In January, the Trump administration rolled out a pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to authorize or deny certain types of care for patients with Medicare—a federal healthcare program for seniors that previously hasn’t required doctors to get any such pre-approval, called prior authorization. Not long after, media outlets began relaying the disastrous outcomes: technical difficulties,...

Bill Gates will warn on this weekend's "Meet the Press" that he can see a future where AI wipes out humanity. Why it matters:Gates, one of technology's leading optimists, has increasingly sounded the alarm on AI dangers. His new comments come as techology leaders and the government weight how to handle fears of an AI-created doomsday. Driving the news: "AI is certainly powerful enough to drive eve...

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back on calls for AI companies to work together to slow the pace of their products’ development, following warnings from inside AI labs of the potential for human annihilation via rogue technology. In an interview with NBC News’ chief tech analyst Joanna Stern, Zuckerberg said that leading AI companies could slow down or pause development of their own pr...

AI hyperscalers may need to raise productivity 2.7 times by 2030 to justify nearly $1.1 trillion in infrastructure spending through 2027, according to new research. Key Points: - AI hyperscalers face a 2.7-times productivity hurdle by 2030 to justify current infrastructure commitments. - Morgan Stanley estimates about $2.9 trillion in global data-center spending through 2028, with roughly $1.5 tri...

If you’re still OK with posting pictures of your kids on social media, take a minute to hear from mother of two Kalie Robins. At the start of September, she did something that hundreds of thousands of parents do every day. She posted a video of her young daughter on Facebook. Under the video of Robins and her daughter singing in a car, Facebook’s Meta AI system displayed a suggested question: “Who...

Technology and Science · 21 September, 2026 · 2 min read Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Agent From Amazon.com Shopping After Meta Rejects Removal Request Amazon blocked Muse from shopping on Amazon.com after dispute over unauthorized access. Amazon demanded Meta remove its marketplace from Muse and cited lack of authorization. Most outlets consistently focus on Amazon blocking Muse over consent. 10 ...

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Trump brutally mocked over bizarre effort to rename AI 'superior' or 'extreme' intelligence It comes as President Donald Trump has criticized efforts to slow the fast-moving industry's development amid growing global concerns about AI, particularly in the last week, with several industry figures raising the alarm about its risks Donald Trump was slammed Sunday over a bizarre poll on Truth Social a...

Kash Patel says that AI use at the FBI has 'increased by 605%' since he became director — claims that every major tech player is 'embedded' in the agency A seemingly unsupported figure that nevertheless may be grounded in truth. FBI Director Kash Patel just stated in an interview that he's responsible for a "605% increase" in the bureau's usage of AI. The problem is that while the pattern-recognit...

A SUMMIT organised by King Charles in Scotland with the world’s biggest AI companies in attendance has been condemned as a “secretive” meeting that excluded local communities. The monarch hosted executives from Nvidia, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and OpenAI at Dumfries House in Ayrshire on Thursday to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. But the gathering has been criticised by the Scotti...