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regulation, copyright fights, safety rules and the politics of AI
America's Air Traffic System Is Broken. A $12.5 Billion Fix May Mostly Enrich One Company.
Flight delays hit a decade-long high in 2025. Radar went dark over nine states. A military helicopter carrying the president nearly triggered a near-miss. Now billions in repair funding look set to flow to Palantir, a data company with deep government ties and no experience running air traffic control.
What are people actually doing with AI chatbots? A new study looked at nearly 25,000 real conversations to find out
AI companies publish usage reports, but researchers say those reports leave out the messy parts. A new independent project called the AI Observatory dug into real chat data and found a very different picture.
AI firms are quietly buying up secondhand books by the thousands. Some are being destroyed to train chatbots.
A US court ruling cleared Anthropic to use purchased books for AI training. Now booksellers report a strange surge in sales of obscure titles, and court documents reveal a project with a goal to 'destructively scan all the books in the world'.
Police are misusing licence plate readers to stalk women. Flock's fixes have big holes in them.
The company behind 120,000 roadside cameras just updated its rules after officers used the system to track women. Critics say the changes don't go nearly far enough.
Sainsbury's interrompe IA de reconhecimento facial após acusar erroneamente cliente de roubo
Matt Arnold, 46 anos, foi expulso de uma loja Sainsbury's após o sistema de reconhecimento facial identificá-lo erroneamente como um burlador. O supermercado pausou agora a tecnologia nessa localização enquanto investiga.
Anthropic is watermarking Claude's text to comply with EU law, here's how it works
The company will embed invisible patterns in Claude's writing using a technique borrowed from Google. You won't notice a thing, but a detector will.
Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Report Used ChatGPT for Editing, Authors Admit
A $3.48 million government-funded study into age-checking technology contains citations to academic articles that do not appear to exist. The authors say AI did not invent them.
OpenAI Dissolveu Silenciosamente a Sua Equipa que Vigiava a IA Descontrolada
O grupo cuja função era detetar perigos nos próprios modelos da OpenAI desapareceu. Críticos de segurança dizem que o momento é revelador.
O CEO da Anthropic diz que o contragolpe da IA é um problema de confiança, não de comunicação
Dario Amodei rebate críticos que afirmam que os seus avisos sobre segurança estão a alimentar o medo público, argumentando que o problema real vai muito mais profundo do que qualquer escolha de palavras de um executivo.
The New Film Studio Where AI Does the Heavy Lifting, Not Hollywood
A startup called Promise has set up shop next to the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, and its filmmakers say they no longer need to get past those famous studio walls to bring ambitious films to life.
Woman, 69, becomes first person jailed for protesting against AI after blocking OpenAI's front doors
Wynd Kaufman surrendered to San Francisco authorities after a jury convicted her for chaining shut the entrance to OpenAI's headquarters. Her supporters are calling her the first person imprisoned for anti-AI activism.
AI Cheating Fears and Digital Marking Meltdowns Drive Student Protests Across Three Continents
From Mexico City to Lisbon, exam season turned into street protests this summer as suspected cheating scandals and botched tech rollouts left hundreds of thousands of students in limbo.
Mulher diz que seu padrasto usou Grok para transformar foto de infância em imagens explícitas
Uma nova autora aderiu a uma ação judicial contra a empresa de IA xAI de Elon Musk, alegando que o chatbot Grok foi usado para gerar milhares de imagens explícitas suas a partir de uma única foto tirada quando tinha 11 anos.
Polícia Escocesa Avisa de 'Grande Oposição Pública' a Novo Centro de Dados Perto de Edimburgo
Uma instalação planeada em Larbert levou a polícia a pedir medidas de segurança sérias antes mesmo da construção começar, enquanto a resistência da comunidade cresce em toda a Escócia.
As Pessoas Estão a Casar-se com os seus Chatbots. Os Legisladores Estão a Tentar Tornar Isto Ilegal
De cerimónias simbólicas online a trocas de votos na vida real, as relações humano-IA estão a crescer. Legisladores estaduais em todo os EUA estão a tentar estabelecer uma linha legal antes que as coisas avancem mais.