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The Trump administration just drew a sharp line in one of the most contentious battles in technology. On Tuesday, the Justice Department filed a detailed brief in Manhattan federal court backing OpenAI against The New York Times and a group of other publishers. Training large language models on copyrighted material counts as fair use, government

One Google Home user now answers to Fish Lemon. The name appeared after a casual chat about cooking fish. Gemini for Home decided this new label fit better than the owner’s actual name. Reminders arrive addressed to Fish Lemon. The moniker shows up on smart displays. Even direct orders to switch back last only briefly

Americans have developed a complicated relationship with artificial intelligence. Recent polls show strong enthusiasm for the technology’s potential to transform daily life, from smarter personal assistants to breakthroughs in healthcare and scientific research. Yet that same public opinion turns sharply negative when the conversation shifts to the physical infrastructure required to make those advances possible.

Rust developers working on blockchain smart contracts or embedded devices now have a markedly faster option for running WebAssembly code. Wasmi 2.0 arrived on September 1, 2026. The update transforms the interpreter’s core. Execution speeds jumped roughly 2.2 times on average. The gains come from years of careful engineering. Robin Freyler, the project’s lead maintainer,

Anthropic has introduced a new content moderation tool designed to help developers identify and filter potentially harmful material generated by AI systems. The release comes with a notable limitation that could affect how organizations choose to implement it across their platforms. According to a report from CNET, the tool scans text for signs of violence,

Palo Alto-based Abliteration launched its latest creation this week. The model carries a clunky name: abliterated-model-large-v2. Its promise stands out in an industry obsessed with limits. This system does not decline requests that other artificial intelligence tools reject outright. Founded last year, the startup makes no secret of its goal. Its website declares the aim

The Federal Communications Commission wants Americans to know exactly which phone companies do a good job of stopping illegal robocalls and which ones fall short. On September 2, the agency released a public notice seeking comment on a proposed robocall mitigation scorecard that would rate wireless, wireline and VoIP providers. The idea is simple. Give

Anthropic just committed another $35 billion to secure AI training and inference capacity. The partner? Lambda, an Nvidia-backed cloud specialist few outside the infrastructure world knew well until now. The site sits in Nueces County, Texas. The developer is Hut 8, a former crypto miner now chasing high-performance computing demand. And Nvidia holds the lease

Meta Platforms is abandoning Google Chat for Slack as its primary internal messaging system. The decision, detailed in an internal memo from its AI chief, marks another twist in the social media giant’s long search for the right workplace communication tools. The switch comes less than a year after Meta shifted from its own legacy

Mozilla just handed iPhone owners a new tool to fight back against cluttered web pages. On September 1, the organization rolled out a built-in ad blocker for Firefox on iOS. It stops many third-party ads and trackers before they load. The feature promises faster page loads and less visual noise. Yet it comes with clear