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Google ordered to open Android and Search to rivals in Europe
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

Google ordered to open Android and Search to rivals in Europe

The EU has ordered Google to grant rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to key parts of Android and...

The Verge AI
Computer cops
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Computer cops

An article examining how AI is being integrated into law enforcement through the International Association of Chiefs of...

The Verge AI
Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI
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Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI

The author advocates for changing default settings on generative AI features from opt-out to opt-in, arguing that users...

Wired AI
xAI open-sources "Grok-Build" on GitHub after massive data breach
Ethics & RegulationxAI

xAI open-sources "Grok-Build" on GitHub after massive data breach

xAI's Grok-Build tool experienced a massive data breach where it silently uploaded sensitive user data including SSH...

The Decoder
xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’
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xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’

xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used its Grok AI chatbot to generate and distribute child sexual abuse...

The Verge AI
Suno snatched millions of songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer
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Suno snatched millions of songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer

Suno, an AI music generator, was exposed through a hacking incident to have scraped millions of songs and lyrics from...

The Verge AI
Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data
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Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data

A hacker accessed Suno's source code using an employee's credentials, revealing that the AI music generator scraped...

TechCrunch AI
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

The US is advancing AI safety through state and federal action

OpenAI proposes a "reverse federalism" approach to AI governance where state-level laws contribute to building a...

OpenAI Blog
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

GPT-Red: Unlocking Self-Improvement for Robustness

GPT-Red is OpenAI's automated red teaming system that uses self-play mechanisms to identify and address vulnerabilities...

OpenAI Blog
Meta employees sue over layoffs they say were driven by discriminatory AI selection systems
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Meta employees sue over layoffs they say were driven by discriminatory AI selection systems

Former and current Meta employees are suing the company in California federal court, alleging that discriminatory AI...

The Decoder
Lorde says AI glasses are ‘not sexy’
Ethics & Regulation

Lorde says AI glasses are ‘not sexy’

Lorde comments on AI glasses during a performance, expressing skepticism about the technology and raising concerns...

TechCrunch AI
OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit

OpenAI has responded to Apple's trade secret lawsuit, asserting that the case lacks merit. The dispute appears to...

TechCrunch AI
Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out

Anthropic released a new advertisement that critiques AI risks as part of its marketing strategy to position itself as...

TechCrunch AI
Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers

Major publishers including Hachette, Cengage, and Elsevier have filed a lawsuit against Google alleging the company...

TechCrunch AI
DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is calling for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI models, similar to...

TechCrunch AI
Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs

26 former Meta employees are suing the company for allegedly using biased AI tools to unfairly target workers on...

The Verge AI
Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer

Meta's Adam Mosseri suggests that companies will need to implement AI token budgets for engineers, similar to how they...

TechCrunch AI
YouTube and X Have Become ‘Gateways’ to Nudify Apps
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YouTube and X Have Become ‘Gateways’ to Nudify Apps

A study reveals that YouTube and X are inadvertently directing users to sites offering nonconsensual deepfake...

Wired AI
New York State halts construction of all new data centers
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New York State halts construction of all new data centers

New York became the first state to temporarily halt approval of large data centers, citing concerns about the AI-driven...

TechCrunch AI