James Farrell, Author at SiliconANGLE

AI

Court rules Perplexity’s AI bots can stay on Amazon

By James Farrell Mar 17, 2026

A U.S. appeals court has suspended a California judge’s order that had barred Perplexity AI Inc. from using its artificial intelligence-powered shopping agent, Comet, on Amazon.com Inc.’s marketplace. The reprieve was issued by a…

AI

Teens launch lawsuit against xAI over Grok deepfakes

By James Farrell Mar 16, 2026

Three Tennessee teenagers launched a lawsuit today against Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok for allegedly generating sexually explicit deepfake images of them without their consent. Earlier this year, X Corp. met with widespread criticism…

AI

Grammarly shuts down ‘Expert Review’ after pushback from the real experts

By James Farrell Mar 11, 2026

After lighting the ire of journalists, academics, and authors this week, Superhuman Platform Inc. this week pulled a feature from Grammarly that impersonated writers. The “Expert Review” let users of Grammarly improve their writing…

NEWS

Meta told by Oversight Board better moderation is needed for AI-generated deepfakes

By James Farrell Mar 10, 2026

Meta Platforms Inc. has been warned by its Oversight Board that it needs to do a lot more about the “proliferation” of deepfake videos shared on its platforms made by artificial intelligence tools. The…

AI

Anthropic launches tool to monitor jobs lost to AI systems

By James Farrell Mar 5, 2026

Anthropic PBC today announced it has introduced a detection tool that measures artificial intelligence’s displacement of jobs. The forecasts so far of what AI will do to the labor force have ranged from dystopian…

AI

Google responds to lawsuit alleging Gemini coached a man to kill himself

By James Farrell Mar 4, 2026

The father of a man who committed suicide after interactions with Google LLC’s Gemini chatbot launched a lawsuit today alleging that Gemini fueled his son’s delusions. Thirty-six-year-old Florida resident Jonathan Gavalas started using Gemini…

AI

Anthropic makes switching from competitors easier with new transfer memory tool

By James Farrell Mar 2, 2026

As Anthropic PBC’s Claude chatbot moves to the top of the app charts after a spat with the Trump administration, the company has introduced a memory import feature that will allow new customers to…

Apps

Netflix backs out of Warner Bros. bidding war after Paramount raises offer

By James Farrell Feb 26, 2026

Video streaming giant Netflix Inc. today said it won’t be raising its offer to take over Warner Bros Discovery Inc. after Paramount Skydance Corp. stepped in with a larger bid. Netflix agreed in December…

Emerging Tech

New York reverses plans to allow robotaxis in major blow to Waymo

By James Farrell Feb 19, 2026

New York Governor Kathy Hochul today pulled a proposal that could have seen the state flooded with robotaxis. The proposal, which would have allowed driverless taxis in cities other than New York City, was…

NEWS

Spain launches probe into social media giants as European regulation starts to boil

By James Farrell Feb 17, 2026

Spanish authorities will investigate the social media companies Meta Platforms Inc., X Corp. and TikTok to determine if they’ve spread child sexual abuse material generated by artificial intelligence. The investigation follows a broader push…

James Farrell

Court rules Perplexity’s AI bots can stay on Amazon

Teens launch lawsuit against xAI over Grok deepfakes

Grammarly shuts down ‘Expert Review’ after pushback from the real experts

Meta told by Oversight Board better moderation is needed for AI-generated deepfakes

Anthropic launches tool to monitor jobs lost to AI systems

Google responds to lawsuit alleging Gemini coached a man to kill himself

Anthropic makes switching from competitors easier with new transfer memory tool

Netflix backs out of Warner Bros. bidding war after Paramount raises offer

New York reverses plans to allow robotaxis in major blow to Waymo

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