“I do think we are reaching an inflection point in people’s feelings and senses about A.I. and where it’s going.”
F.T.C. Chair Warns Apple Against Bias in Apple News
Andrew Ferguson of the F.T.C. said in a letter to Apple that it might be violating consumer protection law by stifling conservative speech in its news aggregation service.
(BPRW) Dominion Energy and the Library of Virginia Honor Four Leaders as “Strong Men & Women in Virginia History”
(Black PR Wire) RICHMOND, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Dominion Energy and the Library of Virginia are pleased to announce the 2026 Strong Men & Women in Virginia History honorees and Student Creative Expressions Contest finalists. This annual program …
(BPRW) ESSENCE to celebrate Chase Infiniti, Kerry Washington, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Zinzi Coogler and the women of ‘SINNERS’ at the 19th Annual Black Women in Hollywood
(Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– ESSENCE proudly announces Chase Infiniti, Kerry Washington, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Zinzi Coogler, alongside a Luminary Spotlight moment honoring the women of ‘SINN…
Anthropic Donates $20 Million to Super PAC Operation to Counter OpenAI
Anthropic and OpenAI now have their own well-funded political groups that will square off in the midterm elections over artificial intelligence safety and regulation.
OpenAI sidesteps Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on plate-sized chips
On Thursday, OpenAI released its first production AI model to run on non-Nvidia hardware, deploying the new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark coding model on chips from Cerebras. The model delivers code at more than 1,000 tokens (chunks of data) per second, which is reported to be roughly 15 times faster than its predecessor. To compare, Anthropic’s Claude Opus...
Attackers prompted Gemini over 100,000 times while trying to clone it, Google says
On Thursday, Google announced that “commercially motivated” actors have attempted to clone knowledge from its Gemini AI chatbot by simply prompting it. One adversarial session reportedly prompted the model more than 100,000 times across various non-English languages, collecting responses ostensibly to train a cheaper copycat. Google published the findings in what amounts to a quarterly...
(BPRW) Coke Florida Surpasses $1 Million in Black History Month Investments in Education and Economic Opportunity Across Florida
(Black PR Wire) TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– As the Nation commemorates the 100th Anniversary of Black History Month, Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) marks a significant milestone in its long-standing commitment to education, t…
(BPRW) Save the Date: BPRW Black History Month Webinar
(Black PR Wire) Mark your calendars! In honor of Black History Month, Black PR Wire will host its annual webinar on Monday, February 23, 2026. This year’s webinar will explore key topics impacting Black and Brown professionals and communities today….
Instagram Chief Says Social Media Is Not ‘Clinically Addictive’ in Landmark Trial
Adam Mosseri, who leads the Meta-owned app, testified that the company was careful to test features used by young people before releasing them.