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Amazon Employees Accuse Retaliation Over Data Center Advocacy
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Amazon Employees Accuse Retaliation Over Data Center Advocacy
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Americans to AI companies: You're not doing enough
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 73% of Americans believe AI companies have failed to prevent serious harm to society, with negative views hitting a record high. Most respondents want the federal government to set safety standards, and more than half say slowing AI development would be a good thing. Public trust is eroding fast, and lawmakers have yet to act. https://qz.com/americans-ai-companies-safety-poll-reuters-ipsos-092226
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Santa Clara County sues Meta over Facebook scam ads
The lawsuit alleges Meta tolerated fraudulent advertising and placed internal limits on anti-scam efforts to protect revenue
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Elon Musk to Face UK MPs Over Role of X in Summer Riots - FAX NEWS
Elon Musk is set to be summoned by UK MPs to testify about the role of his social media platform,
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Why Meta is challenging Ofcom over Britain’s online safety rules
Meta has launched another legal challenge against Ofcom as WhatsApp and Instagram face tougher obligations under the UK’s Online Safety Act
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France blocks access to betting site Polymarket
Visits from French internet addresses to Polymarket’s site have been rising, hitting 578,751 in June. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.
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Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon just agreed on something
Two of Washington's most fierce political rivals stood on the same stage Tuesday to sound the alarm on artificial intelligence. Sanders wants to ban superintelligent AI outright, while Bannon says the White House must act fast — but both agree the country is running out of time. With Congress unlikely to move before recess, the question is whether this unlikely alliance changes anything. https://qz.com/bernie-sanders-steve-bannon-ai-restrictions-pro-human-assembly-091626
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Americans to AI companies: You're not doing enough
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 73% of Americans believe AI companies have failed to prevent serious harm to society, with negative views hitting a record high. Most respondents want the federal government to set safety standards, and more than half say slowing AI development would be a good thing. Public trust is eroding fast, and lawmakers have yet to act. https://qz.com/americans-ai-companies-safety-poll-reuters-ipsos-092226
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Why Meta is challenging Ofcom over Britain’s online safety rules
Meta has launched another legal challenge against Ofcom as WhatsApp and Instagram face tougher obligations under the UK’s Online Safety Act
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Obama rips Trump over AI policy amid ‘doomsday’ warnings
via The Hill News — Former President Obama on Friday slammed President Trump over his handling of how to approach artificial intelligence (AI) amid “doomsday” warnings coming from some in the tech industry about the technology’s potential existential threat to humanity. Obama said during an interview at Colgate University in New York that the federal government must regulate AI, before…
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Trump to create ‘AI Force’ to monitor technology as fears over out-of-control agents grow
via US news | The Guardian — President had brushed away suggestions to slow down AI technology, even as his own party counseled caution Donald Trump on Saturday said he would appoint an artificial intelligence czar and create an “AI Force” to help monitor the technology, though he gave almost no details about either plan. As global fears over AI have grown, especially in the past week in the face of multiple industry figures sounding the alarm about its dangers, the president has been critical of calls to slow down developm
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‘Godfather of AI’ says tech regulation is nearing Covid-style pivot moment
Safety crisis makes it more likely that governments will be spurred into action, says Yoshua Bengio
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Hochul signs RAISE Act, imposes one‑year moratorium on hyperscale AI data centers
Gov. Hochul said she signed the RAISE Act to require AI firms to publish safety protocols and report critical incidents within 72 hours, and reaffirmed a one‑year moratorium on hyperscale AI data centers while releasing a community investment framework for towns that may choose to host centers.
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Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon just agreed on something
Two of Washington's most fierce political rivals stood on the same stage Tuesday to sound the alarm on artificial intelligence. Sanders wants to ban superintelligent AI outright, while Bannon says the White House must act fast — but both agree the country is running out of time. With Congress unlikely to move before recess, the question is whether this unlikely alliance changes anything. https://qz.com/bernie-sanders-steve-bannon-ai-restrictions-pro-human-assembly-091626
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Sanders, Bannon call for AI regulations as fears of dangerous "superintelligence" grow
via Home - CBSNews.com — Sen. Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon are both pushing the Trump administration to regulate artificial intelligence as industry leaders warn of risks to humanity. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns has more.
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