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After Teen Suicide, Character.AI Lawsuit Raises Questions Over Free Speech Protections

 A mother in Florida filed a lawsuit against an A.I. start-up, alleging its product led to her son’s death. The company’s defense raises a thorny legal question.A mother in Florida filed a lawsuit against an A.I. start-up, alleging its product led to her son’s death. The company’s defense raises a thorny legal question. Read More

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Meta Layoffs Included Employees Who Monitored Risks to User Privacy

 While the company announced job cuts in artificial intelligence, it also expanded plans to replace privacy and risk auditors with more automated systems.While the company announced job cuts in artificial intelligence, it also expanded plans to replace privacy and risk auditors with more automated systems. Read More

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Reddit Accuses ‘Data Scraper’ Companies of Theft

 In a lawsuit, Reddit pulled back the curtain on an ecosystem of start-ups that scrape Google’s search results and resell the information to data-hungry A.I. companies.In a lawsuit, Reddit pulled back the curtain on an ecosystem of start-ups that scrape Google’s search results and resell the information to data-hungry A.I. companies. Read More

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Google’s Quantum Computer Makes a Big Technical Leap

 Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer.Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer. Read More

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Meta Plans to Cut 600 Jobs at A.I. Superintelligence Labs

 The cuts will not affect Meta’s newest A.I. hires, who are in some cases being paid up to hundreds of millions of dollars. The layoffs are focused on correcting an earlier hiring spree.The cuts will not affect Meta’s newest A.I. hires, who are in some cases being paid up to hundreds of millions of dollars.

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G.M. Raises Profit Forecast on Strong Demand and Lower Tariff Costs

 The automaker’s shares jumped as investors focused on an upgraded forecast for some financial measures, as well as a lower-than-expected bill for tariffs this year.The automaker’s shares jumped as investors focused on an upgraded forecast for some financial measures, as well as a lower-than-expected bill for tariffs this year. Read More

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