EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’
This is the EU’s largest antitrust penalty ever — and Trump has already threatened to “nullify” it.
The growing debate over expanding age verification laws
As age and identity verification laws become more mainstream, this legislation could have a dire impact on privacy.
Musk’s $1T pay package is full of watered-down versions of his own broken promises
Musk used to say Tesla would make 20 million cars and one million humanoid robots per year. The company’s board wants far less than that in exchange for $1 trillion.
OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality
OpenAI is shuffling the team that shapes its AI models’ behavior, and its leader is moving on to another project within the company.
Screw the money — Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement sucks for writers
Writers aren’t getting this settlement because their work was fed to an AI — this is just a costly slap on the wrist for Anthropic because it illegally downloaded books…
Personalized AI companion app Dot is shutting down
Dot, a personalized AI companion, is shutting down.
Attorneys general warn OpenAI ‘harm to children will not be tolerated’
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings met with and sent an open letter to OpenAI to express their concerns over the safety of ChatGPT, particularly…
Google Gemini dubbed ‘high risk’ for kids and teens in new safety assessment
Google’s Gemini comes up short on kids’ safety, says Common Sense Media.
Tesla proposes new pay package for Elon Musk worth up to $1T
Tesla has proposed a new 10-year compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk that could be worth as much as $1 trillion even as the EV maker’s car business stumbles and…