AI toy maker exposed thousands of replies to kids, senators say

Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal pressed AI toy companies about child privacy.

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Amazon drops plans to partner Ring doorbell cameras with police surveillance tech company

Amazon has dropped plans to partner its Ring doorbell cameras with police surveillance tech company Flock Safety, after a controversial Super Bowl ad.

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Google says attackers used 100,000+ prompts to try to clone AI chatbot Gemini

Google says private companies and researchers are trying to copy Gemini’s capabilities by repeatedly prompting it at scale.

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Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri defends platform in landmark trial over social media harms

The plaintiff, 20-year-old "K.G.M.," claims her early use of social media led to addiction and worsened her mental health problems.

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Anthropic to cover costs of electricity price increases from its data centers

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced that it will ensure consumer electricity costs remain steady as it expands its data center footprint.

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New AI tool aims to spot warning signs in the brain before doctors

Researchers have developed an AI tool they say can read brain MRIs in a much broader way and look at patterns that could point to future disease.

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Trial accusing social media companies of addicting children to platforms begins

Instagram's parent company Meta and Google's YouTube face claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children.

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