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Donald Trump's EO imposing levies on China says the “de minimis” exemption for items under $800 no longer applies, which could affect Alibaba, Shein, and others — - President could block tariff exemption for packages under $800 — Change could affect retailers such as Alibaba, Shein, Temu
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| Matthew Keys / The Desk: |
The US NTSB says it will not email news outlets and reporters with updates about the two recent plane crashes, and will instead post updates on its X account — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Saturday said it will stop e-mailing news organizations and reporters with updates …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/politics, r/moderatepolitics, r/ATC, r/WeirdGOP, and r/news
| Sima Kotecha / BBC: |
The UK announces four new laws that make it illegal to possess, create, or distribute AI tools designed to produce CSAM, becoming the first country to do so — Four new laws will tackle the threat of child sexual abuse images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the government has announced.
More: Reuters, Metro.co.uk, Forbes, Neowin, The Independent, Daily Express, Agence France-Presse, The Guardian, The Mirror, and The Sun
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
In its current form, OpenAI's Operator is more of an intriguing demo than a product useful for most people, but it points to a future of powerful AI agents — In the past week, OpenAI's Operator has done the following things for me: — Ordered me a new ice cream scoop on Amazon.| Heidi Mitchell / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Future You, an AI-based research tool that lets users interact with a virtual older self and is currently being used by 60,000 people from 190 nations — A new artificial-intelligence tool allowed me to talk to my 80-year-old self. It's going to be quite a life.| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Google says APT groups from 20+ countries are using Gemini primarily for productivity gains rather than to develop or conduct novel AI-enabled cyberattacks — Multiple state-sponsored groups are experimenting with the AI-powered Gemini assistant from Google to increase productivity …
More: Moneycontrol, Android Authority, and Android Central
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
In a Reddit AMA, Sam Altman admitted that DeepSeek has lessened OpenAI's lead and said OpenAI has been “on the wrong side of history” in terms of open sourcing — To cap off a day of product releases, OpenAI researchers, engineers, and executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman …
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Forums: r/OpenAI, r/NoShitSherlock, r/ChatGPT, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Intel received €515.55M in default interest from the EU after it was reimbursed a €1.06B fine levied in 2009; EU's top court sided with Intel in October 2024 — U.S. chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) has received 515.55 million euros ($536 million) in default interest from EU antitrust regulators related …
More: Wall Street Pit
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Reliance Retail launches the Shein app in India, with control over operations and data and Shein acting as a technology partner, years after the app's ban — Chinese fast-fashion platform Shein has relaunched in India through a partnership with local conglomerate Reliance's retail chain …
More: Reuters, The Economic Times, YourStory.com, Hindustan Times, India Today, and Financial Express. X: @refsrc
| Katie McQue / The Guardian: |
A US man pleads guilty to a cyberstalking campaign against a professor, including by creating chatbots on Crushon.ai and JanitorAI using her personal info — James Florence, 36, agreed to plead guilty after using victim's information to guide chatbots in impersonation| Josh Boak / Associated Press: |
Donald Trump fires Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, one of the more important regulators and holdovers from the Biden administration — President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover.
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Forums: r/politics, r/economicCollapse, r/law, and r/economy
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Hugging Face's Thomas Wolf and other experts say startups like DeepSeek and the rise of AI agents may erode the value of LLMs from OpenAI and Big Tech companies — Large language models like those developed by Microsoft-backed firm OpenAI are set to become commoditized this year amid rapid … Sponsor Posts
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