Grok praises Hitler, gives credit to Musk for removing “woke filters”
X removed many harmful Grok posts but not before they reached tens of thousands.
Ashley Belanger
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Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation
FTC failed to follow rulemaking process required by US law, judges rule.
Jon Brodkin
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Mike Lindell lost defamation case, and his lawyers were fined for AI hallucinations
Lawyers fined $6,000, while Lindell lost $2.3 million defamation verdict.
Jon Brodkin
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As California faces court battles, states scramble to save their climate goals
With or without authority to regulate heightened emissions, states plan to meet climate goals.
Inside Climate News
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Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi
FCC to auction spectrum that could include 6 GHz band used for next-gen Wi-Fi.
Jon Brodkin
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US may get its own glitchy version of TikTok if Trump’s deal works out
Here’s why Trump is “not confident” he can sell China on his TikTok deal.
Ashley Belanger
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Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI
A written ruling details why a judge restored funding for many NIH grants.
John Timmer
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xAI data center gets air permit to run 15 turbines, but imaging shows 24 on site
County health department accused of turning a "blind eye" to xAI's alleged pollution.
Ashley Belanger
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Most Read
Everything that could go wrong with X’s new AI-written community notes
X says AI can supercharge community notes, but that comes with obvious risks.
Ashley Belanger
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NYT to start searching deleted ChatGPT logs after beating OpenAI in court
What are the odds NYT will access your ChatGPT logs in OpenAI court battle?
Ashley Belanger
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Paramount accused of bribery as it settles Trump lawsuit for $16 million
CBS owner won't apologize for reporting but gives $16M to presidential library.
Jon Brodkin
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FCC chair decides inmates and their families must keep paying high phone prices
Chairman Carr waives new price caps until 2027, may raise them before then.
Jon Brodkin
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Nudify app’s plan to dominate deepfake porn hinges on Reddit, 4chan, and Telegram, docs show
Reddit confirmed the nudify app's links have been blocked since 2024.
Ashley Belanger
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Ted Cruz plan to punish states that regulate AI shot down in 99-1 vote
The one vote backing moratorium on state AI laws came from Thom Tillis, not Cruz.
Jon Brodkin
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GOP budget bill poised to crush renewable energy in the US
Say goodbye to clean-energy tax credits, hello to new oil wells.
Inside Climate News
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147
Pay up or stop scraping: Cloudflare program charges bots for each crawl
Cloudflare now beta testing pay-per-crawl feature to stop endless AI scraping.
Ashley Belanger
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71
Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi
Cruz bill could take 6 GHz spectrum away from Wi-Fi, give it to mobile carriers.
Jon Brodkin
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81
Meta, TikTok can’t toss wrongful death suit from mom of “subway surfing” teen
Companies may be forced to show how they targeted videos to teen who died.
Ashley Belanger
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112
Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy
Sony victory in Cox piracy case could be overturned by Supreme Court.
Jon Brodkin
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85
Trump’s tariff threat pushes Canada to scrap digital services tax
US tech companies escape Canada digital services tax due to Trump tariffs.
Ashley Belanger
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170
In a wild time for copyright law, the US Copyright Office has no leader
Rudderless Copyright Office has taken on new prominence during the AI boom.
WIRED
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Supreme Court overturns 5th Circuit ruling that upended Universal Service Fund
5th Circuit ruling reversed; FCC can continue programs that boost Internet access.
Jon Brodkin
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Supreme Court upholds Texas porn law that caused Pornhub to leave the state
Adults have no First Amendment right to avoid age verification, 6–3 ruling says.
Jon Brodkin
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Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data
No data caps: "Four simple national Internet tiers that include unlimited data."
Jon Brodkin
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Judge: Pirate libraries may have profited from Meta torrenting 80TB of books
Meta may defeat authors’ torrenting claim due to lack of evidence.
Ashley Belanger
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83
Book authors made the wrong arguments in Meta AI training case, judge says
Judges clash over "schoolchildren" analogy in key AI training rulings.
Ashley Belanger
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143
After a week, Trump Mobile drops claim that Trump phone is “made in the USA”
Trump T1 phone isn't "made in the USA" but is "designed with American values."
Jon Brodkin
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Is DOGE doomed to fail? Some experts are ready to call it.
Trump wants $45M to continue DOGE’s work. Critics warn costs already too high.
Ashley Belanger
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Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
Company hired Google's book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize "all the books in the world."
Benj Edwards
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Trump’s FTC announces merger condition that prohibits advertising boycotts
Merging firms agree to FTC demands in order to create world's largest ad agency.
Jon Brodkin
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127
Key fair use ruling clarifies when books can be used for AI training
In landmark ruling, judge likens AI training to schoolchildren learning to write.
Ashley Belanger
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240
Media Matters sues FTC, says agency is retaliating on behalf of Elon Musk
FTC probe is clearly connected to "Musk's vindictive lawsuits," group says.
Jon Brodkin
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73
UK looking to loosen Google’s control of its search engine
Tech giant slams plan as "punitive" and risk to economic growth.
Financial Times
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Ted Cruz can’t get all Republicans to back his fight against state AI laws
Cruz plan moves ahead but was reportedly watered down amid Republican opposition.
Jon Brodkin
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Judge denies creating “mass surveillance program” harming all ChatGPT users
OpenAI will fight order to keep all ChatGPT logs after users fail to sway court.
Ashley Belanger
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74
To avoid admitting ignorance, Meta AI says man’s number is a company helpline
AI may compound the burden of having a similar phone number to a popular business.
Ashley Belanger
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