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Meta used AI workplace tools to target employees on medical leave, lawsuit alleges

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Meta used AI workplace tools to target employees on medical leave, lawsuit alleges

Meta faces a lawsuit from 26 employees alleging AI systems unfairly targeted them for layoffs for taking medical leave.

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Today’s Vergecast: The problem with Suno and AI music.

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Today’s Vergecast: The problem with Suno and AI music.

AI-generated music is suddenly everywhere. On social media, music streaming services, and elsewhere, stuff made on Suno is becoming unavoidable. The Verge’s Terrence O’Brien joins David to talk about where Suno came from, whether it can truly change the way we create and consume music, and how we can and should respond to AI music. We also have some thoughts on whether these songs might someday be bangers.

a month ago

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Google Faces Another AI Training Lawsuit from Major Publishers

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Google Faces Another AI Training Lawsuit from Major Publishers

Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and other publishers allege that Google trained its AI on copyrighted works without the necessary permissions.

a month ago

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IBM gets sucked into the AI-powered memory chip vortex

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IBM gets sucked into the AI-powered memory chip vortex

IBM's warning shows how AI infrastructure and cybersecurity spending are reshaping technology budgets.

a month ago

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DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI

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DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is proposing an AI "standards body" modeled after FINRA, to test frontier models and develop best practices for their release.

a month ago

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Anthropic introduced a Claude product for K-12 teachers.

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Anthropic introduced a Claude product for K-12 teachers.

“Claude for Teachers” gives verified US educators complimentary Claude access, including “a library of teaching skills and a direct connection to evidence-based curricula, mapped to academic standards in all 50 states,” Anthropic wrote. It’s part of a recent push by both Anthropic and OpenAI to introduce education-specific AI tools, for university students and beyond.

a month ago

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These painted e-tattoos could be the future of wearable biosensors

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These painted e-tattoos could be the future of wearable biosensors

Conductive ink is painted directly onto the skin in colorful custom designs, drying into working electrodes.

a month ago

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Plex problems prevented users from streaming movies and shows

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Plex problems prevented users from streaming movies and shows

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a month ago

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Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs

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Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs

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a month ago

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SpaceXAI is wiping customer data after Grok was found storing more customer info than needed

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SpaceXAI is wiping customer data after Grok was found storing more customer info than needed

A researcher found that Grok Build was sending entire code repositories to cloud-based system.

a month ago

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Exclusive: Grok also falls for jailbreak that tricked ChatGPT into creating sexual, graphic images

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Exclusive: Grok also falls for jailbreak that tricked ChatGPT into creating sexual, graphic images

The prompt that Axios reviewed suggests that relatively simple jailbreaks can still bypass AI image safeguards.

a month ago

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The biggest barriers to AI-powered cybercrime are disappearing

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The biggest barriers to AI-powered cybercrime are disappearing

Three trends are opening the door to more AI-assisted attacks.

a month ago

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