Internal memo by OpenAI board says Altman’s behavior and lack of transparency undermined the board’s ability to supervise the company
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How big tech generated billions in fines — then didn’t pay them
Critics say fining tech companies does not stop their bad behaviour and it is time for more drastic action
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AI images of white faces are now ‘hyper-real’: study
Most participants also wrongly identified AI images as real faces because they were misinterpreting the details or missing them entirely
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Alberta backs tech sector over regulator with software engineer law
In a gift to the tech sector, Alberta has proposed enabling software engineers to call themselves engineers, even if they’re not licensed as such
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EU readies TikTok, YouTube probes over videos seen by children
Brussels is poised to launch probes into TikTok and YouTube to see what steps they are taking to ensure protection of minors on their platforms
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Tech giants pool efforts to fight online child sex abuse
Big tech companies will share activities that violate child exploitation policies with one another so they can more quickly remove content
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YouTube takes aim at teens bingeing on body image videos
YouTube limits repeated recommendations for youth of videos that idealizes some body types over others and those involving social aggression
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Startup to ‘sponge’ CO2 from the atmosphere
Heirloom Carbon’s goal is to remove one billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere per year by 2035 and permanently store that CO2 underground
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Biden to unveil ‘sweeping’ action to reduce AI risks
Global leaders meet in the UK to discuss implications of AI, such as concerns newer developments could lead to job losses and cyber attacks
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Amazon steps up AI race with $4 billion Anthropic investment
Amazon’s investment into Anthropic, an AI chatbot and systems model, will give it a minority ownership position in the silicon valley company