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Major publishers launch copyright lawsuit against AI startup Cohere
Several major publishers are suing the Canadian artificial intelligence startup Cohere Inc., alleging that the company engaged in “systematic copyright and trademark infringement,” the latest in a long line of copyright lawsuits publishers have launched against AI firms. “Without permission or compensation, Cohere uses scraped copies of our articles, through training, real-time use, and in ...
Report says companies ‘playing with fire’ as AI chatbots fail when trying to summarize news
Four of the major artificial intelligence chatbots presented “significant inaccuracies” when they summarized news stories, according to a report issued this week by the BBC. This comes a month after Apple Inc. suspended its news summarizing feature for the iPhone after it was revealed the feature was making substantial mistakes, effectively writing misinformation. “We are ...
Paris AI Summit: US, UK refuse to sign agreement on ‘safe’ and ‘inclusive’ AI as JD Vance sends warning
At the landmark AI Summit today in Paris, the U.S. and U.K. went against the general tenor of the meeting when both countries refused to sign a declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” artificial intelligence. Officials from the Trump administration expressed reservations about signing the agreement. It’s a communique aimed at ensuring countries develop AI that ...
Apple shares fall after China ponders mounting probe into App Store
Apple Inc. shares slid today after it was reported China’s watchdog will mount an antitrust investigation into the company’s App Store commissions. The probe, similar to those already carried out in the U.K. and the EU, will examine Apple’s practice of taking 30% of in-app purchase fees and blocking external payment services. Apple ran into a similar ...
Google quietly changes stance on using AI for weapons or surveillance
Google LLC has made a major change to its AI Principles, taking out the part where it used to say it wouldn’t use the technology for surveillance or weapons applications. The old policy, which the company first released in 2018, stated that it would not pursue any AI developments that were “likely to cause harm,” ...
Ontario cancels and un-cancels Starlink contract after tariffs concession
Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford today announced he was pausing retaliatory measures in response to U.S. tariffs after President Donald Trump agreed to delay the tariffs. Ford (pictured) had earlier said he would cancel a C$100m (US$68.5m) contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink, stating that he was “ripping up” the contract the province had with Trump’s “first ...
Meta back in the ‘tent’ after agreeing to settle Trump’s $25M censorship lawsuit
Meta Platforms Inc. today agreed to a $25 million settlement over the lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against the company in 2021 for suspending his accounts following the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Meta, which under its Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg recently seems to have charmed President Trump (pictured) back into his graces, at ...
Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplace
President Donald Trump today signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the man who operated the notorious dark web drug marketplace, Silk Road. Ulbricht ran the Silk Road from 2011 until 2013 under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts.” That year he was arrested and in 2015 was sentenced to life without parole. The ...
Trump signs executive order to prevent censorship of online platforms
President Donald Trump today signed an executive order that he claims will restore freedom of speech and end federal censorship, with the express purpose of keeping government out of social media. “Over the last 4 years, the previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive ...
Nick Clegg steps down as Meta’s global policy chief, replaced with Trump-friendly Joel Kaplan
Former Republican White House staffer Joel Kaplan just became Meta Platforms Inc.’s global policy head as Britain’s former deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, leaves the company after six years. Clegg (pictured, center), who led the Liberal Democrat Party from 2007 to 2015, joined Meta – then Facebook Inc. – in 2018 as vice president of ...