EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’
This is the EU's largest antitrust penalty ever — and Trump has already threatened to "nullify" it.
Read moreThe growing debate over age verification laws
As age and identity verification laws become more mainstream, this legislation could have a dire impact on privacy.
Read moreMusk’s $1T pay package is full of watered-down versions of his own broken promises
Musk used to say Tesla would make 20 million cars and one million humanoid robots per year. The company's board wants far less than that in exchange for $1 trillion.
Read moreOpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality
OpenAI is shuffling the team that shapes its AI models' behavior, and its leader is moving on to another project within the company.
Read moreMandelbrot points of every period
As mentioned in the previous post, most of the area in the Mandelbrot set comes from two regions. The largest is the blue cardioid region below and the next largest is the orange disk. The blue cardioid is the set of points c such that iterations of z² + c converge
Read moreScrew the money — Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement sucks for writers
Writers aren't getting this settlement because their work was fed to an AI -- this is just a costly slap on the wrist for Anthropic because it illegally downloaded books instead of buying them.
Read morePersonalized AI companion app Dot is shutting down
Dot, a personalized AI companion, is shutting down.
Read moreAttorneys general warn OpenAI ‘harm to children will not be tolerated’
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings met with and sent an open letter to OpenAI to express their concerns over the safety of ChatGPT, particularly for children and teens.
Read moreGoogle Gemini dubbed ‘high risk’ for kids and teens in new safety assessment
Google's Gemini comes up short on kids' safety, says Common Sense Media.
Read moreCutting through the equity noise: Don’t miss this powerhouse panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Leaders from Pulley, 645 Ventures, and Epigram Legal join the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 in San Francisco. Register to join.
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