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Palantir CEO Alex Karp doesn’t hold back in interview as he rails against AI industry
Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Alex Karp appeared to go into meltdown mode during an interview with CNBC today where for 20-odd minutes he went off script after being asked to discuss his company’s ongoing deal with chip maker Nvidia Corp. The conversation turned to the AI industry where he lambasted the U.S. government’s relationship ...
Supreme Court rules constitutional privacy protections apply to geofence warrants
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that law enforcement’s use of warrants to collect large amounts of cellphone location data requires privacy protections under the Fourth Amendment. The case centered on a bank robbery, where prosecutors relied in part on cellphone location data obtained from Google LLC through a “geofence warrant.” Unlike traditional warrants aimed ...
Google settles lawsuit over social media harm
Google LLC-owned YouTube today reached a settlement with a Florida-based minor in a social media addiction case, one of many trials that will take place as social media platforms face growing scrutiny for a mental health crisis in the young. The suit named four defendants, including Meta Platforms Inc.’s Instagram, Snap Inc.’s Snapchat and ByteDance ...
With chatbot regulation, Canada proposes a ban on social media for under 16s
The government of Canada announced today that it’s mulling a ban on social media for children under 16, though unlike some other countries that have already introduced such a ban, Canada has said the social media platforms can keep serving children if they can prove they’re safe. In what’s fast becoming a global effort to ...
In policy paper, OpenAI diverges from White House on AI safety
OpenAI Group PBC’s newly released proposal for how advanced artificial intelligence should be regulated differs slightly from the Trump administration’s executive order, also released this week. Released Tuesday, OpenAI’s paper, “Democratic Governance of Frontier AI: A blueprint for a federal framework,” asks that civilian agencies be responsible for overseeing the safety of frontier AI, while ...
Florida AG sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over claims the technology is dangerous and exploits its users
Florida today became the first U.S. state to sue OpenAI Group PBC and its chief executive, alleging that its product ChatGPT can be harmful to its users and that the company has failed to make clear these dangers to the public. “Today, we announced the first-in-the-nation state-led lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman,” ...
CNN sues Perplexity alleging ‘massive’ copyright infringement
CNN today opened a lawsuit against the AI firm Perplexity AI Inc., alleging the company has violated copyright protections by using artificial intelligence to rewrite its reporting, thereby undermining the foundation of its economic model. The network now joins a long line of publishers that have sued AI firms for copyright infringement. It’s also not ...
Amazon will acquire Apple’s 20% stake in satellite firm Globalstar
Following last month’s announcement that Amazon.com Inc. inked a deal to pay $11.6 billion for the internet satellite company Globalstar Inc., it was revealed today that it will now take over Apple Inc.’s 20% stake in the company. Per the Federal Communications Commission filing, Amazon will create a subsidiary, Grapefruit Acquisition Sub II, LLC, that ...
Microsoft’s LinkedIn is about to lay off 5% of its staff
Microsoft Corp.-owned LinkedIn is about to lay off about 5% of its staff, according to report in Reuters today. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters that the networking giant will reorganize its teams and focus on areas where the core business is growing. Presently, LinkedIn employs close ...
Sam Altman testifies in landmark OpenAI trial, says Musk wanted control of company
OpenAI Group PBC co-founder and Chief Executive Sam Altman faced the witness stand today in the high-stakes trial that could determine the future of the company. Elon Musk is suing the company and its leaders, alleging that Altman and OpenAI president Greg Brockman betrayed the founding mission to serve humanity by turning a nonprofit into ...