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California Governor Gavin Newsom today signed into law a sweeping measure requiring major artificial intelligence developers to meet state-mandated safety standards and disclose potential risks associated with their products. The Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, SB 53, also strengthens protections for …
TikTok will stay: Trump signs executive order to keep app in the US
President Donald Trump signed an executive order today, sealing the deal that will keep the app in the U.S. Though there will still be some regulatory hurdles to jump, it appears that Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Trump are both on board …
Trump to sign off on TikTok deal Thursday
The Trump administration says it has brokered a deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S., which the president is expected to sign Thursday, a White House official said. As reported earlier this week, Oracle Corp. will serve as the app’s data …
Secret Service disrupts plot to cripple New York cell phone system
The U.S. Secret Service today announced that it recently disrupted a hidden telecom network in the New York Tri-State Area that had the potential to wreak havoc on New York’s telecom systems and posed a threat to United Nations General Assembly meetings …
Oracle to oversee TikTok algorithm in Trump-backed deal
After months of negotiations between the U.S. and China, a preliminary agreement apparently has been reached over the fate of TikTok, with Oracle Corp. set to oversee the app’s algorithm. The White House today explained that under the terms of a proposed …
Meta whistleblowers claim company buried information on child safety
Meta Platforms Inc. reportedly suppressed internal research into safety concerns on its virtual reality platforms, including findings that a child under the age of 10 had been sexually propositioned in-app. “Meta knew that underage children were using its products, but figured, ‘Hey, …
Melania Trump invites tech CEOs to White House to inaugurate education AI task force
The first lady today invited some of the U.S.’s foremost tech leaders to the East Wing of the White House to inaugurate a task force on artificial intelligence with an emphasis on integrating AI into the education of children. “I predict AI …
Disney agrees to pay FTC $10 million over YouTube videos for children
The Federal Trade Commission announced today that the Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations that the entertainment company had engaged in the “unlawful collection” of children’s personal data on the YouTube platform. Regulators at the FTC …
Landmark AI wrongful death lawsuit alleges OpenAI’s ChatGPT played major role in teen’s suicide
The parents of a teenage American boy who died by suicide today filed a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI, whose ChatGPT chatbot they say helped their son “explore suicide methods.” According to the New York Times, which today laid out the case, …
Microsoft AI chief tells us we should step back before creating AI that seems too human
Microsoft AI Chief Executive Mustafa Suleyman published an essay this week on the development of AI, and it comes with a warning: We should be very cautious about treating future AI products as if they possess consciousness. Suleyman (pictured) said in his …