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The federal agency that has asked government workers to document five things they accomplished over the past week has officially ended the practice, which was initiated by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, CBS News reported. Scott Kupor, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, said in a statement that the office communicated with human resources leads at federal
OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT will now remind users to take breaks if they’re in a particularly long chat with AI. The new feature is part of OpenAI’s ongoing attempts to cultivate a healthier relationship with the frequently compliant and overly-encouraging AI assistant, Engadget reported. The company’s announcement suggests the “gentle reminders” will appear as pop-ups in chats that users
The “department of government efficiency (DOGE) is using artificial intelligence to create a “delete list” of federal regulations, according to a report, proposing to use the tool to cut 50% of regulations buy the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s second inauguration, The Guardian reported. The “DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool” will analyze 200,000 government regulations, according to internal documents obtained
Meta on Friday said starting in October it will no longer accept political, election, or social issue ads in the European Union, in response to new regulation that says it will cause 'significant operational challenges and legal uncertainties.” Axios reported. Why it Matters: Google already said it would pull ads in the EU for the same reason. Campaigns and cause
When DeepSeek, Alibaba, another Chinese firms released their AI models, Western researchers quickly noticed thy sidestepped questions critical of the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. officials later confirmed that these tools are engineered to reflect Beijing’s talking points, raising concerns about censorship and bias, TechCrunch reported.
Microsoft on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military after a report in investigative journalism outlet ProPublica sparked questions from a U.S. senator and prompted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to order a two-week review of Pentagon cloud deals, Reuters reported. The report detailed Microsoft’s use of Chinese engineers to work on
Meta has refused to sign the European Union’s code of practice for its AI Act, weeks before the bloc’s rules for providers of general-purpose AI models take effect. TechCrunch reported. “Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI,” wrote Meta’s chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan in a post on LinkedIn. “We have carefully reviewed the European Commissions Code