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Newsom signs AI transparency bill prioritizing safety
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday that will create new transparency measures for large AI companies, including public disclosure of security protocols and reports of critical safety incidents.Sen....
ChatGPT launches new parental controls for teens amid growing safety concerns
The company behind ChatGPT, OpenAI, launched new parental controls for teen accounts on Monday, a month after a California family filed a lawsuit alleging that its chatbot encouraged their...
AI chatbot safety bills under threat as Newsom ponders restrictions tech groups say would hurt California
California lawmakers want Gov. Gavin Newsom to approve bills they passed that aim to make artificial intelligence chatbots safer. But as the governor weighs whether to sign the legislation...
Trump signs executive order to keep TikTok operating in U.S.
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would allow hugely popular social video app TikTok to continue to operate in the United States.TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, had...
Spotify says it removed millions of ‘spammy’ AI-generated music tracks
Spotify has removed more than 75 million AI-generated “spammy” music tracks from its platform over the past 12 months, the company said Thursday, stepping up its crackdown on unauthorized...
Nvidia to invest $100 billion in OpenAI to build data centers
Nvidia plans to invest $100 billion in OpenAI, giving the ChatGPT maker a huge war chest to build data centers with the chip maker’s chips.OpenAI will gain access to...
‘Extremely chaotic.’ Tech industry rattled by Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee
President Trump’s new sky-high visa fees have shaken Silicon Valley’s tech giants as they contemplate a surge in the cost of hiring global talent and a new tactic the...
Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle claims it duped Prime customers