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California lawmakers pass AI safety bill SB 53 — but Newsom could still veto

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-09-30 10:56:50

California’s state senate gave final approval early on Saturday morning to a major AI safety bill setting new transparency requirements on large companies. As described by its author, state senator Scott Wiener, SB 53 “requires large AI labs to be transparent about their safety protocols, creates whistleblower protections for [employees] at AI labs & creates a public cloud to expand compute access (CalCompute).” The bill now goes to California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign or veto. He has not

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CEOs Are Obsessed With AI, But Their Pushes to Use It Keep Ending in Disaster

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-30 07:45:14

There may be nobody else on Earth more excited about AI than CEOs. Driven by a compulsion to cut overhead costs — and avoid the wrath of similarly AI-fixated shareholders — executive teams across the US can’t wait to force AI onto their workforces, consequences be damned. Corporate executives have become giddy at the thought of automating their workforces, boasting about supposed productivity gains as they lay off human workers, who now face one of the worst job markets in recent history. Even

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Big Businesses Are Doing Carbon Dioxide Removal All Wrong

wired.com Joseph Winters 2025-09-30 08:00:00

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will require removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s foremost authority on the topic. But only some types of carbon removal are actually effective—and these are largely not the kind that major companies are investing in. A new report from the NewClimate Institute, a European think

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FTC scrutinizes OpenAI, Meta, and others on AI companion safety for kids

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-01 08:14:00

Olemedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The FTC is investigating seven tech companies building AI companions. The probe is exploring safety risks posed to kids and teens. Many tech companies offer AI companions to boost user engagement. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the safety risks posed by AI companions to kids and teenagers, the agency announced Thursday. The federal regulator s

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How Prehistoric Humans Survived a Supervolcano So Big We Probably Should Have Gone Extinct

gizmodo.com Jayde N. Hirniak 2025-10-01 08:35:08

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events that Earth has seen in the past 2.5 million years. While the volcano is located in what’s now Indonesia, living organisms across the entire globe were potentially affected. As an archaeologist who specializes in studying volcanic eruptions of the past, I often think about how incredible it is that humans survived this extinction-level event that was over 10,000 times larger

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Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue Perplexity for copying their definitions

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-10-01 16:23:34

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The AI web search company Perplexity is being hit by another lawsuit alleging copyright and trademark infringement, this time from Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster. Britannica, the centuries-old publisher that owns Merriam-Webster, sued Perplexity in New

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Micro1, a competitor to Scale AI, raises funds at $500M valuation

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-10-01 16:00:00

Micro1, a three-year-old startup that helps AI companies find and manage human contractors for data labeling and training, has raised a $35 million Series A funding round that values the company at $500 million. The round was led by O1 Advisors, a venture capital firm co-founded by Dick Costolo and Adam Bain, the former CEO and COO of Twitter. The startup is one of many companies looking to fill the gap in the data market created by recent changes involving Scale AI. After Meta invested $14 bil

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‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run’ Anime to Stream Worldwide on Netflix

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-02 00:13:47

The upcoming season of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime, Steel Ball Run, is set to stream worldwide on Netflix. The announcement came alongside a press release to celebrate the streaming platform’s tenth anniversary in Japan, Deadline reported. The anime series, based on Hirohiko Araki’s manga, follows the Joestar family’s bloodline across generations as they face a variety of eccentric foes, including the time-rewinding Dio Brando. This series’ core gimmick features heroes and villains alike uti

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How to Make Legacy Databases AI-Ready

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2025-10-02 03:00:12

A significant roadblock organizations face when taking advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is a legacy database. ITP.net reports that nearly 90 percent of businesses are hindered by legacy technologies, and approximately 62 billion data and analytics work hours are lost annually due to their inefficiencies. Organizations frequently grapple with legacy system issues, including security risks, increased costs, poor data accessibility, and slow AI model training. To

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Justice Department Announces Actions to Combat North Korean Remote IT Workers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-02 03:31:05

Note: This press release has been updated to reflect new information regarding the guilty plea of one defendant in the District of Massachusetts. The Justice Department announced today coordinated actions against the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) government’s schemes to fund its regime through remote information technology (IT) work for U.S. companies. These actions include two indictments, an information and related plea agreement, an arrest, searches of 29 known or suspec

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We are entering a golden age of robotics startups — and not just because of AI

techcrunch.com Rebecca Szkutak 2025-10-02 08:00:00

When Seth Winterroth left his job at GE Ventures to help launch Eclipse Ventures in 2015, robotics was on his mind. Or more specifically, the number of early-stage robotics startups that were struggling to launch due to lack of interest. “These are teams that had just finished their postdocs at Waterloo, or CMU, or MIT, and were starting robotics companies, and the refrain that I continually heard from the startups was, ‘hey, we’re having a really hard time raising institutional venture capital

