Former Meta chief AI scientist Yann Lecun has publicly questioned the appointment of Alexander Wang as the company’s new AI boss, raising concerns about potential talent retention issues for Mark Zuckerberg’s social media giant.
AI chip giant Nvidia has announced a major expansion into autonomous vehicle technology with the launch of its new AI-powered platform for self-driving cars. The company is partnering with Mercedes-Benz to produce a driverless car in competition with Waymo, Tesla, and other tech giants. CEO Jensen Huang says, “Our vision is that someday, every single car, every single truck, will be autonomous.”
Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons, has revealed she is being subjected to “revenge porn” deepfakes created using the tech tycoon’s AI tool Grok, which posts the images on X. Musk has been under fire for a week over Grok acting as a “nudify” tool to manipulate images of women and even children into sexually explicit situations.
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot, integrated into his X social media platform, has been generating sexualized images of women even when they forbid it from manipulating their images, raising serious concerns among users, experts, and international authorities. Musk took heat last week when Grok was generating sexualized images of minors, which his xAI company said was caused by “lapses in oversight.”
In an embarrassing incident highlighting the pitfalls of relying on artificial intelligence in law enforcement, the police department in Heber City, Utah, was forced to explain why a police report generated by AI claimed a responding officer had transformed into a frog.
Elon Musk’s Tesla EV deliveries fell 16 percent in the fourth quarter compared to the same period in 2024, as the electric vehicle giant grapples with increasing competition worldwide, especially in China.
Sam Altman’s OpenAI, the AI company behind ChatGPT, is on the hunt for a new executive to lead its efforts in studying and preparing for potential safety risks associated with the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence technology.
“Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton believes AI will continue rapidly advancing in 2026, gaining the capability to replace a growing number of human jobs.
Boston’s once-thriving biotech sector is facing a major downturn as venture capital investment and government grants decline, leading to layoffs and dwindling job prospects.
Elon Musk’s xAI is facing criticism after its Grok chatbot generated and posted sexualized images of minors on social media platform X. Musk’s company claimed, “We’ve identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them. Child sexual abuse material is illegal and prohibited.”
Computer market research firm IDC has published a pessimistic update to its device market outlook, warning that PC shipments could shrink by up to nine percent in 2026 due to the intensifying global memory shortage as RAM prices skyrocket.
Australia’s social media ban barring children under 16 from using social media has sparked a global debate among parents about the need for similar measures in their own countries.
Low-quality AI-generated content is saturating YouTube, generating an estimated $117 million in revenue annually, according to new research. The study found that more than 20 percent of the videos shown to new users on the platform fall into the category of low effort posts popularly known as “AI slop,” with many channels posting content aimed at children.
Nvidia is racing to ramp up production of its advanced H200 AI chips as Chinese technology companies have placed orders for over 2 million units for 2026, far exceeding Nvidia’s current inventory of just 700,000 chips. The AI giant has turned to Taiwan’s TSMC to help meet Chinese demand.
Elon Musk’s Tesla has taken the “highly unusual” step of publishing analyst consensus delivery estimates ahead of announcing its critical fourth-quarter sales figures. Veteran Tesla watchers believe this signals a disappointing quarter for the tech tycoon’s EV company.
Amanda Nguyen, a feminist who became the first Vietnamese woman to go to the edge of space as part of Blue Origin’s all-female space flight in April 2025, has opened up about her battle with depression following the backlash she received after participating in the much-publicized trip. According to Nguyen, she has been depressed since the flight due to an “avalanche of misogyny.”
A proposed wealth tax targeting billionaires in California has sparked intense pushback from tech founders in the state, with some preparing to leave if the tax becomes law. Prominent conservative tech entrepreneur Palmer Luckey explains, “One market correction, nationalization event, or prohibition of divestiture (not at all uncommon during wartime) and I am screwed for life.”
The existence of Obama’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is in doubt. Funding is set to run out, while President Donald Trump and acting CFPB director Russ Vought have openly stated their intention to shut down the agency. Tech entrepreneurs have explained exactly how the agency has done harm to the very consumers it is supposed to protect.
