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Jeff Bezos says AI will create labor shortages, not replace human workers
Jeff Bezos says fears of AI replacing humans are overblown. Speaking in Paris, at the VivaTech technology conference on Wednesday, the Amazon founder argued AI will create labor shortages, not mass unemployment.
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Italian mother sues Meta and TikTok after daughter’s suicide, alleging algorithmic harm
In the span of just a few months, Irene Roggero Ugues watched her daughter Rossella's behaviour change as social media fed her an increasing stream of self-harm content, before the 12-year-old died by suicide.
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Civil rights group says Musk's xAI data center has just been given "a free pass to break the law"
The NAACP says the Trump administration has effectively given Elon Musk permission to break environmental law after the Justice Department moved to dismiss the civil rights group's lawsuit against the company's AI data center on Monday.
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DeepSeek spared for now as US reviews China-linked AI risks
The US has held off adding China’s AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT and more than 100 other companies flagged as national security risks to a trade blacklist, according to two people familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration tries to avoid escalating tensions with Beijing.
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France plans government chatbot as part of €655M AI push
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has announced that France will invest an additional €655 million in artificial intelligence (AI) between now and 2030. Some of that money will be used to set up a shared AI chatbot for all civil servants and to create a public health chatbot.
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That AI chatbot you secretly use at work? It may be a security risk
Employees using AI without approval could be putting sensitive company and personal data at risk, according to The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). The so-called “shadow AI” can create security blind spots, compliance failures, and even data breaches.
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Anthropic updates privacy policy, includes ID verification for Claude users
Before the furor over the decision to disable the Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, Anthropic quietly updated its privacy policy to say it may check users' identities if it believes it's necessary.
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US restricts Anthropic Mythos and Fable AI models over fears foreign military will use them
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he took action against Anthropic's latest Mythos and Fable AI models because officials feared they could be deployed by military intelligence users in China, Russia or other countries of concern.
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A significant market signal from Nvidia
Computing is moving out of the cloud onto drones, hospital equipment, and your car's dashboard. The shift is worth billions.
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This is how much your ChatGPT and Claude usage costs OpenAI and Anthropic
As the costs of using AI have increasingly started to bite enterprise users, individual users face an uncomfortable reality that leaves a question hanging: for how long will AI giants be able to subsidize subscriptions? The answer might be more on the optimistic side, at least for the near future.
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UK police officer investigated for using AI to create evidence in cases
In the first known case of its kind in the United Kingdom, a police officer is under criminal investigation over reportedly using AI to fake evidence in multiple cases. The cop has been removed from frontline duties.
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US export controls on Anthropic’s AI models catch Europe unawares
The US government’s unexpected intervention in Anthropic’s march toward AI greatness and its decision to impose export controls on the company’s most powerful AI models is drawing scrutiny from the European Commission. The incident should be another wake-up call for Europe.
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Google sues Chinese network accused of impersonating Google with AI
Google is suing a Chinese cybercrime organization that uses AI to steal passwords and credit cards by impersonating the company. The lawsuit comes as the FBI and major US telecom providers, including AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, are also stepping up efforts to disrupt the group's operations.
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White-collar workers spend hours “botsitting” AI every week
Industry leaders keep repeating that AI is saving workers time: just turn it on for the most repetitive and boring tasks, and you’ll be able to have more freedom to unleash your creativity. Well, that’s not happening, a new report has found.
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Anthropic shuts down top AI models after US restricts foreign access
Anthropic had to "abruptly disable" Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after the US issued an export control directive ordering the company to suspend all foreign access to the models.
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How Pokémon Go players may have unknowingly helped train military AI
Remember running around town chasing that rare Pokémon? Turns out that scans you uploaded through Pokémon Go could help military drones navigate war zones.
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Amazon says its datacenters used 2.5 billion gallons of water last year - and that's less than rivals
Amazon’s data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water last year – but the company says that's less than any of its competitors use to run their facilities and a fraction of the water Americans use on lawns and gardens.
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AI could soon outpace human decision-making in war, Ukraine warns
Warfare in Ukraine and beyond faces a paradigm shift in coming years as artificial intelligence is integrated into weapons networks and accelerates decision-making on the battlefield, a senior Ukrainian military official said.
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In grim scenario, sluggish Europe risks being left behind by AI revolution
European leaders like talking about tech sovereignty but are reticent to walk the walk. If the EU doesn’t step up its efforts to invest in AI, it will be left behind as an economic backwater, a group of policy thinkers has warned in a new imaginative report. Critics see fearmongering.
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German court rules Google can be held liable for false AI Overview claims
Google can be directly held liable for false claims in AI Overviews because they aren’t search results, but rather content that Google creates. Therefore, AI-generated summaries aren’t protected as traditional search results.
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