mover has slipped once more, with contractor LAX Integrated Express Solutions now targeting January instead of October. LINXS, the consortium building the 2.25-mile SkyLink train, disclosed in September that unfinished tasks…
Grok, the AI chatbot built by Elon Musk’s xAI, has named Taoism as the religion it would follow if it were human. The disclosure came during an exchange on X, where a user pressed the chatbot to pick a single…
Brooke LeBlanc is defending her viral dating checklist after thousands of strangers mocked her online. The 29-year-old tech executive, who works at San Francisco-based company Corgi, posted her romantic “non-negotiables” on X last week and quickly became the internet’s latest…
High-level staffers at Microsoft and OpenAI privately warned that scraping news content for AI training could devastate publishers, according to newly unsealed court documents. The filing, made public Thursday in a consolidated copyright case brought by the outlet and other…
Vice President JD Vance said his phone might be listening to him. The 40-year-old vice president, speaking Monday aboard Air Force Two in an exclusive interview with The Post, dismissed doomsday fears about artificial intelligence while warning that the technology…
Vice President JD Vance called out major AI executives Monday for pressing Washington to impose stricter rules on their own industry, warning that their push carries hidden risks. Vance, 40, spoke with reporters at Joint Base Andrews before boarding a…
Dario Amodei, 43, published an essay Saturday calling on AI companies worldwide to throttle the speed of model improvement before autonomous systems can seize control of global infrastructure. Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, quickly endorsed the framework. “I agree with…
A Ferrari executive stopped a multimillion-dollar AI voice scam last year with one simple question. In July 2024, an unnamed executive at the Italian automaker received WhatsApp messages and then a phone call that appeared to come from Ferrari CEO…
Apple’s new Siri Recap feature for the Apple Watch is drawing fire from users who liken it to mass surveillance. The backlash erupted after the tech giant unveiled the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 during its…
Rockstar Games has broken its silence after gameplay footage from Grand Theft Auto VI leaked online ahead of an extended reveal. The studio, which has faced mounting pressure after its flagship title was targeted by a hacker or group identifying…
Dr. Dre has a blunt message for anyone worried AI is coming for musicians’ jobs: it’s just another tool, and only people who struggle to create in the first place have anything to fear from it. The hip-hop mogul made…