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Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates has sounded the alarm regarding how artificial intelligence will cause profound disruption in the labor market, warning that millions of jobs are at risk and there’s no plan yet to help those who will lose out. Gates …
GOP urges top AI firms to do something about the toxic image of data centers
As artificial intelligence data centers continue to proliferate across Ohio and public opposition grows, Axios reported today that the GOP’s Senate campaign arm has privately warned AI companies that they need to do something about the increasingly toxic image of the facilities. …
OpenAI’s junior version of ChatGPT with guardrails has launched
OpenAI Group PBC today announced it’s rolling out a stricter version of its ChatGPT chatbot created for younger users. The announcement of “ChatGPT for Teens” follows scrutiny over how generative artificial intelligence, whether the products of OpenAI or other AI firms, can …
Meta faces mammoth fine in landmark social media trial
Meta Platforms Inc. will head to trial Tuesday over the allegation its social media applications are addictive and have harmed young users, a trial that could potentially see Meta paying a more than trillion-dollar fine and redesigning Facebook and Instagram. Meta is …
White House, AI firms keep safety framework talks private
The White House met with representatives from leading artificial intelligence companies today to discuss a safety framework for the government to review frontier models prior to launch, although there’s no plan as yet to make the details public fare. The Trump administration …
Lawmakers call for a ‘kill switch’ after rogue AI causes alarm
U.S. lawmakers are preparing to introduce a bill that will give the government the ability to trigger an emergency shutdown of artificial intelligence models that may cause harm to the public. In what might sound like it’s veering too close to Hollywood …
France to become first EU nation to ban social media for children under 15
French lawmakers today voted in favor of banning social media use for children under the age of 15, making it the first nation in the European Union to introduce an age limit in line with legislation that is slowly taking hold globally. …
Anthropic settles with authors and publishers for $1.5B in landmark copyright case
A federal judge today approved a $1.5 billion settlement awarded to authors and publishers whose works were used by Anthropic PBC to train the AI chatbot, Claude, in what is the largest copyright class action settlement in history. Judge William Alsup issued …
EU paves way for banning social media for children
The European Union today moved closer to a ban on social media for children across its 27 member states in what will become the most meaningful effort so far to protect young people from the dangers of spending too much time online. …
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 …