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Meta is planning to release its own prediction market app to compete with popular sites like Kalshi and Polymarket. Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images North America hide caption
Falco, Fox and Peppy prepare for a rescue mission. James Mastromarino/Nintendo hide caption
The tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index has lately been on a roller coaster. In this photo taken in 2000, a woman walks past the Nasdaq sign in New York City's Times Square. Chris Hondros/Getty Images/Hulton Archive hide caption
Scott Kwiatkowski takes part in a demonstration on May 23 at the Utah state Capitol in Salt Lake City to oppose construction of a data center in the state. Support and opposition to artificial intelligence are drawing tens of millions of dollars of spending during the midterm election cycle. Natalie Behring/Getty Images hide caption
A protester holds a sign during a protest outside of OpenAI headquarters calling for a pause in AI development in San Francisco on March 21. Manuel Orbegozo/Reuters hide caption
Get with the times — here’s what a ‘Luddite’ means today
The SPECS exhibit is seen at AWE 2026 at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center on June 16 in Long Beach, Calif. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images hide caption
Snap plans to sell $2,000 AR glasses. Are they the future of wearable tech?
SpaceX's Starship 39 rocket launches from Starbase during the 12th test flight as seen from South Padre Island, Texas, on May 22, 2026. RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
SpaceX's mega-rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, on May 22. Eric Gay/AP Photo hide caption
SpaceX is poised for blastoff with an IPO likely to break records
Protesters hold signs in front the of the Utah state Capitol on May 23 in Salt Lake City to oppose construction of the Stratos data center in Box Elder County. Tech millionaires claim China is behind a wave of local opposition to U.S. data centers, while providing little direct evidence. Natalie Behring/Getty Images hide caption
The theory taking the rich by storm: China funds data center haters
Demonstrators attend an anti-ICE rally in Lewiston, Maine on January 24, 2026. Federal officials have acknowledged collecting information on some protesters, even as they deny maintaining a database tracking U.S. citizens. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
ICE denies having a protester database. But a letter to Congress sheds more light
Author and journalist Karen Hao delivered the opening keynote speech at the re:publica 26 media conference on May 18, titled "How Silicon Valley is Reshaping the World - via AI." Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Pope Leo calls AI firms a new form of colonialism, echoing tech critics
CEO Tim Cook waves during the annual World Wide Developers Conference at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Monday, June 8, 2026. Noah Berger/AP Photo hide caption
Hey, Siri: Apple just announced a long-awaited AI update
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt poses for a selfie during a campaign event Sunday, May 31, 2026, in Los Angeles. Jill Connelly/AP hide caption
On X, influencers are using prediction markets to sow distrust about election results
Most teachers say AI’s impact on education will eclipse the internet or computers
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos is being investigated for trades on the prediction market Kalshi where he appears to have profited by deceiving the public about attending Trump's State of the Union address in February. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP/AP hide caption
A woman uses a laptop as she lies on the grass in a park in the Manhattan borough of New York City on April 24, 2026. Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A handful of American households pay for AI. Is the future free — or a subscription?
An AT&T crew installs a new cable at a railroad crossing in Hayward, Calif., after the segment got cut down by suspected copper wire thieves. John Ruwitch/NPR hide caption
Former New York congressman George Santos is being investigated by federal regulators over his trading activity on the prediction market site Kalshi. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
DOJ is investigating former congressman George Santos for insider trading on Kalshi
The Trump administration's latest AI executive order directs federal agencies to develop benchmarks to assess AI models' cyber capabilities, to create an "an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse" to review and share information on vulnerabilities, and to shore up the government's security defenses.
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The lawsuit, filed in Florida state court on Monday, accuses OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, of failing to warn users that ChatGPT could be dangerous and instead marketing it as safe and reliable, including for children. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Anthropic is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company founded in 2021. RICCARDO MILANI/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
Anthropic prepares to sell stock to the public; files preliminary IPO paperwork
Participants hold their laptops in front of an illuminated wall at the annual Chaos Computer Club (CCC) computer hackers' congress, called 29C3, on December 28, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. In 2026, open-weight AI models possess advanced capabilities not far behind their proprietary counterparts. Getting rid of open-weight models' guardrails used to take time and deep expertise. But in recent months, that process has become dramatically more accessible and popular. Patrick Lux/Getty Images Europe hide caption