As part of its proposed remedies, the US DOJ says Google should be required to syndicate its US search results to other rival search engines for the next decade
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FCC ends the Affordable Connectivity Program, which helped low-income Americans afford internet service, after the House failed to approve additional funding
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The prospects of a wide-ranging AI bill in the US in 2024 are rapidly dimming, despite Senator Chuck Schumer's push to put regulation at the top of the agenda
Brian Fung / CNN : Forums: r/AntiTrumpAlliance Forums: r/AntiTrumpAlliance : Be diligent this year. Misinformation is going to be out of control.
The FCC outlaws scam robocalls featuring fake, AI-created voices, giving state AGs more legal tools to pursue illegal robocallers that use such voices
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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...
In a letter to Elon Musk, 27 US lawmakers, all Democrats, express concern that X seems to be profiting from anti-Israel propaganda via ads and subscriptions
Dear Ms. Yaccarino and Mr. Musk, We write to express our grave concern surrounding … Julia Shapero / The Hill : Democrats accuse X of profiting from Israel-Hamas misinformation, violent content Kevin ...
Source: at an OpenAI all-hands meeting, Ilya Sutskever defended Sam Altman's ouster as necessary to protect OpenAI's mission of making AI beneficial to humanity
and the fallout Brian Fung / CNN : OpenAI: Why Sam Altman was fired and what's next after the shocking shakeup Patrick Cooley / The Messenger : Sam Altman's Supporters Pressure OpenAI Board to Bring H...
US v. Google: Satya Nadella says Google cemented its search dominance via default search deals with Apple and he may have been overenthusiastic about ChatGPT
and Apple could fix it New York Times : Microsoft C.E.O. Testifies That Google's Power in Search Is Ubiquitous Bloomberg : Microsoft CEO Says Google Search Dominance to Give It AI Edge Diane Bartz / R...
The FCC says 20M+ US households are now enrolled to receive $30/month in subsidies for internet access, up from 16M+ in February 2023 and 10M+ in February 2022
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OpenAI and DeepMind executives, Geoffrey Hinton, and 350+ others sign a statement saying “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority”
and says computer scientists need ethics training Brian Fung / CNN : AI industry and researchers sign statement warning of ‘extinction’ risk Alka Jain / Livemint : Industry leaders warn ‘AI poses risk...