FTC Launches Inquiry on How AI Chatbots Affect Kids: Engagement Tactics, Data Use, and Risk Controls

Prabhanu Kumar Das / medianama - Under section 6(b) the FTC is seeking this extensive information on the practices of AI chatbots of 7 firms, like Meta, xAI, OpenAI, on how they monetise user engagement, process user inputs and generate outputs. The post FTC Launches Inquiry on How AI Ch…

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Anthropic lets Claude remember previous interactions to streamline work

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - The premium versions of Anthropic PBC’s Claude AI chatbot are getting a useful upgrade with the addition of “memory”, which will enable it to remember earlier interactions with users without any prompting. The new feature, which aims to improve Claude AI’…

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OpenAI Whistleblower Death Sparks Fierce Reactions

In a tension-filled exchange on live television, OpenAI’s Sam Altman was grilled about a mysterious whistleblower death—with one commentator bluntly asserting “he was definitely murdered.” Even Elon Musk couldn’t resist weighing in, adding extra spice to an already combustible controversy.

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F5 acquires AI security provider CalypsoAI for $180M

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - F5 Inc. today announced plans to acquire CalypsoAI Inc., a startup that helps enterprises protect their artificial intelligence applications from hackers. The all-cash deal values CalypsoAI at $180 million. That’s more than four times the amount of fundin…

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FTC Launches Major Probe Into AI Chatbot Safety for Teens, Targeting Google, Meta, and OpenAI

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - The US FTC is investigating seven tech giants, including Google, Meta, and OpenAI, over the safety and psychological impact of their AI companion chatbots on kids.The post FTC Launches Major Probe Into AI Chatbot Safety for Teens, Targeting Google, Meta, …

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YouTube rolls out multilingual audio tracks to millions of creators

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - YouTube is rolling out multilingual audio tracks to millions of creators.The article YouTube rolls out multilingual audio tracks to millions of creators appeared first on THE DECODER.

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Arm debuts AI-optimized Lumex chip lineup for mobile devices

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Arm Holdings plc today introduced a new portfolio of chip designs that handset makers can use to develop mobile processors. The product family is known as Lumex. It includes central processing units, graphics processing units and an interconnect module. S…

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Ted Cruz’s new bill would let AI companies set their own rules for up to 10 years

Elissa Welle / theverge - On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation to create a regulation "sandbox" that would allow artificial intelligence companies to experiment with minimal federal oversight. The SANDBOX Act, if passed by Congress, would allow companies to apply for…

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Reddit, Yahoo, and other publishers roll out licensing protocol, pressuring AI companies to pay for scraped data

techspot - Announced earlier today, Really Simple Licensing, or RSL, is an open, decentralized protocol developed by the non-profit RSL Collective. Built on the widely used RSS (Really Simple Syndication) standard, it can handle any digital content – web pages, book…

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Anthropic reports outages, Claude and Console impacted

Dominic-Madori Davis / techcrunch - Anthropic reported a service outage impacting APIs, Console, and Claude earlier this afternoon.

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Publishers demand payment from AI through new licensing protocol

Maria Garcia / implicator - Publishers like Reddit and Yahoo launched a new licensing standard to charge AI companies for training data. The Really Simple Licensing protocol lets sites demand payment per crawl or per AI response. No major AI company has agreed to comply yet.

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Lookout uses AI to guard against mobile social engineering threats

Ian Barker / betanews - As we do more and more on our mobile devices it’s clear that the front line of cyber defense isn't the corporate server it's the employee's phone. As AI boosts social engineering, hackers are bypassing traditional firewalls to target people directly with …

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Black Forest Labs inks $140m deal with Meta, reports say

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Reflection AI Nears $5.5B Valuation Amid AI Frenzy

Nvidia-backed startup Reflection AI is edging close to a $5.5 billion valuation as it rides the wave of AI innovation. Both Reuters and Financial Times report on its deal-making momentum and rapid growth, underscoring the dual sense of excitement and cautious optimism in the tech investment community.

Back to Top / Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 14187 / 1 stories in 5 months

Microsoft Mandates Three-Day Office Return, Citing AI Era Demands

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft is ending its flexible work policy, requiring employees to return to the office three days a week to boost collaboration for AI development.The post Microsoft Mandates Three-Day Office Return, Citing AI Era Demands appeared first on WinBuzzer.

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The United Arab Emirates Releases a Tiny But Powerful AI Model

Will Knight / wired - K2 Think compares well with reasoning models from OpenAI and DeepSeek but is smaller and more efficient, say researchers based in Abu Dhabi.

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AI at the speed of light: Nvidia-backed Scintil Photonics raises €50m Series B

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Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’ 

Julie Bort / techcrunch - After watching Reddit's OpenAI and Anthropic communities, Sam Altman thinks social media cannot be trusted. And bots are to blame.

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Google expands AI Mode beyond English for the first time

Kris Holt / engadget - Google is opening up AI Mode to more languages. Starting today, the AI chatbot the company is integrating into Google Search is available in Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese. The company has been rapidly expanding access to the…

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Anthropic endorses California’s AI safety bill, SB 53

Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - As Anthropic endorses SB 53, much of Silicon Valley and the federal government are pushing back on AI safety efforts.

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