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Prosecutor takes aim at Sam Bankman-Fried's credibility at trial of FTX founder

NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor began cross-examining Sam Bankman-Fried at a New York City trial on Monday, attacking his credibility by highlighting public statements he made before and after the FTX...

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At AI summit, nations set new global initiatives to reduce risk

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The U.S. alongside delegates from 28 nations are announcing new global initiatives to reduce the risks of artificial intelligence. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the...

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Some Instagram and Facebook users can get rid of ads for $10. Would you pay?

(NEXSTAR) – Meta is giving users in 31 countries the option to scroll their feeds without ads – for a price, of course. Instagram and Facebook users in the European Union, plus Switzerland, Norway,...

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Quantum capital of the world: Emerging field that could solve 'unsolvable'...

CHICAGO — Think of a corn maze as a problem. Think of the people in the maze as traditional computers trying to solve the problem. They’re limited to attempting one route at a time. But what if they...

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Amazon used an algorithm to essentially raise prices on other sites, the FTC...

Amazon used a secret algorithm that essentially helped the company raise prices on other online sites and “destroyed” some internal communications as the Federal Trade Commission was investigating the...

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of defrauding crypto customers

NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s spectacular rise and fall in the cryptocurrency industry — a journey that included his testimony before Congress, a Super Bowl advertisement and dreams...

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Most adults think AI will add to election misinformation in 2024, poll finds

NEW YORK (AP) — The warnings have grown louder and more urgent as 2024 approaches: The rapid advance of artificial intelligence tools threatens to amplify misinformation in next year's presidential...

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Fortnite maker challenges Google's ability to take a cut of in-app purchases

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google on Monday will try to protect a lucrative piece of its internet empire at the same time it’s still entangled in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. The...

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WeWork stock halted as rumors swirl about bankruptcy preparations for the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Trading in shares of WeWork were halted Monday as rumors swirl that the office sharing company, once valued as high as $47 billion, will seek bankruptcy protection. Last week, The Wall...

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A Meta engineer saw his own child face harassment on Instagram. Now, he's...

On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, a former engineering director at the social media...

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General Motors' autonomous vehicle unit recalls cars for software update...

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars to update software after one of them dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early...

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Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government decided to ban the popular social media app TikTok on Monday, saying it was disrupting “social harmony” in the country. The announcement was made following a...

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Russian court fines Google for failing to store personal data on its users

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users, the latest in a series of fines on the U.S. tech giant amid tensions between the Kremlin...

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YouTube creators will soon have to disclose use of gen AI in videos or risk...

YouTube is rolling out new rules for AI content, including a requirement that creators reveal whether they've used generative artificial intelligence to make realistic looking videos. In a blog post...

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Corporate, global leaders peer into a future expected to be reshaped by AI,...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden and other global leaders have spent the past few days melding minds with Silicon Valley titans in San Francisco, their discussions frequently focusing on...

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AI-generated TikToks, YouTube videos push websites that turn photos into AI...

(NewsNation) — Artificial intelligence tools that can be used to generate AI nudity are easy to find online and sometimes even boosted by accounts on social media sites like YouTube and TikTok. A...

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9/11 families call out TikTok over Osama bin Laden trend

(The Hill) — A 9/11 families group called out TikTok on Friday over a letter by Osama bin Laden that has recently gone viral. “No American should ever not know Osama bin Laden was a terrorist who...

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'Please regulate AI:' Artists push for U.S. copyright reforms but tech...

Country singers, romance novelists, video game artists and voice actors are appealing to the U.S. government for relief — as soon as possible — from the threat that artificial intelligence poses to...

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Musk says anyone advocating for genocide will be removed from X following...

(The Hill) — Elon Musk, who owns X, formerly known as Twitter, said anyone advocating for genocide on the platform will be removed from X Friday. “At risk of stating the obvious, anyone advocating the...

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IBM, EU, Disney and others pull ads from Elon Musk's X as concerns about...

Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content and hate speech on the site in general, with billionaire owner Elon Musk inflaming...

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