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The use of AI is never a purely technical matter: when it enters processes that affect people’s lives, it touches on rights, opportunities, status and freedom"

—Pope Leo XIV

Author: Vaibhav Jha

Vaibhav Jha is an Editor and Co-founder of AI FrontPage. In his decade long career in journalism, Vaibhav has reported for publications including The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, and The New York Times, covering the intersection of technology, policy, and society. Outside work, he’s usually trying to persuade people to watch Anurag Kashyap films.

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EU’s Google Fine May Decide Who Controls AI Search in Europe

European Union is all set to impose its biggest penalty on Google under the digital markets act.

European Union’s reported fine against Google is formally about search self-preferencing. However, the larger fight is over whether Google can carry its search dominance into AI search as Gemini and AI-generated answers become part of how users find information online. The case also shows that while Europe may be slowing parts of the AI Act rollout, it is still willing to use competition law against Big Tech gatekeepers.

At Bard, Fareed Zakaria Read the Room: “Let’s Talk About HI, Not AI”

Author-journalist Fareed Zakaria delivering the commencement address at Bard College, New York, on May 23, 2026. (Photo: Bard College / Screengrab)

As U.S. college graduates increasingly boo speakers who invoke AI, journalist Fareed Zakaria flipped the script at Bard College, opening his commencement address with a pitch for HI, Human Intelligence, instead.

Over a Third US Students Use Gen AI, 9.3% Admit Cheating: Study

A new SERU Consortium study of more than 95,000 US undergraduates finds that 37.1% use generative AI tools almost monthly, with a notable gender gap in frequency of use. (Representational image)

According to the study 37.1 percent of students reported using generative AI tools almost monthly while 9.3 percent admitted to using it for cheating.

Pope Leo XIV to Release AI Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, To be Joined by Anthropic Co-founder

Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah (left) will join Pope Leo XIV (right) at the Vatican presentation of the encyclical Magnifica humanitas on May 25.

The release follows the Vatican’s approval of a new AI commission tasked with studying the technology’s impact on humanity and shaping its use within the Holy See.

Google DeepMind Says Their AI System Helped Solve Nine ‘Open Erdős Problems’

Google DeepMind said its AI agent autonomously solved nine open problems associated with Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős. (Image: DeepMind / Wikimedia Commons)

Google DeepMind’s AlphaProof Nexus agent autonomously solved nine open problems associated with Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős — two of them open for 56 years. The announcement, days after OpenAI claimed to have disproved an Erdős conjecture from 1946, signals a shift in how AI labs are testing mathematical reasoning.

Trump Pulls Back on AI Executive Order After Pressure from Sacks and Industry

US President Donald Trump postponed signing an executive order on artificial intelligence on Thursday, May 21, after last-minute lobbying from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and former White House AI adviser, David Sacks

The executive order would have required AI companies to share first-tier models with the Federal government at least 90 days before public release under a voluntary framework.

Mumbai Gets 15,000 New AI Eyes as Mega CCTV Expansion Begins

Mumbai city will get 15,000 additional cctv cameras with artificial intelligence capabilities

The CCTVs as part of state government’s modernization in policing efforts, will have artificial intelligence capabilities.

Taiwan Arrests 3 in NVIDIA Chip Smuggling Probe Tied to China Export Ban

aiwanese prosecutors have arrested three people on suspicion of forging documents to ship advanced NVIDIA AI chips to China, Macao, and Hong Kong. 

Taiwan has arrested three people for allegedly forging documents to smuggle Nvidia AI servers to China, Macau, and Hong Kong. The servers, made by Super Micro Computer, contain chips the US has banned from sale to China since 2022.

Study Reveals LLMs generated 150,000 Fake Citations in Research Papers

A new study has found out that LLM models are giving fake citations while generating academic papers.

According to the study LLMs generate information which seems to be true but are actually false yet the usage and and consequences of this hallucination problem remain poorly understood in the real world. 

“What will AI do to American Workers”, asks Sanders as Meta Lays Off 10% Workforce

Senator Bernie Sanders questioned whether AI will harm American workers after Meta laid off 10% staff.

Following Meta’s layoff, Senator Sanders said he wishes to speak to workers impacted by automation.