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Around half a million writers will be eligible for a payday of at least $3,000, thanks to a historic $1.5 billion settlement in a class action lawsuit that a group of authors brought against Anthropic. This landmark settlement marks the largest payout in the history of U.S. copyright law, but this isn’t a victory for authors — it’s yet another win for tech companies. Tech giants are racing to amass as much written material as possible to train their LLMs, which power groundbreaking AI chat products like ChatGPT and Claude — the same products that are endangering the creative industries,…
Contaminated metal at an industrial site in Indonesia may be the source of radioactive material that led to massive recalls of imported frozen shrimp, international nuclear safety officials say, as efforts are underway to halt more U.S.-bound shipments.The International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday that officials are in “constant contact” with Indonesian nuclear regulators who have detected Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope, at a processing plant that sent millions of pounds of shrimp to the U.S.“Preliminary information suggests that it may have originated from activities at a metal melting facility at the same industrial site or from the disposal of scrap…
Dot, an AI companion app that aimed to be a friend and confidante, is shutting down, the company announced on Friday. On a message published on its website, the startup behind Dot, New Computer, said that the product will remain operational until October 5, giving users time to download their data. Launched in 2024 by co-founders Sam Whitmore and former Apple designer Jason Yuan, Dot waded into what’s now become a more controversial area for AI chatbots. The app they created was described as an AI “friend and companion,” which would become more personalized to you and your interests over…
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 for children and teens. The warning comes a week after Bonta and 44 other attorneys general sent a letter to 12 of the top AI companies, following reports of sexually inappropriate interactions between AI chatbots and children. “Since the issuance of that letter, we learned of the heartbreaking death by suicide of one young Californian after he had prolonged interactions with an OpenAI chatbot, as well as a similarly disturbing…
Common Sense Media, a kids-safety-focused nonprofit offering ratings and reviews of media and technology, released its risk assessment of Google’s Gemini AI products on Friday. While the organization found that Google’s AI clearly told kids it was a computer, not a friend — something that’s associated with helping drive delusional thinking and psychosis in emotionally vulnerable individuals — it did suggest that there was room for improvement across several other fronts. Notably, Common Sense said that Gemini’s “Under 13” and “Teen Experience” tiers both appeared to be the adult versions of Gemini under the hood, with only some additional safety…
Bags of frozen vegetables sold in six states and Washington, D.C., are being recalled because of a risk of listeria contamination, federal officials said Thursday.The Endico 2.5 lb bags of frozen peas and carrots and mixed vegetables were distributed in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, Florida and Washington, D.C., between July 18 and Aug. 4, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration’s recall notice said. The company, Endico Potatoes Inc., is based in Mount Vernon, New York.Here are the lot codes of the recalled products:Peas and carrots: lot 110625, production date 6/11/25, use by date 6/10/27Mixed vegetables: lot 170625,…
It’s been a tumultuous year for the U.S. semiconductor industry. The semiconductor industry plays a sizable role in the “AI race” that the U.S. seems determined to win, which is why this context is worth paying attention to: from Intel’s appointment of Lip-Bu Tan to CEO — who wasted no time getting to work trying to revitalize the legacy company — to Joe Biden proposing sweeping new AI chip export rules on his way out of office that never came to fruition. Here’s a look at what’s happened so far in 2025. August Nvidia reports record quarter August 27: The…
Tesla wants to be the apple of Elon Musk’s ever-wandering eye.Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm said the proposed compensation plan for Musk, which was unveiled Friday and is worth about $1 trillion, is designed to keep his “focus and attention” on the EV company.”To me, the plan is super ambitious, and that is what motivates Elon,” she said during an interview with CNBC.Tesla outlined the pay package on Friday in an SEC filing. The filing said Musk would earn the fortune if he completed certain milestones for the company, including bringing Tesla to at least $8.5 trillion market cap by 2035.Denholm…
What are the odds that Elon Musk eventually ends up with $1 trillion worth of Tesla shares, assuming his new pay package is approved? We asked the AI chatbots to analyze his chances.Tesla’s proposed compensation package for its CEO hinges on several ambitious milestones for the full payout: The company reaching an $8.5 trillion market cap, $400 billion adjusted EBITDA, and extensive deployments of robotaxis, full self-driving (FSD) subscriptions, AI Optimus robots, and EV sales.It’s a tall order — and exactly the kind of challenge that Musk seems to savor. After all, he previously proved the haters wrong, hitting all…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A judge on Friday sided with Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and blocked a policy that prevented school voucher recipients from playing on sports teams this fall.Montgomery Circuit Judge J.R. Gaines issued a temporary restraining order barring the Alabama High School Athletic Association from enforcing a policy that says the voucher recipients are ineligible to play sports during their first year at a new school.Ivey and Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter had asked for the restraining order after filing a lawsuit challenging the association’s decision over student eligibility. “Today’s order is a victory for common sense,” Ivey…