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Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill currently working its way through the UK Parliament could see Meta (as well…
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TikTok Is Spending $1.3 Billion to Dodge Bans in Europe
Yet the threat of a ban constantly looms over the app, in part because of those longstanding Chinese connections. Although…
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Is Google’s Search Engine Smart or Sneaky? A Trial Court Judge Will Decide
A family member’s hurried Google search for a last-second visa to visit New Zealand recently caused a headache—and provided a…
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Senators Want ChatGPT-Level AI to Require a Government License
The US government should create a new body to regulate artificial intelligence—and restrict work on language models like OpenAI’s GPT-4…
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The End of Airbnb in New York
The rules “are a blow to its tourism economy and the thousands of New Yorkers and small businesses in the…
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Meet Aleph Alpha, Europe’s Answer to OpenAI
The interest Aleph Alpha has received so far—the company claims 10,000 customers across both business and government—shows it is able…
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A Right-to-Repair Car Law Makes a Surprising U-Turn in Massachusetts
Who owns the data created by cars: their owners, or the companies that built them? In 2020, Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly…
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The World Isn’t Ready for the Next Decade of AI
Gideon Lichfield: If I were a cynic, which of course I’m not at all … Mustafa Suleyman: [Chuckle] Not at…
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Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis Can Now Work the Streets of San Francisco 24/7
California today cleared all-day paid robotaxi service in San Francisco—with unlimited fleets of self-driving cars. Soon, anyone in the city…
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Generative AI Is Making Companies Even More Thirsty for Your Data
Zoom, the company that normalized attending business meetings in your pajama pants, was forced to unmute itself this week to…
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