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U.S. postal inspectors warn of Artificial Intelligence powered scams targeting consumers

2 Mar 2026

U.S. postal inspectors are warning customers that scammers are using Artificial Intelligence tools such as voice cloning and deepfakes to make long-standing fraud schemes more convincing, and are urging the public to learn key warning signs. The campaign coincides with National Consumer Protection Week and includes guidance across digital, radio, and print channels.

artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, fraud prevention, law enforcement

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Block shares surge as artificial intelligence driven layoffs reshape strategy

2 Mar 2026

Block shares jumped after Jack Dorsey detailed plans to cut more than 4,000 jobs and reorganize the fintech around internal artificial intelligence tools aimed at boosting efficiency and profitability.

artificial intelligence, fintech, future of work, payments

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Free artificial intelligence video generators that actually work in 2026

2 Mar 2026

A new wave of artificial intelligence video tools in 2026 offers genuinely free creation without credit systems, watermarks, or heavy restrictions, especially for users willing to run models locally. Cloud platforms still help beginners get started, but local diffusion workflows provide the only truly unlimited path.

artificial intelligence, creative tools, open source, video generation

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Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning enables task specific enterprise agents

1 Mar 2026

Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning lets organizations create customized, task specific Copilot agents grounded in their own data, security, and standards. The preview capability focuses on document centric workflows, expert Q&A, optimization scenarios, and governed model refinement.

artificial intelligence, enterprise software, microsoft, productivity tools

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Artificial intelligence model boosts yeast based protein drug production

1 Mar 2026

MIT chemical engineers trained a species specific language model to design yeast friendly gene sequences, improving production of several therapeutic proteins and highlighting limits of traditional codon optimization metrics.

artificial intelligence, biotechnology, drug development, machine learning

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Corning secures US$6b Meta deal to power artificial intelligence data centers with fiber optics

1 Mar 2026

Corning has signed a multi year, US$6b fiber optics supply agreement with Meta Platforms, positioning its optical communications unit as core infrastructure for generative artificial intelligence data centers and underpinning a stronger growth outlook.

artificial intelligence, corning, data-centers, optical communications

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Ajinomoto’s quiet grip on a material powering Artificial Intelligence chips

1 Mar 2026

Japanese food giant Ajinomoto has become a critical chokepoint in the semiconductor supply chain by controlling nearly all production of a specialized insulating film used in advanced Artificial Intelligence processors. Its Ajinomoto Build-up Film underpins high performance Nvidia-style chips and is extremely difficult for rivals to replicate.

artificial intelligence, geopolitics, hardware, semiconductors

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Foundation models, not hardware, drive the next wave of robotics

1 Mar 2026

Physical artificial intelligence is shifting robotics from task-specific machines to generalist systems powered by large behavior, vision language action, and world models that can operate safely at the edge.

artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, machine learning, robotics

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How artificial intelligence is transforming Go and colliding with geopolitics

1 Mar 2026

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping professional Go strategy, intensifying tensions between Anthropic and the Pentagon, and quietly infiltrating everything from extremist propaganda to fast-food worker evaluations.

artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, ethics, go

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MIT Technology Review named 2026 asme finalist for artificial intelligence energy reporting

1 Mar 2026

MIT Technology Review has been named a finalist for a 2026 National Magazine Award in reporting for an investigation into the energy footprint of artificial intelligence. The story examined the climate implications of growing artificial intelligence demand and helped spur greater transparency from major technology companies.

artificial intelligence, climate change, energy, media

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Best artificial intelligence video generators in 2026 for real creator workflows

1 Mar 2026

Artificial Intelligence video tools are shifting from novelty to core production resources, with creators weighing consistency, control, and speed across platforms like Runway, Kling, Pika, and Seedance 2.0. The focus is moving from flashy first outputs to predictable, reference-driven workflows that fit real deadlines.

artificial intelligence tools, content creation, production workflows, video generation

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Trump bans US government use of Anthropic in clash over Artificial Intelligence safeguards

28 Feb 2026

President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s Artificial Intelligence tools after the company refused Pentagon demands for unrestricted military use, triggering a rare move to label a major tech firm a national security supply chain risk.

artificial intelligence, military technology, tech policy, us politics