General AI News

White House Puts Powerful A.I. on Notice With New Security Review Plan The government wants an early look at America’s most advanced A.I. models before they hit the public — but some major systems may escape the inspection completely. WASHINGTON — The White House is preparing to give Silicon Valley’s most powerful artificial-intelligence systems a serious security shakedown before companies release them into the wild. The Trump administration has developed a voluntary framework that would allow federal officials to examine certain advanced A.I. models for dangerous cybersecurity capabilities before they are released publicly. In plain English: If a tech...

Mario Lopez Deletes “Weird” AI Video of Niece After Online Backlash Mario’s family day at the ballpark took a seriously strange turn — and the internet was definitely not laughing. Mario Lopez is catching major heat after posting an AI-generated video featuring his 19-year-old niece, Kalia Wong — and let’s just say social media users wanted this one sent straight to the digital trash can. The Saved by the Bell actor and television host was enjoying a family outing with Kalia at Dodger Stadium when he shared a bizarre computer-generated version of their day at the ballpark. From Baseball...

Harry and Meghan Put Big Tech on Blast — As Elon Musk’s Wild AI World Faces Fresh Heat Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are coming for Big Tech — and they are not softening the royal language. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have urged parents to push back against social-media companies they accuse of using “predatory algorithms” to keep children hooked, harvest their data and expose them to potentially dangerous artificial-intelligence chatbots. Speaking at the Project Healthy Minds gala in New York, Meghan warned that separating technology’s benefits from its dangers is becoming “rapidly impossible,” while Harry sounded...

WAGNER FANS BOO THE BOT! AI Stage Experiment Gets Roasted at Germany’s Legendary Opera Festival The singers got cheers, the conductor got love—and the artificial intelligence got absolutely cooked. Artificial intelligence just took the stage at one of the world’s most prestigious opera festivals … and let’s just say the reviews were not exactly music to its digital ears. An experimental AI-assisted presentation of Richard Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” was met with loud boos and whistles Saturday night at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, according to the Associated Press . Translation: the humans crushed it—but the computer apparently needed a software...

Math Genius Fears AI Could Destroy Humanity—So He Just Joined OpenAI! Talk about keeping your enemies close! Jacob Tsimerman—one of the brightest mathematical minds on the planet—is reportedly so concerned about artificial intelligence that he has accepted a job inside the company helping push it forward. The 38-year-old University of Toronto professor recently won the prestigious 2026 Fields Medal , one of mathematics’ highest honors. But instead of celebrating by heading back to his chalkboard, Tsimerman revealed that he is taking leave from the university and joining OpenAI as a researcher focused on AI safety. From Numbers to Nightmares...