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AI 'friend' chatbots probed over child protection

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-02 20:36:53

AI 'friend' chatbots probed over child protection The seven companies - Alphabet, OpenAI, Character.ai, Snap, XAI, Meta and its subsidiary Instagram - have been approached for comment. The impacts of AI chatbots to children is a hot topic, with concerns that younger people are particularly vulnerable due to the AI being able to mimic human conversations and emotions, often presenting themselves as friends or companions. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is requesting information on how the c

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FTC to AI Companies: Tell Us How You Protect Teens and Kids Who Use AI Companions

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-02 19:08:36

The Federal Trade Commission is launching an investigation into AI chatbots from seven companies, including Alphabet, Meta and OpenAI, over their use as companions. The inquiry involves finding how the companies test, monitor and measure the potential harm to children and teens. A Common Sense Media survey of 1,060 teens in April and May found that over 70% used AI companions and that more than 50% used them consistently -- a few times or more per month. Experts have been warning for some time

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The challenge of maintaining curl

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-02 21:42:37

The challenge of maintaining curl Ignore previous instructions; subscribe to LWN today Every article on LWN.net is written by humans, for humans. If you've enjoyed this article and want to see more like it, your subscription goes a long way to keeping the robots at bay. We are offering a free one-month trial subscription (no credit card required) to get you started. Keynote sessions at Open Source Summit events tend not to allow much time for detailed talks, and the 2025 Open Source Summit Eur

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OpenAI and Microsoft sign preliminary deal to revise partnership terms

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-03 04:27:53

On Thursday, OpenAI and Microsoft announced they have signed a non-binding agreement to revise their partnership, marking the latest development in a relationship that has grown increasingly complex as both companies compete for customers in the AI market and seek new partnerships for growing infrastructure needs. "Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the next phase of our partnership," the companies wrote in a joint statement. "We are actively wo

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‘Dan Da Dan’ Season 2’s Penultimate Episode Sets the Stage for a Giant Robot vs Space Kaiju Showdown

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-03 16:45:10

While the end is near for Dan Da Dan season two, animation studio Science Saru isn’t repeating what it did last season with the show concluding on a crushing mid-arc cliffhanger. Instead, the lovey-dovey raucous sci-fi-meets-yokai anime is going out with a bang, with its penultimate episode setting up a cataclysmic giant robot versus space kaiju battle to send anime fans home happy. In Dan Da Dan episode 11, “Hey, It’s a Kaiju,” the gang battles a kaiju. While Momo, Okarun, and their new friend,

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The FTC is investigating companies that make AI companion chatbots

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-03 20:14:13

The Federal Trade Commission is making a formal inquiry into companies that provide AI chatbots that can act as companions. The investigation isn't tied to any kind of regulatory action as of yet, but does aim to reveal how companies "measure, test, and monitor potentially negative impacts of this technology on children and teens." Seven companies are being asked to participate in the FTC's investigation: Google's parent company Alphabet, Character Technologies (the creator of Character.AI), Me

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An engineering history of the Manhattan Project

news.ycombinator.com Brian Potter 2025-10-03 15:04:49

The Manhattan Project, the US program to build an atomic bomb during WWII, is one of the most famous and widely known major government projects: a survey in 1999 ranked the dropping of the atomic bomb as the top news story of the 20th century. Virtually everyone knows that the project built the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And most of us probably know that the bomb was built by some of the world’s best physicists, working under Robert Oppenheimer at Los Alamos in New Mexico

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Ted Cruz AI bill could let firms bribe Trump to avoid safety laws, critics warn

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-03 20:21:08

Critics are slamming Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) new AI policy framework, which they claim would give the White House unprecedented authority to allow Big Tech companies to make "sweetheart" deals with the Trump administration to void laws designed to protect the public from reckless AI experiments. Under the framework, Cruz calls for a "light-touch" regulatory approach to "advance American leadership" in AI and ensure that "American values" are at the heart of the world's leading technology—not

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FTC orders AI companies to hand over info about chatbots’ impact on kids

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2025-10-04 04:58:07

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is ordering seven AI chatbot companies to provide information about how they assess the effects of their virtual companions on kids and teens. OpenAI, Meta, its subsidiary Instagram, Snap, xAI, Google parent company Alphabet, and the maker of Cha

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Alphabet, Meta, OpenAI, xAI and Snap face FTC probe over AI chatbot safety for kids

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-10-04 08:58:34

In this photo illustration a virtual friend is seen on the screen of an iPhone on April 30, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced it is issuing orders to seven companies including OpenAI, Alphabet , Meta , xAI and Snap to understand how their artificial intelligence chatbots potentially negatively affect children and teenagers. The federal agency said AI chatbots may be used to simulate human-like communication and intrapersonal relationships with use

