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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 import their conversations from rival chatbots and start …
Netflix backs out of Warner Bros. bidding war after Paramount raises offer
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 to purchase a stake in Warner Bros. Discovery …
New York reverses plans to allow robotaxis in major blow to Waymo
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 dropped after not receiving support from state legislators. …
Spain launches probe into social media giants as European regulation starts to boil
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 by European countries to regulate what has often …
OpenAI researcher quits over slippery slope of ChatGPT ads
OpenAI researcher Zoë Hitzig says she left her position on Monday, resigning over the recent introduction of advertisements inside ChatGPT and what she believes is a move in the wrong direction for the company. In a guest essay in The New York …
Google and Apple agree to app store changes after British regulators ‘duopoly’ claim
Google LLC and Apple Inc. today said they’re committed to making changes to their app stores following an intervention from the U.K.’s antitrust watchdog. Last year, the Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, said the companies had an “effective duopoly” in the …
EU tells Meta rival chatbots must be available on WhatsApp
The European Union today issued a warning to WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms Inc. today, threatening to take potential action against the firm for blocking rival chatbots from the messaging platform. The European Commission said WhatsApp Business may have violated EU antitrust rules …
X’s Paris HQ raided by French cybercrime officers over Grok chatbot
The French offices of Elon Musk’s X Corp. were raided today as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations that the company may have spread images of child sexual abuse, as well as other alleged crimes. The raid was carried out by …
UK government to allow publishers to opt out of Google data scraping for AI Overview
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority today issued a press release recommending measures that will give publishers more freedom in deciding how their content is used by Google LLC’s artificial intelligence systems. About 90% of online search queries in the country use …
Social media giants head to court in landmark addiction trial
The world’s largest social media firms are in court this week in an unprecedented series of trials that could determine whether their platforms are responsible for harming young people’s mental health. With more than 1,600 plaintiffs, including more than 350 families and …