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Tech Policy

Is Amazon watching you?

The two biggest delivery networks in the US are bringing cameras along, and you can’t opt out.

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AI

The scramble for an AI off switch

Rogue AI agent incidents are piling up. Lawmakers want a kill switch, but Nvidia’s betting the fix is a product, not a policy.

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AI

Amazon’s a-Muse-ing beef with Meta

Just two weeks after its launch, Meta’s Muse finds itself at the center of the first big fight over AI agent access.

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AI

AI scraping is theft, admits a Microsoft exec

A senior Microsoft exec called the AI industry’s mass scraping “an astonishing theft”—and it could lead to more lawsuits.

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AI

Google mapped every possible typo in your DNA

Its DeepMind team says the new database can predict every possible single-letter change in human DNA and what it does.

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AI

The data center pitch vs. the numbers

Trump told data center supporters they’ll be “successful and rich.” The stats don’t really agree.

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Platforms

An endless scroll of lawsuits

29 states say Meta’s platforms are harmful for kids. A whistleblower explained how.

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Tech Policy

Data center states are banning data centers

Data center bans and protests are mounting even as Amazon bankrolls the US’s largest gas plant for its new AI campus.

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AI

AI just created viruses from scratch

Researchers used AI to design new viruses. They also had to design their own safety guardrails.

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Tech Privacy

Flock’s CEO admits to an abuse problem

Flock reportedly has an abuse problem. Its CEO admitted to it, but his response may leave you unsatisfied.