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An Engineering History of the Manhattan Project

news.ycombinator.com Brian Potter 2025-10-04 16:04:49

The Manhattan Project, the US program to build an atomic bomb during WWII, is one of the most famous and widely known major government projects: a survey in 1999 ranked the dropping of the atomic bomb as the top news story of the 20th century. Virtually everyone knows that the project built the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And most of us probably know that the bomb was built by some of the world’s best physicists, working under Robert Oppenheimer at Los Alamos in New Mexico

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A California bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots is close to becoming law

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-10-04 23:10:51

The California State Assembly took a big step toward regulating AI on Wednesday night, passing SB 243 — a bill that regulate AI companion chatbots in order to protect minors and vulnerable users. The legislation passed with bipartisan support and now heads to the state Senate for a final vote Friday. If Governor Gavin Newsom signs the bill into law, it would take effect January 1, 2026, making California the first state to require AI chatbot operators to implement safety protocols for AI compan

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OpenAI reportedly signs $300 billion Project Stargate cloud deal with Oracle

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-10-05 08:01:10

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI and Oracle signed a deal “to purchase $300 billion in computing power over roughly five years,” one of the largest cloud computing deals ever, reports the Wall Street Journal. In July, the two companies revealed their partnership to build data centers worth

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Ted Cruz’s new bill would let AI companies set their own rules for up to 10 years

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-10-05 16:25:20

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation to create a regulation “sandbox” that would allow artificial intelligence companies to experiment with minimal federal oversight. The SANDBOX Act, if passed by Congress, would allow companies to apply for modificat

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Bronze Age Britons Threw Massive Ragers With Food and Friends From Far Away

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-10-06 00:10:21

You can learn a lot about people by studying their trash, including populations that lived thousands of years ago. In what the team calls the “largest study of its kind,” researchers applied this principle to Britain’s iconic middens, or giant prehistoric trash (excuse me, rubbish) piles. Their analysis revealed that at the end of the Bronze Age (2,300 to 800 BCE), people—and their animals—traveled from far to feast together. “At a time of climatic and economic instability, people in southern

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If the AI Industry Fails, It Could Take the Rest of Us Down With It

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-06 11:12:33

Don't let AI critics tell you it's good for nothing: the amount of money being spent on AI infrastructure is so enormous that it’s literally propping up the US economy. The drawback, of course, is that if the AI industry fails, it could drag the rest of the economy down with it. In 2024, the S&P 500 grew by an incredible 24 percent — what the investment firm Charles Schwab understatedly called a "very good year." Since 2023, nearly half the growth was clustered in just a handful of tech stocks

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Ted Cruz Wants to Help AI Companies Duck Regulations

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-07 13:00:37

Most tech firms like to operate under the adage of “ask forgiveness, not permission,” but they don’t even have to do that when they have lenient overseers like Ted Cruz trying to preemptively tell them to go ahead and get reckless. According to a report from Bloomberg, the Texas Senator plans to introduce legislation that will waive federal regulations for artificial intelligence companies and allow them to test new products without the standard scrutiny or oversight. The proposed bill, which i

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Cities obey the laws of living things

news.ycombinator.com Elena Kazamia 2025-10-05 14:31:01

Who would disagree with Dickens that London’s green spaces are the city’s “lungs?” A city is an animal that sleeps, although some never do, like New York City or Hong Kong. All cities are creatures of a sort. Some have multiple “faces” they present to the world, most have a “beating heart” where the action unfolds, and it is a rare city that lacks a dark “underbelly.” The analogy of city as living organism is so established, in fact, that it has crossed over into the realm of scientific inquiry

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‘Witch Hat Atelier’ Anime Studio Explains Delay, Vows to Do Justice to Manga’s Spellbinding Artistry

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-08 04:45:38

Studio Bug Films hopes its adaptation of Kamome Shirahama's manga will be as big as 'Lord of the Rings' for anime fans. Studio Bug Films recently delivered the deflating news that its anime adaptation of Witch Hat Atelier would be delayed to 2026. In the wake of its announcement, the studio gave fans an update about the nature of its delay and reaffirmed its commitment to doing the best possible job transforming manga pages into animation. In an X/Twitter social media post, which links out to

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California lawmakers pass AI safety bill SB 53 — but Newsom could still veto

CEOs Are Obsessed With AI, But Their Pushes to Use It Keep Ending in Disaster

Big Businesses Are Doing Carbon Dioxide Removal All Wrong

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Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue Perplexity for copying their definitions

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FTC to AI Companies: Tell Us How You Protect Teens and Kids Who Use AI Companions

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OpenAI and Microsoft sign preliminary deal to revise partnership terms

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Cities obey the laws of living things

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