2026-07-16

Suno trained its AI on millions of songs from YouTube Music, Deezer and other sites, new hack reveals — and critics have branded it 'staggering theft'

Suno has previously faced criticism for building an AI song creator on copyrighted works, and here's more evidence. [...]

2026-07-16

NTSB says Tesla driver floored the accelerator to override self-driving in fatal Texas crash

A preliminary federal report confirmed that Michael Butler floored the accelerator, disabling Full Self-Driving, before his Model 3 struck a home at more than 70 mph [...]

2026-07-16

Fireworks AI raised $1.5 billion as companies flee costly AI for open-source alternatives

The AI infrastructure startup surpassed $1 billion in annualized revenue, up fivefold year-over-year, as companies seek cheaper alternatives to frontier models [...]

2026-07-16

Dallas Fed president is calling for higher interest rates to finish the inflation fight

Lorie Logan said inflation does not appear headed back to 2% and that modest rate increases would better balance the Fed's dual mandate [...]

2026-07-16

15 of history's deadliest pandemics — and what finally stopped each one

From the Antonine Plague to COVID-19 — the pathogens, the death tolls, and the specific conditions that ended each outbreak [...]

2026-07-16

xAI sued a Grok user for allegedly generating deepfakes of child sexual abuse

The lawsuit, one of the first by an AI company against a user over explicit AI content, seeks damages and a permanent ban from Grok [...]

2026-07-16

The EU is forcing Google to open Android to rival AI and share its search data

Google will have to let rival AI assistants run on Android the way its own Gemini does. It must also hand some of its search data to competitors. The European Commission set out both requirements on Thursday. The two decisions fall under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), the Commission said. The law forces “gatekeeper” […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-16

AI and a brain implant restored a paralysed man’s movement and touch

Researchers have restored hand movement and the sense of touch to a man paralysed from the chest down. The results, published in Nature Medicine, suggest the technology partly rewired his nervous system. The system, called a “double neural bypass,” comes from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, the research arm of Northwell Health, the team […]<br /> This story continues at [...]

2026-07-16

Verizon cuts 3,000 retail jobs as AI replaces customer service and stores move to franchises

Verizon is cutting about 3,000 employees from its corporate-owned retail stores and transferring 274 locations to independent operators, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The changes take effect on August 16 and will leave the largest US mobile carrier with 1,000 company-owned stores alongside roughly 5,000 independent franchises. A company spokesperson said many of the workers at […]<br /> [...]