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Meta agrees to pay $1.4B to settle Texas' lawsuit accusing Meta of using facial recognition tech to collect biometric data of millions of Texans without consent — Meta Platforms (META.O) has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state's lawsuit accusing the Facebook parent …
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Perplexity is launching a program to share ad revenue with partners such as Time, Der Spiegel, Fortune, and WordPress.com, after weeks of plagiarism accusations — Perplexity is launching a program to share ad revenue with publishing partners following weeks of plagiarism accusations.| Capital Brief: |
Canva acquires AI image generation service Leonardo.ai for an undisclosed amount; Leonardo.ai launched in December 2022 and has 19M+ registered users — Founded in December 2022, Leonardo.Ai has over 19 million users and its very own foundation AI model. — Canva, Australia's largest …
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Qualcomm debuts the 4nm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2, a feature-limited version of the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2, to make 5G accessible to smartphones in the sub-$100 category — Qualcomm Tuesday announced the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2. The entry-level chip aims to make 5G accessible to 2.8 billion smartphone users …
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The SEC charges BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji of raising $257M+ from unregistered offers and sales of BTCLT and lying to investors about personal compensation — The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has hit the founder of decentralized social network BitClout with fraud charges …
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Microsoft calls on the US Congress to pass a comprehensive law to crack down on AI deepfakes that aim to interfere in elections or maliciously target people — - Law enforcement needs a clear legal framework, Brad Smith says — Elon Musk recently shared manipulated clip of Kamala Harris
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The US Senate passes the Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act; the bills now move to the House — The Senate passed the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (also known as COPPA 2.0) … | Bloomberg: |
Sources including frontline health care workers say their testing of Google's AI-powered nurse handoff tool has left questions about its consistency and quality — After spending billions trying to transform the industry, Alphabet sees opportunity in artificial intelligence.
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PayPal reports Q2 revenue up 8% YoY to $7.89B, total payment volume up 11% to $416.81B, transaction margin dollars up 8%, and raises its FY 2024 profit forecast — PayPal (PYPL.O) on Tuesday raised its forecast for full-year adjusted profit for the second time, betting on resilient consumer spending … | Rafe Uddin / Financial Times: |
The UK ICO says the country's election authority failed to take “basic steps” to protect the personal data of 40M voters before a 2021 China-backed cyberattack — ‘Basic steps’ including updating passwords were missed before 2021 hack, finds Information Commissioner| Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon is expanding its one- to two-day delivery capabilities to US rural areas, using hyper-efficient warehouses, contracted drivers, and mom-and-pop shops — E-commerce giant is expanding into remote areas after years of fine-tuning its delivery systems in more dense cities| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Lineaje, a software supply chain management startup, raised a $20M Series A co-led by Prosperity7 Ventures, Neotribe Ventures, and Hitachi — Software supply chain management startup Lineaje announced today that it has raised $20 million in new funding to advance its artificial intelligence capabilities …
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After Google said it wouldn't deprecate third-party cookies, the W3C says they should be removed as “hidden personal data collection hurts everyone's privacy” — Author(s) and publish date — After reading Google's announcement that they no longer plan to deprecate third-party cookies …
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Scammers are using Meta's copyright protection tools to target Middle East influencers; creators see their Instagram content removed if they don't pay ransoms — Victims see their content removed from Instagram unless they pay steep ransoms. — In May 2023, Esaa Ahmed-Adnan … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
The US NTIA issues a report in support of “open-weight” generative AI models like Meta's Llama 3.1, but recommends the government to monitor for potential risks — The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday issued a report in support of “open-weight” generative AI models like Meta's Llama 3.1 … | Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA is gathering information from market players to determine whether Google's partnership with Anthropic qualifies as a merger and harms UK competition — - CMA will review whether investment causes competition issues — Google committed to investing $2 billion into the AI startup| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Meta rolls out AI Studio in the US, letting users create and share AI chatbots, and Instagram creators set up chatbots to answer DM questions and story replies — Meta is rolling out its AI Studio tools for custom chatbots. — The next time you DM a creator on Instagram, you might get a reply from their AI.
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