Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company
Eli Tan / nytimes - An us-versus-them mentality has emerged between Meta’s top artificial intelligence team and longtime lieutenants to Mark Zuckerberg.
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Google hit with EU antitrust investigation over use of online content for AI
cnbc - It's the latest in a string of actions the European Commission has taken against U.S. big tech companies.
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Australia's Bold Move: No Social Media Access for Those Under 16
Alex Valdes / cnet - Countries around the world will be watching to see how well the new ban works ... or doesn't.
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U.S. Plans to Approve Export of Nvidia’s H200 Chip to China
Amrith Ramkumar / wsj - The chipmaker’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, met with President Trump last week to discuss exporting the powerful chips.
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ICEBlock developer suing DOJ, ICE, & more after Apple App Store removal
appleinsider - Apple removed the ICEBlock app from the App Store after being pressured by the US government, and now the developer is suing the DOJ & others involved for a violation of his First Amendment rights.The US DOJ is being sued by ICEBlock devThe developer of I…
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Free Speech Debate: ICEBlock censorship sparks broader rights concerns
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Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner
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X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine
Bjarke Smith-Meyer / politico - Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying “to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer."
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Australian PM Vows to Hold Social Media to Account as Ban Nears
Brett Miller / bloomberg - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reminded social media companies that they will be held responsible when a ban on children having accounts takes effect on Wednesday.
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Google Must Limit Its 'Default Search' Contracts to One Year, Judge Rules
EditorDavid / slashdot - Bloomberg reports that Google "must renegotiate any contract to make its search engine or artificial intelligence app the default for smartphones and other devices every year, a federal judge ruled."Judge Amit Mehta in Washington sided with the US Justice…
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Apple, Google, Samsung Protest India's Mandatory Always-On Location Tracking Plan [Report]
iclarified - Apple, Google, and Samsung are pushing back against a proposal in India that would require smartphone makers to keep satellite-based location tracking enabled at all times. The plan, still under review, has raised strong objections over privacy, security,…
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Apple, Samsung Protest India’s Smartphone Surveillance Proposal
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - India is planning to mandate always-on satellite location tracking on all smartphones, which Apple, Google warn would turn phones into surveillance tools.The post Apple, Samsung Protest India’s Smartphone Surveillance Proposal first appeared on iPhone in …
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CDC panel overturns 1991 newborn vaccine policy, triggering warnings of a public health backslide
Taylor Hatmaker / fastcompany - A powerful advisory group within the CDC voted Friday to overturn a longstanding precaution designed to protect newborn babies.If the change is approved by the acting director of the agency, the government will no longer universally recommend the hepatiti…
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EU fines X $140 million for violating landmark digital service rules
Jess Weatherbed / theverge - The European Union has served Elon Musk’s X with a €120 million (about $140 million) penalty for violating the bloc’s digital service rulebook, including over the “deceptive design” of its blue checkmark. Today’s announcement marks the first time that a c…
- Blue check crackdown: scrutiny of deceptive verification design. (12)
- Historic DSA move: first enforcement penalty spotlight. (2)
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Blue check crackdown: scrutiny of deceptive verification design.
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State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
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Apple General Counsel Kate Adams and Environment Chief Lisa Jackson Retiring in 2026
Juli Clover / macrumors - Two senior Apple executives are leaving the company, Apple announced today. Apple's Senior Vice President and General Counsel Kate Adams and Lisa Jackson, Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, are both retiring in 2026.Adams will b…
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OpenAI tests "Confessions" to uncover hidden AI misbehavior
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI is testing a new method to reveal hidden model issues like reward hacking or ignored safety rules. The system trains models to admit rule-breaking in a separate report, rewarding honesty even if the original answer was deceptive.The article OpenAI …
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OpenAI Must Turn Over ChatGPT Logs in New York Times Case
Paul Thurrott / thurrott - A federal judge ruled that OpenAI must produce over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in its high profile copyright infringement case against The New York Times.The post OpenAI Must Turn Over ChatGPT Logs in New York Times Case appeared first on Thu…
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EU launches antitrust probe into Meta's WhatsApp AI restrictions
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Meta.The article EU launches antitrust probe into Meta's WhatsApp AI restrictions appeared first on THE DECODER.
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business. Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
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After intense backlash, India pulls mandate to pre-install government app on smartphones
Jagmeet Singh / techcrunch - On Wednesday, the Indian telecom ministry said Sanchar Saathi, an anti-theft and cybersecurity protection app, would remain voluntary, and that smartphone makers would no longer be required to preload it on devices they sell.
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Govt reversed mandate, users gain removal control
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