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Artificial intelligence
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Elon Musk's Grok made the world less safe his humiliating backdown gives me hopium | Van Badham

Elon Musk's chatbot Grok released tools enabling nonconsensual sexual exploitation images, prompting public backlash and potential government action to limit Musk.
Information security
fromEngadget
1 week ago

India is proposing another far-reaching security rule for smartphones

India proposes smartphone security rules requiring source-code access, pre-update notifications, logging, and app restrictions, prompting industry backlash over privacy and proprietary risks.
fromTheregister
1 week ago

India's government denies it wants smartphone source code

India's government has denied that it is working on rules that would require smartphone manufacturers to provide access to their source code. A Sunday report by Reuters claimed that India has circulated a package of 83 security standards, among them requirements to share smartphone source code and another requiring developers to give India's government advance of major software updates. The report claims that Apple and Samsung have opposed the plan.
Gadgets
UK politics
fromJezebel
1 week ago

X limits sexualized AI deepfakes to paying customers

X limited Grok's image generation and editing to paying subscribers after widespread production and sharing of sexualized, exploitative deepfakes, prompting government condemnation.
Law
fromInsideHook
1 month ago

Legal Ruling Reveals Limits on Changing One's Name

Courts can deny legal name changes that falsely imply professional credentials or create confusion, citing risks of fraud and deception.
US politics
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

How Apple's walled garden protects ICE

Epic Games' legal battle weakened Apple's app-store control, enabling government actions to compel removal of ICE-tracking apps such as ICEBlock.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 months ago

Weber: Death by 1,000 towns How rural cities and counties slowed high-speed rail to a crawl

California's high-speed rail project faces severe criticism for delays, cost overruns, and overregulation.
fromNextgov.com
5 months ago

Trump is outpacing his first term in deleting environmental information

"We have seen a complete erasure of evidence of environmental racism," said Gretchen Gehrke, cofounder of EDGI and the web governance program lead.
US politics
Health
fromHackernoon
6 months ago

Make 'em Liable! | HackerNoon

Liability avoidance drives societal protection mechanisms, encompassing both government mandates and personal safety measures.
frominsideevs.com
6 months ago

China's Government Wants To Hit The Brakes On EV Overinvestment

The Chinese government is attempting to address concerns of overcapacity and the effects of a crushing EV price war. Brands that underprice vehicles to hurt competition may face action.
Cars
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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

UK food delivery companies increase checks on illegal workers

The UK’s three largest food delivery firms have committed to using advanced security measures, including facial verification, to combat illegal working and protect legal workers.
Food & drink
fromMedium
6 months ago

What the law says about deceptive design patterns

Deceptive design patterns, often called 'dark patterns', manipulate users into decision-making that favors companies rather than individuals, violating user autonomy.
Marketing tech
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
7 months ago

Without regulations to drive market, Canada's EV battery recycling industry may run out of road, experts warn | CBC News

Li-Cycle's bankruptcy highlights the urgent need for government regulation in the EV battery recycling industry.
UK politics
fromBusiness Matters
7 months ago

Ministers to gain power to mandate pension fund investment in UK assets

The government plans to introduce reserve powers enabling them to mandate pension fund investments in UK assets.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

Ministers to block Thames Water paying bosses bonuses out of emergency loan

Ministers aim to block Thames Water executive bonuses due to the company's financial crisis and potential risk of renationalisation.
Artificial intelligence
fromRAIN News
8 months ago

UK listeners assert the value of human creativity in music (BPI)

Listeners value human creativity in music over AI-generated works.
The public supports regulations for AI's role in the music industry.
Cryptocurrency
fromEngadget
8 months ago

Kuwait cracks down on crypto miners to cut down on electricity usage

Kuwait's government is enforcing a ban on cryptocurrency mining to reduce stress on its power grid, especially during the hot summer months.
Artificial intelligence
fromBoston.com
8 months ago

Tech industry tried reducing AI's pervasive bias. Now Trump wants to end its 'woke AI' efforts

Tech companies are facing increased scrutiny over their DEI work in AI, shifting focus from equity to reducing ideological bias.
US news
fromwww.nytimes.com
9 months ago

How Texas Officials Invited the Rigging of the State Lottery

Texas lottery manipulation reveals deep-seated issues with government integrity and corruption.
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