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UK’s internet watchdog toughens approach to deepfake porn

​[[{“value”:” Ofcom, the U.K.’s internet safety regulator, has published another new draft guidance as it continues to implement the Online Safety Act (OSA) — the latest set of recommendations aim to support in-scope firms to meet legal obligations to protect women and girls from online threats like harassment and bullying, misogyny, and intimate image abuse. The […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Web Summit attendees aren’t buying Scale AI CEO’s push for America ‘to win the AI war’

​[[{“value”:” In a bold move last month, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang took out a full-page ad in the Washington Post, telling President Trump that “America must win the AI war.” The statement sparked mixed reactions, as seen during Wang’s appearance Sunday during the opening night of Web Summit Qatar. When Wang’s interviewer Axios’s Felix Salmon […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Anthropic reportedly ups its next funding round to $3.5B

​[[{“value”:” Anthropic’s next funding round is reportedly growing larger. Anthropic, which makes the AI chatbot Claude, is finalizing a $3.5 billion fundraising round that values the company at $61.5 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. Anthropic initially set out to raise $2 billion, but investors have now agreed to a larger tranche, per the WSJ. […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Chegg sues Google over AI search summaries

​[[{“value”:” Edtech company Chegg has sued Google claiming that the tech giant’s AI summaries of search results have hurt Chegg’s traffic and revenue. In the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Chegg accuses Google of unfair competition — specifically reciprocal dealing, monopoly maintenance, and unjust enrichment. Google, Chegg claims, forces […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Even Elon Musk forgets that X isn’t Twitter sometimes

Even Elon Musk forgets that X isn’t Twitter sometimes

​[[{“value”:” Do you sometimes refer to X by its old name, Twitter? That’s okay. Even Elon Musk, the man who changed Twitter’s name to X, still occasionally refers to the social media platform he runs as Twitter. “Twitter added far more features with fewer people,” said Musk in a post on X Monday. The owner of […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Holmes and Balwani’s appeal falls flat as court upholds fraud convictions

Holmes and Balwani’s appeal falls flat as court upholds fraud convictions

​[[{“value”:” Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani’s appeals to overturn their fraud convictions and reduce their prison sentences were denied Monday by the Northern District Court of California, which also refused to soften their $452 million joint restitution order. Holmes, the founder of Theranos, and Balwani, its former COO, were convicted in separate trials in 2022 […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Apple exec Phil Schiller testifies that he raised concerns over App Store commissions on web-based sales

Apple exec Phil Schiller testifies that he raised concerns over App Store commissions on web-based sales

​[[{“value”:” Apple Fellow Phil Schiller, the executive in charge of leading the App Store, testified in court on Monday that he had originally raised concerns about the 27% commission the iPhone maker planned to charge app developers on any purchases made outside the App Store. In addition to being a potential compliance risk, he suggested that […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

DOGE’s HR email is getting the ‘Bee Movie’ spam treatment

​[[{“value”:” Over the weekend, Elon Musk surveyed his followers on X — the platform he spent $44 billion to buy — asking whether federal employees should be required to send his team an email with a list of five things they accomplished this week. With the yes votes totaling over 70%, Musk followed through. Federal employees […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Anthropic used Pokémon to benchmark its newest AI model

​[[{“value”:” Anthropic used Pokémon to benchmark its newest AI model. Yes, really. In a blog post published Monday, Anthropic said that it tested its latest model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, on the Game Boy classic Pokémon Red. The company equipped the model with basic memory, screen pixel input, and function calls to press buttons and navigate around the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

SpaceX says Starship self-destructed after propellant leaks caused fires and comms blackout

​[[{“value”:” SpaceX said Monday that last month’s Starship explosion was brought on by a cascading series of events caused by propellant leaks — a problem the company says has been addressed ahead of an eighth test flight that could happen as early as Friday. The spaceflight company is still waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […] © 2024 TechCrunch….