Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement Summary Anthropic has reached a proposed settlement to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors who alleged…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research system built by two independent Israeli researchers — Nahman Khayet and Efi Weiss — automatically generated proof-of-concept (PoC)…
UK Government Trial of M365 Copilot Finds No Clear Productivity Boost Summary The UK Department for Business and Trade ran a pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot between October and December…
US cuffs 475 at Hyundai–LG battery plant – feds tout largest single-site raid Summary The Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arm of ICE executed “Operation Low Voltage,” detaining 475 people at…
Google has quietly removed its prominent net-zero-by-2030 pledge from its sustainability website, demoting the commitment into an appendix, according to an investigation by Canada’s National Observer reported on Slashdot. The…
Uber India Starts Offering Drivers Gigs Collecting and Classifying Info For AI Models Summary Uber’s India arm is using its app to offer rideshare and delivery drivers short “digital” gigs…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate and neural-net pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warns that the rise of AI risks concentrating…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary The European Commission has fined Alphabet’s Google $3.45 billion for anti-competitive behaviour in its adtech business, marking the…
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself? Summary Panasonic’s market value has been essentially flat at about $25 billion for the past decade while rivals such as Hitachi, Sony and NEC…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is testing Sway, a beta AI debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to help reduce…
