AI Slop Is Destroying the Internet. These Are the People Fighting to Save It AI slop is an oil spill in our digital oceans. The cleanup depends on all of us doing our part. Katelyn Chedraoui Writer I Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating...

Trade court orders tariff refunds in setback for TrumpDanielle KayeBusiness reporterGetty ImagesIn an aerial view, container ships are seen docked at the Port of Oakland on January 28, 2026 in Oakland, California.A federal judge has cleared the way for thousands of businesses to receive refunds for tariffs that the Supreme Court struck down last month.The US Court of International Trade on...

A roadmap for AI, if anyone will listen While Washington’s breakup with Anthropic exposed the complete lack of any coherent rules governing artificial intelligence, a bipartisan coalition of thinkers has assembled something the government has so far declined to produce: a framework for what responsible AI development should actually look like. The Pro-Human Declaration was finalized before...

Dreaming of a Touchscreen MacBook? You'd Better Be a Fan of Apple's Dynamic IslandApple's long-awaited first entries into the touchscreen laptop market could arrive as early as the fall, according to a new report from Bloomberg, with a feature familiar to iPhone owners: Dynamic Island.The pill-shaped cutout and alert interface sits at the top of the screen and would presumably offer to people...

Pentagon probe points to U.S. missile hitting Iranian school This picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency shows the site of a strike on a girls' school in Minab, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, on February 28, 2026....