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Sources: DOGE has built an AI tool aiming to cut 50% of federal regulations, or around 100,000 rules, by the first anniversary of Trump's inauguration — An internal proposal suggests how the Trump administration is planning to slash federal regulations, but obstacles loom.
More: The Daily Beast, Engadget, WinBuzzer, The Guardian, The Independent, and NewsMax.com
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Forums: r/politics and r/technology
| Jackson Chen / Engadget: |
Some users are circumventing UK's age checks by using VPNs, providing fake AI-generated photo IDs, or using images of high-fidelity video game characters — As of Friday, anyone trying to watch porn online in the UK will need to subject themselves to an awkward selfie or get their photo ID ready.
More: TechCrunch, Dexerto, PCMag, Push Square, Associated Press, TheGamer, The Independent, and Metro.co.uk
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| Wired: |
The UK starts enforcing new online child safety laws, requiring websites that host porn, self-harm, suicide, and eating disorder content to verify users' age — Starting today, UK adults will have to prove their age to access porn online. Experts warn that a global wave of age-check laws threatens …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
US insurance giant Allianz Life says hackers stole the personal information of the “majority” of its customers, staffers, and employees, in a mid-July breach — U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life has confirmed to TechCrunch that hackers stole the personal information of the …
More: Reuters, Associated Press, BleepingComputer, Bloomberg, and WinBuzzer
Forums: r/cybersecurity, r/technology, and r/privacy
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
A US judge sentences an Arizona woman to 8.5 years in prison for running a “laptop farm” that enabled North Korean workers to secure IT jobs at 309 US companies — A U.S. District Court judge sentenced an Arizona woman to eight and a half years in prison for running a laptop farm used … | Evan Ratliff / Bloomberg: |
Christina Marie Chapman, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison for aiding a North Korean remote IT worker scheme, details her time as a “laptop farmer” — Thousands of undercover agents feed Kim Jong Un's rocket program with millions from the likes of Google and Amazon.
More: Metacurity, Bitcoinist.com, BleepingComputer, IJR, and Cointelegraph
Bluesky: @coricrider.com. Mastodon: @mttaggart@infosec.exchange. X: @ev_rat, @ev_rat, @ev_rat, and @ev_rat. LinkedIn: Roman Rozhavsky
| Ellie Wolfe / The Baltimore Banner: |
The Johns Hopkins University Press will license its authors' books to train AI models, citing concerns that “the window may be closing” for making AI deals — The Johns Hopkins University will license its books to train proprietary large language models, an advanced form …
More: WinBuzzer and Inside Higher Ed
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| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Google has defended Search against the first wave of disruption from generative AI, but AI agents and apps that can reduce clicks now threaten its ad business — The company has defended search but its dominant position in online advertising may still be up for grabs
More: Forbes, The Decoder, and Search Engine Roundtable
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @1br0wn@eupolicy.social
| Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: |
A look at the tensions between Meta, Apple, and Google on whether apps or app stores should check if a user is a minor, as states work on age verification bills — Tell us how AI is shaping your news experience. Share your feedback — The biggest tech companies are warring … | Aaron Mak / Politico: |
The AI Action Plan suggests Trump wants to inculcate a “try-first” culture through regulatory sandboxes for AI, which have already popped up in some US states — Among the many, many ambitious ideas baked into his AI Action Plan, President Donald Trump wants to inculcate a “try-first” culture for innovation in the U.S.
More: Understanding AI, Forbes, and Vogue Business
| David Cendon Garcia / EU-Startups: |
Germany-based Makersite, which helps clients like Microsoft improve product sustainability during the design process, raised a €60M Series B — Stuttgart-based Makersite has secured €60 million in Series B funding to enhance its customer offering and scale both its technology …
More: Next Business 24, Silicon Canals, and Tech.eu
| Sharon Goldman / Fortune: |
Jeff Dean, who co-founded Google Brain and leads Google's AI research, has emerged as a prolific angel investor, backing 37 AI startups over the past two years — Good morning, AI reporter Sharon Goldman in for Allie Garfinkle, who is taking a well-deserved vacation!
LinkedIn: Sharon Goldman
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Source: India orders ISPs and app stores to block 25 streaming services, like Ullu and ALTT with millions of downloads, for allegedly promoting obscene content — India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers … | Pretish M J / Reuters: |
Pony AI gets a permit to provide fully driverless robotaxi services in Shanghai, making it the only company with permits in all four of China's biggest cities — Chinese robotaxi operator Pony AI (PONY.O) said on Saturday it had received a permit to provide fully driverless commercial robotaxi services …
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