Silicon Valley spooks the AI safety advocates
The White House’s David Sacks and OpenAI’s Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety.
Senate Republicans deepfaked Chuck Schumer, and X hasn’t taken it down
The video was posted Friday on the Senate Republicans X account. According to X’s policies, the platform prohibits “deceptively shar[ing] synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.” Harmful
Your AI tools run on fracked gas and bulldozed Texas land
If you’re wondering why AI companies are pursuing this path, they’ll tell you it’s not just about electricity – it’s about beating China.
Trump DOE decides to keep at least one Biden-era energy program
The loan guarantee will backstop $1.6 billion for AEP, one of the nation’s largest utilities, as it seeks to modernize a portion of its transmissions lines.
Should AI do everything? OpenAI thinks so
Silicon Valley’s rule? It’s not cool to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like Anthropic for supporting AI safety regulations, it’s becoming clearer who the industry thinks should
Facebook’s AI can now suggest edits to the photos still on your phone
Facebook is rolling out a new Meta AI photo suggestion feature across the U.S. and Canada that lets its AI recommend edits to images stored on users’ camera rolls—even if they haven’t been shared. The feature is
Eurojust charges two over €1 billion illegal online casino ring
Two people have been charged and placed in French custody after it was discovered that they might have been running several illegal casino websites. It’s estimated that the gambling ring had generated nearly a
Norsk Tipping fined after massive lottery error misled 47,000 players
Earlier in the year, thousands of people in Norway suddenly believed they had won big on the lottery, but it all turned out to be a major mistake. Now, some months after the incident occurred in June, it has been
ChatGPT’s mobile app is seeing slowing download growth and daily use, analysis shows
ChatGPT’s mobile app may have reached its growth peak, according to new data from app intelligence firm Apptopia.
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