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Human rights groups have launched a new legal challenge against the use of algorithms to detect error and fraud in France’s welfare system, amid claims that single mothers are disproportionately affected.

The hack exposed the data of 31 million users as the embattled Wayback Machine maker scrambles to stay online and contain the fallout of digital—and legal—attacks

OpenAI’s spree of licensing agreements is paying off already—at least in terms of getting publishers to lower their guard.

Downpours at Spruce Pine, NC, have taken the biggest known deposit of high-purity quartz offline, leaving the global tech supply chain potentially starved of an ingredient vital for making microchips.

Researchers found a flaw in a Kia web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will—the latest in a plague of Web bugs that’s affected a dozen carmakers.

A U.N. report proposes that the organization take a much more active role in the monitoring and oversight of AI.

In an Intelligence Committee hearing with representatives from Google, Apple, and Meta on Wednesday, senators stressed that foreign influence is far from a solved problem.

Stanford computer scientist Fei-Fei Li is unveiling a startup that aims to teach AI systems deep knowledge of physical reality. Investors are throwing money at it.

A datacenter in Paris has been hooked up to the energy system heating the Olympic pool. But critics say that projects recycling datacenters’ excess heat are a distraction from the real environmental costs of AI.