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S&P 500 drops 2% as artificial-intelligence stocks resume their sell-off

EU orders Meta to restore WhatsApp access for rival AI chatbots

European Union regulators have ordered Meta Platforms to restore access to WhatsApp for rival AI chatbot makers

MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training data

Humanoid robots struggling with tasks like grasping a cup have a new teacher — a person wearing an ultrasound wristband that captures the movement of muscles, tendons and ligaments beneath the skin

Apple and Brussels blame each other for delaying European Union rollout of Siri AI

Apple and the European Union are blaming each other for delaying the rollout of Apple's Siri AI app to European users

A digital reckoning against smartphones in schools has spread to Sweden

Sweden is set to ban mobile phones in schools from the next academic year as part of a broad reversal on the use of screens in classrooms

Pentagon labels tech giant Alibaba and electric car maker BYD as aiding Chinese military

The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of Chinese military companies

China can build humanoids at scale. The hard part is finding enough buyers

Chinese humanoid robots are making waves with their ability to do backflips, direct traffic and even make coffee

OpenAI files confidential SEC paperwork for IPO, opening the door to a Wall Street debut

OpenAI has filed preliminary paperwork to potentially become a publicly traded company

Federal judge strikes down Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas

A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas

Apple unveils an upgraded Siri voice assistant with new AI features at its annual conference

Apple is unveiling new artificial intelligence features at its annual developers conference