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Apple sues OpenAI, alleging artificial intelligence company stole trade secrets

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Suit claims OpenAI poached Apple workers, coaxing them to share confidential material in bid to create hardwareApple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday alleging the artificial intelligence firm stole company trade secrets in a move to create its own hardware device.The suit claims OpenAI poached Apple employees, coaxing them to hand over confidential material, […]

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Netflix reportedly among parties in talks to buy Letterboxd

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Sony Pictures and Paramount are said to also be among potential buyers for the film-focused social platformLetterboxd is reportedly in talks with potential buyers.The owners of the popular social platform for movies are discussing a sale with companies including Netflix, Sony Pictures and Paramount, according to the industry newsletter Puck. Continue reading…

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‘AI accountability agenda’: US senator unveils package of bills to curb tech’s harms

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Exclusive: Senator Ed Markey on why he has proposed legislation aimed at curbing datacenters, automated hiring systems and harm to childrenUS senator Ed Markey is worried about the perils of unregulated artificial intelligence.What part? All of it: the costs associated with thirsty, energy-guzzling datacenters, intrusive workplace surveillance, bias in discriminatory algorithms, AI overriding workers’ judgments,

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SpaceX and AI startup wealth fuels demand for private jets

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Newly minted rich and those anticipating huge IPOs are fueling buying and charter spree in the private jet sectorSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Aviation lawyer Amanda Applegate skipped her annual vacation last month as a surge of wealth from AI startups and SpaceX sent a wave of tech investors shopping for

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OpenAI releases latest ChatGPT model after delay over White House cybersecurity concerns

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Staggered release of ChatGPT 5.6 follows similar restrictions on rival firm Anthropic’s latest AI modelsOpenAI released its latest advanced AI model, called ChatGPT 5.6, on Thursday after earlier delaying the public rollout over US government concerns about cybersecurity. The Trump administration had requested last month that OpenAI limit the release to a small group of

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Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water

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Meta said it was working with officials to be a “good neighbor” and that drinking water was not affectedOfficials in Wyoming said a contractor for Mark Zuckerberg’s tech company, Meta, flushed bacteria-contaminated water into public sewers during construction of a controversial new AI datacenter.The incident prompted water authorities in Cheyenne to implement strict safety regulations

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Can AI equalize political campaign ads – or will it remain a tool for spreading lies?

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Political campaigns are increasingly deploying AI and deepfakes to further their messaging, and the scale of spread has experts concerned From the comfort of his bed, Jonathan Rinaldi, a political candidate for a city council seat in Queens, New York, tinkered away on his iPhone, prompting an artificial intelligence chatbot to mock up fake news

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‘Absolutely bananas’: San Francisco homes sell for $1m above asking price amid AI boom

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Report finds widespread overbidding as rapid AI growth generates increased wealth in city where housing is scarceSan Francisco’s AI boom has buyers spending unprecedented amounts of money on homes – much more than sellers are asking for.A new analysis from real-estate brokerage Compass, found that in the first half of 2026, more than 140 homes

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Stymied datacentre projects threaten global AI revolution

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Large-scale datacentre projects around the world are being challenged or cancelled, as infrastructure’s energy demands ramp upDatacentre planning proposals face all kinds of hurdles, from securing energy supply to high construction costs. But the 2,000 acre Prince William Digital Gateway site in the US state of Virginia had another problem: its proximity to a Civil

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AI surveillance is being supercharged – and it will chill social progress | Bruce Schneier and Jon Penney

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These systems will soon be able to track our public and private lives. But we can make the policy choices to reject itIn the near future, AI-powered surveillance systems will be able to track everything we do in public, and much of what we do in private. And if we do something wrong – shoplift,

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