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GenAI Data Exposure: What GenAI Usage Is Really Costing Enterprises

Jul 31, 2025 - Nearly 22% of uploaded files and 4.37% of prompts contained sensitive content. Meanwhile, the average enterprise saw 23 previously unknown GenAI tools newly used by employees.

#GAI #cyber #ChatGPT

GenAI Data Exposure: What GenAI Usage Is Really Costing Enterprises

The pain in your electric bill could be AI’s fault

Jul 30, 2025 - Data centers are creating higher energy costs for some people.

#AI #economy

The pain in your electric bill could be AI’s fault

Cybersecurity leaders are upskilling for AI, focusing less on hiring, new data shows

Jul 29, 2025 - This could exacerbate the cybersecurity worker shortage in the long run.

#cyber #AI #training

Cybersecurity leaders are upskilling for AI, focusing less on hiring, new data shows

Your Nature Photos Are Doing More Science Than You Think

Jul 29, 2025 - The number of peer-reviewed studies using iNaturalist data has surged more than tenfold in the past five years, new research shows.

#dssg #data science #research #University of Florida

Your Nature Photos Are Doing More Science Than You Think

NSF Invests $100M in 5 National AI Research Institutes and NSF AIVO - AI Institutes Virtual Organization

Jul 29, 2025 - The U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with Capital One and Intel, announced a $100 million investment to support five National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes and NSF AIVO, as a central community hub.

#AI #NSF #Intel #partnership

NSF Invests $100M in 5 National AI Research Institutes and NSF AIVO - AI Institutes Virtual Organization

Delaware AI Commission Approves Creating Agentic AI Sandbox

Jul 28, 2025 - The Delaware AI Commission signed off on a plan to develop a technology sandbox, where new agentic AI technologies and regulations can be explored. The first sector officials are interested in examining is corporate governance.

#Delaware #AI #policy

Delaware AI Commission Approves Creating Agentic AI Sandbox

Courts aren't ready for the wave of AI-generated evidence hitting trials

Jul 25, 2025 - Proving a photo, video or audio recording are legitimate and not fakes is becoming difficult.

#GAI #sociotechnical systems #ethics

Courts aren't ready for the wave of AI-generated evidence hitting trials

Rise of AI deepfakes and fraudulent candidates are changing how TA recruits

Jul 25, 2025 - “We have always been trained to identify skill and cultural fit. Now we’re going to have to be trained to identify authenticity and verification.”

#AI #employment

Rise of AI deepfakes and fraudulent candidates are changing how TA recruits

Teens say they are turning to AI for friendship

Jul 23, 2025 - Teenagers are increasingly turning to AI for advice, emotional support and decision-making, according to a new study.

#AI #sociotechnical systems #GAI

Teens say they are turning to AI for friendship

Chatting with bots could rewire the youngest brains

Jul 21, 2025 - As chatbots enter children's lives, pediatricians warn that the interactions could alter their development.

#GAI #sociotechnical systems

Chatting with bots could rewire the youngest brains

Georgia's AI Lab Cooks Up Tech Ideas in New Test Kitchen

Jul 18, 2025 - The state’s technology department officially opened its Innovation Lab this week — a dedicated space for ethical AI experimentation aimed at advancing public service.

#Georgia #policy #AI

Georgia's AI Lab Cooks Up Tech Ideas in New Test Kitchen

Google tapped billions of mobile phones to detect quakes worldwide — and send alerts

Jul 17, 2025 - Study reveals how the tech behemoth is using the motions sensors on phones to expand quake warnings to more countries.

#google #dssg

Google tapped billions of mobile phones to detect quakes worldwide — and send alerts

Will AI end cheap flights? Critics attack Delta’s “predatory” AI pricing.

Jul 17, 2025 - Your data could soon be used to spike flight costs, as Delta expands AI pilot.

#ethics #AI #business #economics

Will AI end cheap flights? Critics attack Delta’s “predatory” AI pricing.

Mistral's Le Chat chatbot gets a productivity push with new ‘deep research' mode

Jul 17, 2025 - French AI lab Mistral introduced a range of new features to its Le Chat chatbot that bring it closer to the capabilities of rivals like OpenAI and Google.

#Mistral #GAI

Mistral's Le Chat chatbot gets a productivity push with new ‘deep research' mode

Nvidia says new AI weather forecasting model boosts speed, accuracy

Jul 17, 2025 - Nvidia said its new FourCastNet 3 can generate a 15-day global forecast in just 64 seconds.

