eWEEK Staff

Mistral AI has launched Mistral Forge, a new platform for enterprises that want more control over how AI models are trained, adapted, and deployed. The company is pitching Forge as a way for organizations to move beyond generic AI systems and build models around their own data, internal policies, and infrastructure requirements for an improved […]

An AI-generated singer has become an unexpected symbol of resistance for many Iranians after her song “Javanan-e Vatane” (“Youth of the Homeland”) drew more than 13 million Instagram views. The track’s rapid spread has turned Nava from a digital art project into a political and cultural flashpoint. The digital vocalist, Nava, was created by UK-based, […]

Apple has lowered App Store commission rates in mainland China, cutting its standard fee from 30% to 25% and reducing some discounted rates from 15% to 12%. The change took effect on March 15 and applies to paid apps and in-app purchases sold through the mainland China App Store. The fee cut is limited to […]

Ford has launched Ford Pro AI, a new AI assistant built into its telematics platform that can help fleet managers monitor data such as seat belt use, speed, fuel consumption, and vehicle health. Instead of digging through dashboards or relying on basic diagnostic codes, users can ask Ford Pro AI questions about their fleets and […]

The AI industry keeps saying its guardrails are improving. A new investigation suggests those protections still falter when conversations turn dark, emotional, and specific, especially when the user appears to be a distressed teen edging toward violence. This was not a case of one obscure bot answering a single reckless prompt. Researchers found that across […]

Something unusual is happening in UK support services: survivors of organised and ritual abuse are picking up the phone and saying something few people expected to hear: “I was referred to you by ChatGPT.” That does not mean an AI chatbot has become a therapist, or that it is replacing trained support workers. But support groups […]

Texas Instruments (TI) and Nvidia are teaming up on a sensor fusion system designed to make humanoid robots safer and more reliable outside the lab. The idea is straightforward: combine radar and AI computing so robots can better detect obstacles that cameras alone may miss, especially in complex real-world settings. One of the biggest challenges […]

Ask an AI chatbot about online gambling, and it may do more than answer the question. A new investigation found that some of the biggest AI platforms could be pushed to recommend illegal casinos and even suggest ways around gambling safeguards. That turns a familiar AI safety debate into something more concrete. The problem is […]

Grammarly’s latest AI feature has landed in uncomfortable territory. Its “Expert Review” tool offers writing feedback framed through the voices of real authors, journalists, and academics, including people who never agreed to participate and at least one scholar who recently died. That is what makes this more than a routine AI product dispute. Grammarly is […]

A House of Lords committee is urging the UK government to impose stricter limits on how AI companies use copyrighted material, arguing that the country should not trade away its creative industries for uncertain AI gains. The warning comes from a new report that puts copyright, transparency, and licensing at the center of the UK’s […]

X is putting real money on the line to force clearer AI labels during wartime. Creators who post AI-generated videos depicting “armed conflict” without disclosing they’re synthetic can lose access to X’s Creator Revenue Sharing program for 90 days, with repeat violations risking permanent removal. It’s a blunt incentive: label it, or lose the payout. […]

Alibaba is dealing with the kind of AI headline no model team wants right after a release: a key technical leader behind Qwen says he’s stepping down. Junyang Lin posted a brief goodbye message on X and said he was leaving his role on the project without giving a reason. Alibaba hasn’t explained the change […]