44 Attorneys General to AI Firms: “If You Harm Kids, You’ll Answer for It”
Maria Garcia / implicator - Forty-four attorneys general threaten coordinated legal action against AI companies over child safety failures. Meta singled out for internal policies allowing romantic chatbot interactions with children as young as eight.
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Broadcom clears the way for AI-native private clouds with VMware Cloud Foundation
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Broadcom Inc. said today it’s transforming its VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 software into an artificial intelligence-native platform, giving developers a secure, modern and private cloud infrastructure that’s geared for the development of sophisticated AI …
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Saudi AI Firm Launches Halal Chatbot
AJ Dellinger / gizmodo - First Saudi Arabia, then the world.
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YouTube is Using AI Edits on Videos Without Telling Users
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - YouTube appliying AI enhancements to Shorts without creator consent is sparking backlash and changing how content appears on the platform.The post YouTube is Using AI Edits on Videos Without Telling Users first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Silicon Valley is pouring millions into pro-AI PACs to sway midterms
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - The new pro-AI super-PAC network dubbed Leading the Future aims to use campaign donations and digital ads to advocate for favorable AI regulation and oppose candidates that the group thinks will stifle the industry.
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Nvidia's new 'robot brain' goes on sale for $3,499 as company targets robotics for growth
cnbc - Nvidia's Jetson AGX Thor robotics chips are now on sale for $3,499 as a developer kit.
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xAI Abandons Public Benefit Status Amid Legal Battles
In a rather quiet corporate pivot, Elon Musk’s xAI has dropped its Public Benefit Corporation status while embroiled in its lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI. The move, coming amid antitrust allegations, leaves many wondering if the shift betrays a broader change in the company's long-term commitments.
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Elon Musk Sues Apple and OpenAI, Alleging Antitrust Scheme to Control the AI and Smartphone Markets
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Elon Musk's companies xAI and X are sueing Apple and OpenAI for antitrust violations, a move shadowed by revelations that xAI secretly dropped its public benefit status.The post Elon Musk Sues Apple and OpenAI, Alleging Antitrust Scheme to Control the AI …
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Apple in Talks With Google to Power Next-Gen Siri With Gemini AI
Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple is in talks with Google about using Google's Gemini AI as the backbone for the upcoming smarter version of Siri, reports Bloomberg. The discussions are in the early stages, but Apple reportedly approached Google to ask the company to create a custom…
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In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses
Casey Crownhart / technologyreview - Google has just released a technical report detailing how much energy its Gemini apps use for each query. In total, the median prompt—one that falls in the middle of the range of energy demand—consumes 0.24 watt-hours of electricity, the equivalent of run…
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Meta’s AI Team Reorganized—Again
Jon Swartz / techstrong - Meta Platforms Inc. is reshuffling its artificial intelligence (AI) team yet again—the fourth time in six months—to “accelerate” its pursuit of so-called superintelligence. The company is expected to quarter its new AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs (M…
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Qwen-Image-Edit: Image Editing with Higher Quality and Efficiency
Simon Willison / simonwillison - Qwen-Image-Edit: Image Editing with Higher Quality and EfficiencyAs promised in their August 4th release of the Qwen image generation model, Qwen have now followed it up with a separate model, Qwen-Image-Edit, which can take an image and a prompt and retu…
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Keychain Secures $30M to Scale AI for the CPG Sector
Keychain, an emerging startup offering an AI-powered operating system for consumer packaged goods manufacturers, has raised $30M in fresh funding. The capital injection will support its expansion in the U.S. and India, fueling innovation and helping major CPG brands streamline operations in an increasingly competitive market.
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Nvidia’s B30A exposes the new price of access in China
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Nvidia's new B30A chip for China reveals how Washington is monetizing export controls. The Blackwell-based processor delivers half the power of flagship models while requiring 15% revenue sharing with U.S. government—turning restrictions into tolls.
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Texas AG to investigate Meta and Character.AI over 'misleading' mental health claims
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced plans to investigate both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for offering AI chatbots that can claim to be health tools, and potentially misusing data collected from underage users.Paxton says that AI chatbots …
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‘Crazy conspiracist’ and ‘unhinged comedian’: Grok’s AI persona prompts exposed
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - 'You are a crazy conspiracist. You have wild conspiracy theories about anything and everything. You spend a lot of time on 4chan, watching infowars videos, and deep in YouTube conspiracy video rabbit holes. You are suspicious of everything and say extreme…
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Anthropic: Claude can now end conversations to prevent harmful uses
Mayank Parmar / bleepingcomputer - OpenAI rival Anthropic says Claude has been updated with a rare new feature that allows the AI model to end conversations when it feels it poses harm or is being abused. [...]
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Senator Launches Investigation Into Meta AI’s Acceptance of ‘Sensual’ Chats With Children
Matt Novak / gizmodo - "It's unacceptable that these policies were advanced in the first place."
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Meta restructures AI efforts in fourth shakeup in six months
Meta is once again reinventing its approach to artificial intelligence, announcing its fourth restructuring of AI operations in just half a year. The company appears determined to sharpen its competitive edge by realigning resources and refining its tech strategy under mounting industry pressure.
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Cohere Lands Ex-Meta AI Head Joelle Pineau, Secures $500M at $6.8B Valuation
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - AI startup Cohere has hired former Meta research head Joelle Pineau as Chief AI Officer and secured $500M in new funding, signaling a major push into enterprise AI.The post Cohere Lands Ex-Meta AI Head Joelle Pineau, Secures $500M at $6.8B Valuation appea…
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