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Book publishers sue Meta over AI’s ‘word-for-word’ copying
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Book publishers sue Meta over AI’s ‘word-for-word’ copying

Meta faces a class action lawsuit from five major book publishers and an author alleging the company illegally copied...

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Meta now scans photos for bone structure and body size to flag minors on Instagram and Facebook
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Meta now scans photos for bone structure and body size to flag minors on Instagram and Facebook

Meta uses AI-powered image analysis to identify minors on Instagram and Facebook by analyzing visual characteristics...

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Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage

Meta is deploying an AI visual analysis system to identify underage users by analyzing physical characteristics like...

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Google, Microsoft, and xAI will allow the US government to review their new AI models
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Google, Microsoft, and xAI will allow the US government to review their new AI models

Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI have agreed to allow the US government to review their new AI models before public...

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Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives

Researchers at Mindgard discovered vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Claude AI by using psychological manipulation...

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Anthropic co-founder maps out how recursive AI improvement could outpace the humans meant to supervise it
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

Anthropic co-founder maps out how recursive AI improvement could outpace the humans meant to supervise it

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark argues that the building blocks for recursive AI systems that train their own...

The Decoder
Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals

Google DeepMind workers in the UK have voted to unionize, seeking to prevent the company's AI models from being used in...

Wired AI
Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts

Google DeepMind employees have voted to unionize with 98% support, seeking to prevent the company's AI technology from...

The Verge AI
He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?
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He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?

A medical student spent six months investigating whether an algorithm rejected his job application, using Python to...

Wired AI
White House briefed Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI on plans for a government AI review process
Ethics & Regulation

White House briefed Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI on plans for a government AI review process

The White House is preparing an executive order that would require government review of new AI models before release,...

The Decoder
As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’
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As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang disputes concerns about AI's job-killing potential, arguing that AI is actually creating...

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OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question

Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president, testified in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, demonstrating evasive testimony...

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Elon Musk’s only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Elon Musk’s only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race

Stuart Russell, an AI researcher and Elon Musk's expert witness in the OpenAI trial, warns about the risks of an AGI...

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Elon Musk sent ominous texts to Greg Brockman, Sam Altman after asking for a settlement, OpenAI claims
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Elon Musk sent ominous texts to Greg Brockman, Sam Altman after asking for a settlement, OpenAI claims

Elon Musk allegedly sent threatening text messages to OpenAI's president Greg Brockman and CEO Sam Altman, warning they...

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Pentagon Seals AI Deal with Eight Major Vendors, but Anthropic Out
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

Pentagon Seals AI Deal with Eight Major Vendors, but Anthropic Out

The Pentagon has signed AI deals with eight major vendors, notably excluding Anthropic amid tensions with the Trump...

AI Business
Physical AI raises governance questions for autonomous systems
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Physical AI raises governance questions for autonomous systems

The article discusses governance challenges for Physical AI as autonomous AI systems become integrated into robots,...

AI News
‘This is fine’ creator says AI startup stole his art
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‘This is fine’ creator says AI startup stole his art

An AI startup called Artisan is facing accusations of copyright infringement after using artwork from 'This is fine'...

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Same prompt, different morals: how frontier AI models diverge on ethical dilemmas
Ethics & Regulation

Same prompt, different morals: how frontier AI models diverge on ethical dilemmas

A new benchmark evaluates how leading language models respond differently to 100 everyday ethical scenarios, revealing...

The Decoder
AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars
Ethics & Regulation

AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars

The Academy has announced that AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscar consideration. This policy...

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