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Five Brazilian Supreme Court justices today voted to uphold a decision that requires the National Telecommunications Agency, Anatel, to block access to Elon Musk’s X Corp. platform. Millions of X users in Brazil found themselves without X over the weekend as the …
US AI Safety Institute will have access to OpenAI and Anthropic for a safer future
OpenAI and Anthropic PBC today announced they have agreed to share AI models before and after release with the U.S. government’s AI Safety Institute. The institute, housed at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, was …
TikTok told it must face lawsuit over deadly viral challenge, despite Section 230 protections
The Chinese social media giant TikTok could potentially be found liable for content posted on its platform that led to the death of a girl, despite federal protections for publishers in such cases. A U.S. appeals court revived a lawsuit today that …
A man is playing video games again after Neuralink’s second successful brain implant surgery
Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company, Neuralink Corp., announced today a successful surgery in what is now its second human implant. This follows the first success back in January this year, a milestone for Neuralink, which has been talking about hooking human brains …
Google inks controversial deal with California’s lawmakers to fund local news
Google LLC and the state of California have agreed to a deal under which the tech giant will commit $172.5 million to fund local journalism over the next five years while some of the money will be set aside for artificial intelligence …
US judge blocks FTC’s ban on noncompete clauses
A federal judge in Texas today derailed the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements, blocking the ban from taking effect in September as planned. In a 27-page opinion, District Judge Ada Brown said that the FTC didn’t have the authority to …
ALS sufferer ‘speaks’ for first time in years with groundbreaking brain implant
Scientists at the University of California at Davis have helped a man to speak again using a brain chip that can interpret his brain signals to read them aloud using artificial intelligence to mimic the man’s real voice. In 2023, Casey Harrell …
X slammed for lack of guardrails on Grok image generation
As Elon Musk’s xAI Corp. debuted two new language models today, they’re already under the spotlight for appearing to push the limits of freedom of speech. Though Musk announced today that Grok is “the most fun AI in the world!”, the image …
EU Commissioner just warned Elon Musk over dangerous content and it backfired badly
EU Commissioner Thierry Breton shared words with X Corp. owner Elon Musk yesterday, reminding him that Musk and X have a responsibility to adhere to the EU’s Digital Services Act, or DSA. Breton’s strongly worded missive to Musk sent yesterday was sent …
Advertising coalition disbands after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X
The coalition of advertisers described by X Corp. owner Elon Musk as a “cabal” has shut down after X hit it with a lawsuit earlier this week. The group, the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, or GARM, was formed in 2019 by …