US state accuses Meta of prioritising profits over teen safety
The closely watched trial between social media giant Meta and the state of Tennessee, in the United States opened on Monday, with…
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eBay agrees to $56m settlement with e-commerce newsletter publishers
eBay and several former executives have agreed to pay $56 million to settle a civil lawsuit brought by Ina and David Steiner,…
FG launches digital platform to automate civil service posting, promotion
The Federal Government has launched the Human Resource Modules of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, introducing a fully digital platform…
Nvidia, Microsoft, SpaceX launch AI safety initiative
Nvidia and several other technology giants on Monday launched a new artificial intelligence safety initiative focused on open models, as fallout from…
Snapchat introduces real-time music sharing feature for users
Snapchat has launched a new feature that allows users to share the music they are listening to in real time through Snap…
Hugging face CEO demands OpenAI release records of AI model breach
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue has called on OpenAI to release detailed records of an incident in which one of its AI…
Space-based datacenters could cause ‘catastrophic’ pollution, experts warn
Space-based datacenters proposed by SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and other companies could generate staggering levels of pollution that may alter Earth’s…
Reddit stock tumbles 8% on WSJ Google AI access report
Shares of Reddit fell 8 per cent on Wednesday after The Wall Street Journal reported that the social media platform had discussed…
Reddit, major publishers threaten to block Google access over AI overviews
Reddit and several major news publishers are reportedly considering restricting Google’s access to their websites as the tech giant’s AI-generated search summaries…
Microsoft drops OpenAI image models from PowerPoint, Bing
Microsoft is removing OpenAI’s image-generation models from two of its most prominent consumer products, PowerPoint and Bing, and replacing them with its…
Anthropic upgrades Claude voice mode as AI rivalry intensifies
Anthropic is expanding the capabilities of its Claude chatbot’s voice mode, allowing users to interact with the company’s Opus, Sonnet and Haiku…
Oracle lands nearly $7B Pentagon contract
The United States government on Thursday awarded Oracle a contract worth nearly $7 billion over 10 years, delivering a major boost to…