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Japan watchdog to probe AI search services’ use of news articles
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), the country’s antitrust watchdog, said that it will investigate the use of news articles by AI-powered online search services over antitrust / unfair competition concerns.
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Waymo is testing Gemini AI integration in its robotaxis
Alphabet-owned Waymo is reportedly testing a new feature: an integration of Google’s Gemini AI chatbot as an in-car assistant in its robotaxis, which will answer questions and support riders on the road.
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A practical guide to AI toys and what parents can do to make them safer
If your child unwrapped a talking teddy or a smart robot this Christmas, you may be wondering what it really does – and what kind of data it collects. Based on advice from cybersecurity and children’s safety experts, this practical guide explains the real risks of AI toys and the simple steps parents can take to make them safer.
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The future of data centers may be underground and underwater
With hundreds of data centers necessary for AI already located in climates that are too hot to ensure their smooth operation, new ones may be built underground, underwater, and in space.
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Welltory review: how I used a well-being app that can track it all
Tracking your heart rate and sleep is useful, but how important is it to add your social media or Google Docs to the mix?
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Trump's elite Tech Force drums up interest from 25,000 job seekers
About 25,000 Americans have signed up to learn more about the Trump administration's new elite engineer corps, known as Tech Force, the nation’s Human Resources department says.
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Let it slop! The AI Con book claims the revolution will devour its children
The AI Con book, written by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna, was published a while ago, in May. We thought it was worth reviewing still, if only because their insights now sound even sharper. The AI revolution isn’t funny anymore.
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OpenAI is ready to wrap up your year by releasing a ChatGPT recap of 2025
OpenAI is finishing the year with a new, yet familiar feature. However, it’s not available to all users.
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Pentagon now armed with Musk’s xAI and Grok: what could go wrong?
The US Department of War has announced that it’s partnering with Elon Musk’s AI ecosystem to deploy Grok across its government systems. The choice is interesting, to say the least, because Grok is notoriously weird and unethical.
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Eurostar AI chatbot flaws exposed after “painful” disclosure process
A series of vulnerabilities in Eurostar’s AI-powered customer support chatbot have been uncovered, raising questions about both the security of customer-facing bots as well as how pentest reports are handled.
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Band shares teaser of Billie Eilish cover, AI steals it
An indie band, Torus, has claimed that artificial intelligence (AI) recreated its cover of Billie Eilish's song from a short snippet shared on TikTok.
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Can AI solve a 20-year-old cold case? How an exposed ear could crack the Jennifer Kesse mystery
Nearly 20 years after Jennifer Kesse vanished in Orlando, her parents hope that artificial intelligence (AI) can identify a suspect from CCTV footage.
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Can AI scale scrutiny of its own behavior? Anthropic thinks so
AI research company Anthropic, the company behind chatbot Claude, has released an open-source tool called Bloom, aimed at automating the testing of large language models for undesirable or misaligned behaviour.
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Can we make GenAI safer for mental health support?
In much of the world, demand for mental health services usually far outstrips the supply of support, so it's perhaps no great surprise that so many of us are turning to large language models, like ChatGPT, for mental health support. The question is: is this a good thing? There have already been examples of people harming themselves, or even committing suicide, after conversations with their chatbot.
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This Chrome extension replaces AI slop with Allen Iverson (AI) lore
LinkedIn AI slop posts transform into facts about an NBA legend with the help of this Chrome extension.
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We may be unable to tell if AGI becomes real, and big tech may exploit it
A valid test for determining whether artificial intelligence (AI) has become conscious won’t be available in the foreseeable future, raising the risk that technological companies will exploit the knowledge gap to sell their “clever” AI products.
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Kill switch: Firefox confirms it will soon allow users to disable all AI features
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, the new CEO of Mozilla Corporation, has confirmed that Firefox users will soon be able to completely disable all AI features within the browser. That’s good news for the community, tired of having AI pushed down their throats.
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YouTube removes channels earning from ads on fake AI movie trailers
YouTube has terminated two popular YouTube channels posting fake movie trailers generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
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Developers can now launch their apps in ChatGPT under new OpenAI program
Apps that went through the selection process could be released starting next year.
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Humans are better coders than AI, CodeRabbit concludes
Generating code using AI tools can accelerate your work, but it also comes with increased risks. Research indicates an increased number of issues that require review when an AI code-generation tool is used. At the same time, these tools are likely to introduce more severe issues.
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