#AI #Nvidia

Nvidia says new AI weather forecasting model boosts speed, accuracy

Voltage Park joins NSF-led National AI Research Resource pilot to expand access to advanced computing

Jul 16, 2025 - The U.S. National Science Foundation is proud to announce a new partnership with Voltage Park in support of NAIRR

#NSF #NAIRR #partnership #AI #computing #Nvidia

Voltage Park joins NSF-led National AI Research Resource pilot to expand access to advanced computing

‘Another DeepSeek moment’: Chinese AI model Kimi K2 stirs excitement

Jul 16, 2025 - The latest version of the chatbot, developed by start-up Moonshot AI, is open for researchers to build on.

#China #AI #Moonshot AI

‘Another DeepSeek moment’: Chinese AI model Kimi K2 stirs excitement

AI Avatars on TikTok

Jul 15, 2025 - TikTok creators posting as A.I. avatars are stealing, word-for-word, what real-life creators have posted. And these videos can get millions of views.⁠

#GAI #sociotechnical systems

AI Avatars on TikTok

Are Americans Worrying About the Wrong Jobs that Will Be Impacted by AI?

Jul 15, 2025 - This chart shows the share of AI experts/U.S. adults who think AI will lead to fewer jobs for various careers in the U.S.

#AI #employment #data

Are Americans Worrying About the Wrong Jobs that Will Be Impacted by AI?

Exploring How to Power AI Sustainably

Jul 11, 2025 - A NASEM webinar examined AI’s growing appetite for electricity and possible solutions for powering it sustainably.

#NASEM #AI #infrastructure #environment

Exploring How to Power AI Sustainably

Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review

Jul 11, 2025 - Some studies containing instructions in white text or small font — visible only to machines — will be withdrawn from preprint servers.

#GAI #research

Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review

Indeed, Glassdoor to Cut 1,300 Jobs in AI-Focused Consolidation

Jul 10, 2025 - Both owned by the Japanese group Recruit Holdings Co. — are cutting roughly 1,300 jobs as part of a broader move to combine operations and shift more focus toward artificial intelligence.

#AI #economy

Indeed, Glassdoor to Cut 1,300 Jobs in AI-Focused Consolidation

AI, Wrong Guy: Investigating the use and dangers of artificial intelligence in Jacksonville policing

Jul 10, 2025 - A Lee County man was wrongfully arrested last year after AI facial recognition technology used by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office got it wrong.

#ethics #AI

AI, Wrong Guy: Investigating the use and dangers of artificial intelligence in Jacksonville policing

Mississippi’s AI Ambitions Take Shape With NVIDIA Partnership

Jul 10, 2025 - The state’s work with the technology company aims to bring artificial intelligence education and real-world innovation to classrooms, communities and industry. It's intended to bring in jobs as well.

#Mississippi #Nvidia #higher ed #training #partnership #education

Mississippi’s AI Ambitions Take Shape With NVIDIA Partnership

OpenAI’s o3 tops new AI league table for answering scientific questions

Jul 10, 2025 - o3 outperformed DeepSeek-R1 and Google’s Gemini-2.5-Pro at answering questions on natural sciences, health care, engineering, and humanities and social science.

#LLM #OpenAI #google #Allen Institute for AI #DeepSeek

OpenAI’s o3 tops new AI league table for answering scientific questions

How AI Integration is Changing K-12 Education in Hawaii

Jul 9, 2025 - From vibe coding to homeschooling to academic support and personalization, artificial intelligence tools are powering new trends and possibilities for both teachers and students in schools across the state.

#Hawaii #EdTech #GAI #K12

How AI Integration is Changing K-12 Education in Hawaii

Govt. AI Assessment Ranks States’ Readiness, Adoption Levels

Jul 9, 2025 - A new analysis by Code for America illustrates artificial intelligence readiness in the public sector across three key areas: leadership and governance, capacity building, and technical infrastructure and capabilities.

#Code for America #AI #policy #north carolina #Washington DC #Utah #New Jersey #Pennsylvania #Colorado #Minnesota

Govt. AI Assessment Ranks States’ Readiness, Adoption Levels

YouTube rolls out new rules to curb AI content: Who is affected (and who is safe)?

Jul 10, 2025 - Asserting that the platform always wanted creators to upload ‘original’ and ‘authentic’ content, the streaming giant from Google’s parent Alphabet upgrades its rules for the YouTube Partner Programme

#google #GAI #policy

YouTube rolls out new rules to curb AI content: Who is affected (and who is safe)?

New CZI AI model could help scientists pinpoint signs of cancer cells

Jul 10, 2025 - CZI announced its latest AI model, GREmLN, aimed at helping researchers better understand how cells behave by focusing on the key networks that control cell behavior.

#CZI #AI #bioinformatics

New CZI AI model could help scientists pinpoint signs of cancer cells

New report shows China dominates in AI research – and is western world’s leading collaborator on AI

Jul 10, 2025 - China is outstripping the rest of the world in artificial intelligence research at a time when AI is becoming a "strategic asset" akin to energy or military capability

#China #AI #policy

New report shows China dominates in AI research – and is western world’s leading collaborator on AI