Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says
xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.
Ashley Belanger
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Policy // Civilization & Discontents
GOP heads to Supreme Court after losing case over TV election ad prices
GOP campaign committees want quick ruling before election ads ramp up next week.
Jon Brodkin
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AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable”
Tech industry is perplexed by Trump’s plan to win AI race by taxing data centers.
Ashley Belanger
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New Twitter launches, says Musk’s X gave up the name
Judge hasn’t ruled on X Corp’s preliminary injunction, but Operation Bluebird plows ahead
Cyrus Farivar
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Meta settles states’ child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as “peanuts”
Meta to impose daily limit on child social media use in deal with nearly every state.
Jon Brodkin
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Court blocks Trump FCC order that could flood broadcast TV with more election ads
Republicans demanded that parties and fundraising committees be given lowest ad rates.
Jon Brodkin
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Nvidia senior manager tied to ex-Supermicro staff’s AI smuggling scheme
Nvidia worker indicted after Jensen Huang scolded Supermicro for AI server smuggling.
Ashley Belanger
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Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US
Lands free of roads are under threat from the Trump administration’s proposed rollback.
Mariah Meek and Travis Belote, The Conversation
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Hidden Zillow listings created fake supply shock, raising NYC rents, lawsuit says
Renters say hidden Zillow listings make it harder to afford living in New York City.
Ashley Belanger
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Lawsuit demands Logitech hand tariff refunds over to customers
Logitech increased prices by up to 25 percent last year.
Scharon Harding
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Personalized pricing is “abhorrent,” but FTC limits may increase costs, critics say
Some Americans fear the FTC may be thinking about personalized pricing all wrong.
Ashley Belanger
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As demand for Meta AI glasses explodes, it’s harder to avoid creepy recordings
Ars looks at Zuckoff, the latest free app detecting Meta AI glasses amid privacy backlash.
Ashley Belanger
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Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids
Roblox is first platform to submit to independent audits under the Online Safety Act.
Ashley Belanger
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Flight attendants freaked out that Google is buying tons of Spirit employee data
Bankrupt Spirit accused of selling out workers in massive data sale to Google.
Ashley Belanger
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FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies
FCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be “technologically neutral.”
Jon Brodkin
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Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump’s chief censor
FCC demands “total capitulation” in Trump censorship campaign, Disney suit says.
Jon Brodkin
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137
As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value
“Network effect” can run in reverse.
Nate Anderson
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Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine
Despite loss, carriers still claim selling device-location data isn’t illegal.
Jon Brodkin
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Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.
Ashley Belanger
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Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case
Judge warns pro se litigants are using chatbots wrong and getting desperate.
Ashley Belanger
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State judge orders Kalshi to stop offering sports bets and other wagers
Kalshi ordered to stop offering bets in Washington, must implement geofencing.
Jon Brodkin
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Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals
Trump memo is first time gov’t has authorized private sector to perform cyberattacks.
Dan Goodin
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Flock “can’t tech its way out” of the stalker cop problem, experts say
Flock to lock out cops who stalk exes, but agencies can still hide abuse.
Ashley Belanger
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Claude’s new Scarlet Letter watermark is invisible—for now
The mark flags anything Claude processed, even human writing it only edited.
Ashley Belanger
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Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
Streaming platform says user-generated content “may be used for future Gen AI model improvements.”
Scharon Harding
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Trump sued over “brazen” scheme to sell Truth Social API access for $100K a month
With Truth API, Trump is “selling priority access to news he himself generates.”
Jon Brodkin
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US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating
Trump admin claims New York suing Kalshi created “market emergency.”
Jon Brodkin
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Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books
AI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers.
Ashley Belanger
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Meta can’t stop states’ $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial
Judges tell Meta that Section 230 provides a defense, not immunity from lawsuits.
Jon Brodkin
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Trump to give Republicans a 3-1 FCC majority, isn’t filling empty Democratic seat
Trump has resisted urge to fire FCC Democrat despite recent Supreme Court win.
Jon Brodkin
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Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
Amazon announces first off-the-grid data center in race to reap AI profits.
Ashley Belanger
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Judge rules Meta caused “public nuisance” and must fund mental health treatment
New Mexico judge orders $567M fund to help address youth mental health crisis.
Jon Brodkin
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DOGE’s wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report
DOGE’s inflated “Wall of Receipts”: 96% of grant savings unverifiable, GAO says.
Jon Brodkin
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AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed?
Clinicians and researchers say AI companies need to open up their safety data.
Cyrus Farivar
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Trump is losing his war on wind power
A court rules that a hold on all wind projects clearly violates the law.
John Timmer
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X wants to keep suing advertisers, asks 5th Circuit to overrule district judge
Musk continues appeal despite court loss and settlement with advertiser group.
Jon Brodkin
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