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What we learned from the cringey courtroom drama between Elon Musk and Sam Altman

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Two of the world’s richest people faced an airing of their dirty laundry amid their messy, bitter feud over OpenAIA nine-person jury is set to decide whether Elon Musk’s allegations of “stealing a charity” against Sam Altman and OpenAI are legitimate, with deliberations to begin in earnest on Monday. Whatever its outcome, the case has […]

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Texas accuses Netflix of spying on children in new lawsuit

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Ken Paxton accuses streamer of designing addictive platform and falsely representing data collection practicesTexas sued Netflix on Monday, accusing the streaming company of spying on children and designing its platform to be addictive.Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, said Netflix has for years falsely represented to consumers that it did not collect or share user

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Shivon Zilis, mother of four of Elon Musk’s children, testifies in OpenAI trial

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Zilis, an executive at Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, served on OpenAI’s board from 2020 to 2023Shivon Zilis, a Neuralink executive and the mother of four of Elon Musk’s children, took the stand on Wednesday as one of the most highly anticipated witnesses in Musk’s case against OpenAI. The ChatGPT maker has argued that, while

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‘Superhighways for child sexual abuse’: California lawmakers seek tougher rules for big tech

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Online exploitation ‘inflicting profound trauma on a staggering number of children’, Democrats sayFrustrated with what they describe as a lack of accountability from social media companies, two California state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would clear a legal pathway for them to face lawsuits in the state for failing to detect or remove child

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AI hallucinations found in high-profile Wall Street law firm filing

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Sullivan & Cromwell apologises to New York federal judge for string of errors in documents for Prince Group caseThe elite Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell has told a court that a major filing it made in a high-profile case contained errors resulting from hallucinations generated by artificial intelligence.Andrew Dietderich, the co-head of the

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Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims

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Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giant’s anti-trust battle with the state of California. Amazon denies it engages in price-fixingHundreds of previously redacted records reveal how Amazon has put pressure on independent sellers using its platform into raising their prices on the sites of competitors such as

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Roblox to implement youth protections and pay $12m in Nevada settlement

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Popular gaming platform will require age verification, restrict nighttime notifications for minors and limit chatsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxRoblox, a gaming platform popular with kids, will implement increased protections for young users and pay more than $12m to the state of Nevada in what the

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Ohio man becomes first to be convicted under new AI statute for sexually explicit images

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James Strahler II pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, producing obscene images and digital forgeries of child sexual abuseSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAn Ohio man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cybercrimes involving real and AI-generated “sexually explicit images”, becoming what the Department of Justice claims is the

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At last, David has landed a double punch on the tech Goliaths. Now to hit them even harder | Jonathan Freedland

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The US court verdicts declaring Meta liable for getting people addicted and ruining lives must be just the start of a global fightbackGood news is so rare these days, you don’t quite know how to take it. You want to celebrate, but a rival instinct tells you it’ll be pulled back somehow, the same feeling

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Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds

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Six-week trial including whistleblowers and top executives at Meta and YouTube was first of its kind to go to trialSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMeta and YouTube have been found liable for negligence for deliberately designing addictive products that hooked a young user and led to

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