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A survivor of the January 2025 Nashville high school shooting is suing Omnilert, the manufacturer of an AI gun detection system that failed to alert authorities. The lawsuit alleges the company oversold its technology’s capabilities, which had significant limitations in detecting weapons during emergencies. The system was part of a $1 million contract with the...

Alphabet invests in Intel AI chips, secures $1B in municipal bonds for clean energy, and raises dividend a penny, signaling vertical integration in AI.Alphabet is pulling multiple levers simultaneously to fund its artificial intelligence ambitions, and the market is taking notice — even if the stock is showing signs of near-term fatigue. The Google parent...

Meta walks back facial recognition in Meta AI app  Social Media Todaysource

UPDATED 11:24 EDT / JUNE 08 2026 by Ryan Stevens As AI agents gain access to sensitive enterprise data, AI agent security is becoming a top priority for organizations. The challenge is no longer just protecting systems, but ensuring autonomous agents can be trusted, governed and controlled at scale.For the past two decades, enterprise security...

Spotlighting Independent South African ArtistsHere’s the short answer right away: yes. Artlist gives new users access to a meaningful selection of AI image generation models as part of its free trial. No payment details required to get started. But the more useful answer is what those free models actually are, what they’re capable of, and...

Big names in tech, politics, and more are responding to the pope’s lengthy letter about AI.Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, or a letter to the church about a relevant social issue, on Monday. His writing spans 245 paragraphs and covers AI-related monopolies, employment concerns, ethics, and more.He titled the letter: “Magnifica humanitas: on...

Researchers at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) have developed a pen that can detect early signs of autism in handwriting. The project, dubbed ‘iSULAT’ (Intelligent Stroke Utilization, Learning, Assessment, and Testing Pen), was spearheaded by Associate Professor Edison Roxas, chair of the Department of Electronics Engineering.  Roxas said that handwriting is a “deeply personal...

Singapore Singapore Educational AI tools by MOE have built-in safety guardrails to protect students’ interests, privacy and well-being, Education Minister Desmond Lee says.A class of Primary 4 students at Palm View Primary School conducting science experiments during their E2K Science lesson on Feb 26, 2026. (Photo: CNA/Alyssa Tan) This audio is generated by an AI...

Apple overhauls AI offerings with help from Gemini in Tim Cook’s final WWDC  ABS-CBNsource

From Lagos to Nairobi, Accra to Kigali, a quiet revolution is underway. Data is becoming infrastructure. Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries. And the continent that the world once overlooked is rapidly emerging as one of the most consequential arenas for technological transformation in the 21st century.Now in its third edition, the Bluechip Data and AI...