The American public is deeply skeptical of artificial intelligence (AI). Any vehicle that is marketed with AI at the front of the conversation has a steep hurdle to clear to prove itself as more than just a smartphone on wheels. The new Mercedes-Benz CLA sedan does just that.

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One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani."

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At a Pittsburgh summit, the Trump administration, energy executives, and tech barons joined as one to promote AI as the future of fossil fuels.

Scale AI is cutting 14% of the company just weeks after Meta invested $14.3 billion in the startup and hired away its CEO.

OpenAI’s new $10 million+ AI consulting offering proves one thing: in 2025, the edge in AI is in its deployment—not just its access. This move appears to be borrowed from Palantir’s two‑decade‑old playbook, signaling the ascent of AI Deployment‑as‑a‑Service as the next transformative frontier.

Amazon’s greenhouse gas emissions rose by 6% last year, due mostly to pollution generated by the company’s delivery fleet and increased data center construction.

Nearly three-quarters of teens have used AI companions, and half use them regularly, new research finds. Moreover, one-third turn to chatbots for social interactions.

Across the board, the AI users exhibited markedly lower neural activity in parts of the brain associated with creative functions and attention. Students who wrote with the chatbot’s help also found it much harder to provide an accurate quote from the paper that they had just produced.

Not exactly a new sheriff in town, but this consortium of standards bodies seeks a different approach to controlling AI.

During the summit held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 15, companies promised new data centers, new jobs, cybersecurity education, energy research, and more.