The EU's main institutions, the Commission, Parliament, and Council, ban their staff from using fully AI-generated videos and images in official communications
BRUSSELS — The European Union's main institutions have banned staff from using artificially generated videos and images in official communications.
Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its X post about its €120M fine of X; X terminates the EC's ad account
to post a link that deceives users into thinking it's a video and to artificially increase its reach. As you may be aware, X believes everyone should have an equal voice on our platform. However, it...
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 ...
The EU accuses Meta and TikTok of violating their obligations to give researchers adequate access to public data on their platforms under the DSA
But muh freeze peach!! Maria Farrell / @mariafarrell : Contra the US Big Tech narrative that the DSA “is censorship”, — a key EU finding is that both TikTok and Meta/Facebook have non-existant or dy...
The US FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta and Instagram, Snap, xAI, and Character.AI to turn over information about how their AI chatbots impact children and teens
Meta, OpenAI, Musk's XAI Among Targets Chris Morris / Quartz : Federal agency plans to examine the mental health risks of AI chatbots from OpenAI, Snap, Meta, and more Ian Stark / UPI : FTC orders com...
Wyoming launches a stablecoin, FRNT, marking the first time a US state has issued a blockchain-based, fiat-pegged token to be used by retail and enterprises
Announced at SALT's Wyoming Blockchain Symposium, FRNT … Bogdan Patru / Bitcoinist.com : SEC Chair Paul Atkins Unveils Plans for President's Digital Assets Group Tanzeel Akhtar / Cryptonews : Wyoming'...
The US SEC debuts Project Crypto, an initiative to “modernize” securities regulations to allow for crypto-based trading, amid investor interest in tokenization
a Commission-wide initiative to modernize the securities rules and regulations to enable America's financial markets to move on-chain. … BeauHD / Slashdot : SEC Debuts ‘Project Crypto’ To Bring US Fin...
The European Commission says that France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Greece will test a blueprint for an age verification app meant to protect children online
if I live that long [embedded post] @bluespacecanary : Honestly I wish the EU would hurry up and do the thing it actually wants (banning American tech companies from operating there) so it can get a p...
The EU publishes a voluntary code of practice to help companies follow its AI Act, including requiring developers to provide up-to-date AI feature documentation
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/ policies/... Yoshua Bengio / @yoshuabengio : All of us who drafted the Chapter are independent experts. With lots of useful input from industry, civil society, and a...
The US Senate confirms Olivia Trusty to the FCC, giving Republicans a 2-1 majority after Democrat Geoffrey Starks and Republican Nathan Simington departed
Olivia Trusty—on your confirmation today to serve as a Commissioner on the @FCC Look forward to you joining the agency and the great work ahead. [image] Anna M. Gomez / @agomezfcc : I look forward to ...