Meta Settles a School District’s Social Media Addiction Lawsuit
Snap, TikTok and YouTube had already settled with the Kentucky district, allowing the companies to avert the first in a series of federal trials.
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Waymo Suspends Service in Six Cities After Cars Drove Into Flooded Roads
The temporary shutdowns came after videos emerged showing two Waymo cars stopped on swamped streets in Atlanta on Wednesday.
Our Field Trip to Google I/O + A Sit-Down With Sundar Pichai + System Update
“This is the only recent gathering of a large number of people where mentions of A.I. did not produce a large chorus of boos.”
What to Know About Elon Musk’s Trial Against OpenAI
A jury in Oakland, Calif., reached a decision after a three-week-long trial seen as pivotal for the future of OpenAI and the artificial intelligence race.
Trump Cancels Signing of Executive Order Granting Oversight of A.I. Models
The president said he postponed the executive order, which would give the government power to evaluate A.I. models before their release, over concerns about “aspects of it.”
Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of Computer Security Risks, Dies at 93
For decades, he criticized the industry’s lax attitudes toward computer security and individual digital privacy. He also developed solutions.
Barnes & Noble CEO clarifies the bookseller’s stance on AI-written books after refusing to ban them: ‘This is a straightforward rejection of AI books’
James Daunt told Fortune the responsibility to decide on what AI-generated means lies with the publisher, not the seller.
Tech billionaires convinced Trump to back off an AI executive order. But much of MAGA favors AI regulation
Former AI czar David Sacks along with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg swayed Trump against the executive order
How Grab’s CTO sees the superapp’s push into physical AI and automated driving—and why he uses his competitors’ robots in the office
“If you go to the Grab office now, you'll see robots from other companies as well. We use a 1+n strategy which keeps us on our toes.”