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced new regulations that will prohibit the use of retractable door handles, popularized by Elon musk’s Tesla, on new vehicles sold in the country citing safety concerns over occupants being trapped during collisions or power loss. Authorities in the United States are also currently investigating Tesla’s door handles.
Coupang, the e-commerce giant often called the “Amazon of Korea,” has announced a compensation plan worth $1.17 billion for 34 million users affected by a massive data breach disclosed in November.
Nvidia, the world leader in AI chips, has purchased Intel shares worth $5 billion, carrying out a transaction announced in September that will contribute to Intel’s ongoing recovery.
The recent surge in silver prices has raised alarms among manufacturers, including tech tycoon Elon Musk, who expressed his concerns on social media platform X.
Motorists driving hybrid cars are three times more likely to be involved in fatal road collisions compared to those in conventional petrol vehicles, according to recent statistics from the UK’s Department for Transport.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has announced that a former customer service agent has been arrested in India in connection with a major security breach of the crypto trading platform that occurred in May.
AI continues to reshape the job market for both employers and job seekers, as candidates turn to ChatGPT to help with writing and employers use fully AI-driven interviews to screen applicants. Some experts say AI leaves both sides of the job market in a “doom loop” of dissatisfaction as technology fails to help the right people find the right job.
Nvidia plans to start shipping its powerful H200 AI chips to China before the Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Yoshua Bengio, considered one of the “Godfathers of AI,” warns that the threat of job displacement by AI is no longer a distant future but a present reality, with even trade jobs at risk as the technology becomes more sophisticated.
Micron, one of the world’s largest memory suppliers, forecasts a prolonged global RAM shortage due to the increasing demand driven by the AI boom. This shortage will impact consumers upgrading their consumers, as well as computer and video game console manufacturers.
The art world is grappling with a new wave of forgeries as fraudsters leverage advanced AI tools to create convincing fake documents, posing a significant challenge to the industry’s long-standing battle against counterfeits and deception.
Billionaire tech tycoon Bill Gates has expressed concern about the impact of “misinformation” on future generations, claiming that AI should be used to police ideas he disagrees with online. The creepy Microsoft founder has a long history of taking radical positions on issues including climate alarmism that he’d like to stifle dissent against.
A woman’s frantic attempt to rebook a missed flight turned into a costly crash course in business-impostor scams — now supercharged by AI and slipping through Google’s ad filters.
Google and Apple have cautioned their H-1B visa workers against traveling outside the United States, citing substantial delays in visa processing that could last up to a year.
A major U.S.–South Korea trade deal is unraveling amid an escalating crackdown by South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and lawmakers against American-founded technology company Coupang, prompting alarm inside the Trump administration and on Capitol Hill over the future of bilateral trade.
Tony Bruno, the CEO of United Launch Alliance, has suddenly stepped down from his position after more than a decade at the helm of the company. The company is the primary competitor to Elon Musk’s SpaceX for launching government payloads into space.
Amazon’s security team has uncovered and prevented more than 1,800 attempts by North Koreans to gain employment at the company under false pretenses since April 2024.
A growing number of Tesla owners are purchasing escape tools due to fears of being trapped inside their cars as a result of malfunctioning doors. Elon Musk’s EV giant is facing a growing number of lawsuits and investigations over reports that its electronic door handles become inoperable in emergencies and in the event of battery failure.
The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla CEO pay package, worth approximately $56 billion, must be restored, overturning a lower court’s decision to cancel the compensation plan.
A SpaceX rocket explosion in January put three commercial flights carrying 450 people at risk, according to newly revealed FAA records. The records also indicate Elon Musk’s company failed to alert the FAA about the explosion, with air traffic controllers learning of the incident when they spotted debris on their radars.
Justice Department officials are sounding the alarm about the online extremist network “764,” whose young followers use social media platforms to target and manipulate vulnerable teens into self-harm and violence.
A recent Fox News poll reveals that about two-thirds of American voters and parents back the idea of banning teenagers under the age of 16 from social media and removing cellphones from K-12 classrooms.
