Thursday, March 19, 2026

AI News

Lawmakers are pressing Meta, Apple, Google and others over Trump’s massive donations

Sense. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) are pressuring large tech companies to explain their motives for donating to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural...

Microsoft is adding Office AI features to Microsoft 365 and raising prices

Microsoft is combining the AI-powered features of Office with Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions, but as a result, increasing prices. Previously, Microsoft 365...

Biden’s jam-packed recent executive order covers cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and more

Four days before leaving office, U.S. President Joe Biden issued a sweeping cybersecurity directive ordering improvements to the way the government monitors its networks,...

GitHub’s Deepfake Porn solution still doesn’t work

“When we look at intimate image abuse, the vast majority of tools and weaponization come from the open source space,” Ajder says. But they...

Microsoft is reintroducing Copilot for business with free AI chat and pay-as-you-go agents

Today, Microsoft is re-launching its free Copilot for business service with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, which includes the ability to utilize AI agents. Copilot...

Google is offering free AI in Gmail and Docs, but is increasing the price of Workspace

If you wanted to operate all of Google's AI features in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Meet, and the rest of the Workspace suite, you previously...

AI agents are already here. How much should we allow them?

Should I set up a personal AI agent to assist me with everyday tasks?— In search of assistBasically, I believe that relying on any...

Joe Biden signs executive order accelerating construction of AI data center

President Biden issued an executive order executive order today aims to accelerate the development of AI data centers in the US. Directs the Department...