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Character.AI Sued for Liability in Teenager’s Suicide

Oct 23, 2024 · 1:53pm PDT
The lawsuit claims Character.AI knew its app “would be harmful to a significant number of minors but failed to re-design it to ameliorate such harms or furnish adequate warnings” of potential dangers.
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OpenAI Winds Down ‘AGI Readiness’ Team as Policy Leader Exits

Oct 23, 2024 · 12:51pm PDT
OpenAI policy leader Miles Brundage will be working in the nonprofit sector on AI policy research next, he said.
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Developers Migrate to Snap Amid Meta’s AR Studio Shutdown

Oct 23, 2024 · 9:19am PDT
Some developers told Bloomberg that in light of Meta’s decision to shutter Meta Spark, they are now turning their attention to Snap’s rival platform.
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Bank of America Doubles AI Patents In Two Years

Oct 23, 2024 · 8:40am PDT
Bank of America said it has doubled its artificial intelligence and machine learning-related patents in the last two years.
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CFPB Fines Goldman, Apple $90 Million Over Credit Card Failures

Oct 23, 2024 · 8:39am PDT
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has banned Goldman Sachs from launching new credit cards without approval.
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Nvidia’s Huang Says Blackwell Problem Fixed

Oct 23, 2024 · 7:29am PDT
The CEO claimed reports that the Blackwell problem had created tensions between Nvidia and TSMC were "fake news."
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Arm Cancels Qualcomm’s License to Design Chips Based on Its Technology

Oct 23, 2024 · 1:14am PDT
The move is an escalation of a dispute that the two companies have had since 2021 after Qualcomm purchased Nuvia, a chip startup.
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Bill Gates Backs Harris With $50 Million Donation

Oct 22, 2024 · 10:02pm PDT · 1 comment
The news of Gates's donation comes as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are locked in a tight race with just two weeks remaining until Election Day.
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Netflix Pulls Back on Gaming Expansion

Oct 22, 2024 · 2:37pm PDT
Netflix has been tip-toeing into gaming over the past few years but it appears to be abandoning part of its effort involving big name developers.
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Amazon to End Delivery Service for Outside Bricks-and-Mortar Retailers

Oct 22, 2024 · 1:36pm PDT
About 300 staff worked on Amazon Today and some were told Monday that they would be losing their jobs, according to CNBC.
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OpenAI Hires Ex-White House Official as First Chief Economist

Oct 22, 2024 · 12:26pm PDT
OpenAI's new chief economist, Aaron Chatterji, will lead research into how AI will affect economic growth and job creation.
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Anthropic Announces Software That Operates Devices, New Models

Oct 22, 2024 · 10:49am PDT · 1 comment
The software will be able to take actions on behalf of users on their devices, like building websites and editing spreadsheets.
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Wayfair Launches Rewards Subscription

Oct 22, 2024 · 8:17am PDT · 1 comment
The online home goods retailer has been battling a sales slowdown and increased competition from Temu and Amazon.
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Walmart to Add Same-Day Pharmacy Delivery Nationwide

Oct 22, 2024 · 8:02am PDT
The announcement comes shortly after Amazon announced an expansion of its own same-day pharmacy delivery service.
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New Rules for U.S. Tech Investments in China Under Final Review

Oct 22, 2024 · 2:43am PDT
President Biden's executive order last year cited concerns about how investments in sensitive technologies in China could threaten U.S. national security.  
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Meta Ray Bans Sells Strongly in Europe, EssilorLuxottica Says

Oct 21, 2024 · 3:39pm PDT
EssilorLuxottica, a global eyewear giant and owner of the Ray-Ban brand, is Meta's partner on the smartglasses, which let people stream music, make phone calls and take photos.
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News Corp Sues AI Search Startup Perplexity for Copyright Infringement

Oct 21, 2024 · 11:40am PDT
In July, Perplexity struck revenue-sharing deals with publishers including Fortune and Time.
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Disney Names Jim Gorman as New Chairman

Oct 21, 2024 · 7:42am PDT · 1 comment
The CEO search has taken on immense significance for Disney, given the problems the company has had in finding a longterm successor for Bob Iger.
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Perplexity Hopes to More Than Double Valuation to $8 Billion

Oct 20, 2024 · 5:31pm PDT
Investor enthusiasm for AI startups doesn’t seem to be dimming.
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Netflix Series May Spark New Jail Terms for Menendez Brothers

Oct 20, 2024 · 11:48am PDT
‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ has resurrected interest in their case.