The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues like its deceptive blue checkmarks, after a two-year probe
‘Impose Sanctions...’ The Verge : EU fines X $140 million over ‘deceptive’ blue checkmarks Inc : Why Elon Musk's X Was Slapped With a $140 Million Fine Eva Terry / Deseret News : European Union fines ...
Intel CFO says the US deal aims to deter Intel from selling its foundry; it lets the US buy 5% more at $20/share if Intel's stake in the unit falls below 51%
until it didn't Mai Tao / Robotics & Automation News : US government takes 10 percent stake in Intel for $9 billion Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica : Intel details everything that could go wrong with U...
Elon Musk says that Apple “makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI” to top its App Store, an “antitrust violation”, and xAI will take legal action
This is a column about AI. My boyfriend works at Anthropic. Becca Monaghan / indy100 : Elon Musk has dropped the Trump feud for now - he's falling out with another CEO instead Forbes : Elon Musk Says...
Filing: in its ChatGPT lawsuit, the NYT asked OpenAI to produce 120M user chats to analyze how often ChatGPT regurgitates its articles, after OpenAI offered 20M
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica : Bluesky: @quinnypig.com . Forums: Slashdot and Ars OpenForum Bluesky: Corey Quinn / @quinnypig.com : I am no statistician, but can't you get meaningful signal from or...
A US judge rules Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train AI was fair use, but its storage of pirated books in a central library for training LLMs was not
but it's still in trouble for stealing books Blake Brittain / Reuters : Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit Jason Koebler / 404 Media : Judge Rules Training AI on...
A Michigan man, a member of an online terrorist network called 764, is sentenced to 30 years in prison for preying on kids in Discord servers and chat rooms
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As Glaze, a free tool to help artists prevent AI from copying their style, sees an “explosion in demand”, researchers say its protections can be bypassed
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Brad Smith tells a US House committee that Microsoft “accepts responsibility” for the issues the CSRB found, its business in China serves US interests, and more
if they haven't shown good cybersecurity performance Jessica Lyons / The Register : Microsoft answered Congress' questions on security. Now the White House needs to act Sean Lyngaas / CNN : Microsoft ...
Ring is sunsetting a tool that lets police request footage from users via its Neighbors app, forcing law enforcement to obtain warrants or evidence of emergency
mostly The Sun : Amazon announces major change to Ring doorbell over controversial police footage requests Matthew Guariglia / Electronic Frontier Foundation : Victory! Ring Announces It Will No Longe...
US v. Google: Apple's Eddy Cue sent Tim Cook a presentation in 2013 that declared “Android is a massive tracking device” and detailed Google's privacy practices
Here is the latest slides we have on privacy. Still a lot more work to do but good start. Tom Warren / The Verge : ‘Android is a massive tracking device.’ Ernestas Naprys / Cybernews.com : Apple call...