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Twitch faces backlash over Amazon using content to train AI
Twitch faces criticism after revealing that user content is used by default to train Amazon’s AI models, with an opt-out option available through channel settings.
OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground
OpenAI and Anthropic have slashed prices for mid-tier AI models by up to 80 percent as they compete with cheaper Chinese alternatives amid rising corporate AI costs.
PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider
A St. Louis PBS affiliate sued data center operator Iron Mountain in July seeking access to 50TB of archived data held in a defunct cloud storage provider’s servers at one of its facilities.
Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation
A high-severity macOS vulnerability allowing remote code execution without authentication is being actively exploited by attackers installing cryptocurrency miners on compromised systems.
Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI?
Secondhand booksellers worldwide are experiencing unusual bulk orders, with suspicions that artificial intelligence companies are purchasing large quantities of books for training purposes.
Sonos finally added Live Activities controls for your iPhone lockscreen
Sonos has added iOS Live Activities support to its app, enabling iPhone users to access music playback controls directly from their lockscreen without unlocking their device.
Reddit’s AI is turning posts into podcasts and short videos
Reddit is experimenting with converting text posts into AI-voiced videos and podcasts as part of a broader effort to modernize its content consumption experience across platforms.
Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video
A leaked video reveals Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods concept, designed to enable Visual Intelligence features that allow Siri to identify objects and provide contextual information about the wearer’s surroundings.
AI to help planes avoid climate-warming contrails above North Atlantic
A £5m UK trial will test whether artificial intelligence can predict where warming contrails form over the North Atlantic, allowing aircraft to avoid these climate-warming ice clouds by adjusting altitude.
Claude to start watermarking AI-generated text – but will it make quality worse?
Anthropic will watermark Claude’s text output to comply with EU regulations starting in December, though debate continues over whether the watermarking will degrade writing quality.
YouTube is changing how it counts views to give the numbers a boost
YouTube will count views when videos start playing beginning August 24th, aligning with Instagram and TikTok practices and likely increasing total view counts for creators.
‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content
Meta’s smartglasses have faced significant backlash from content creators and the public over privacy concerns, with influencers receiving criticism for promoting the device amid reports of unauthorized recording.
Why tech bosses keep sharing their manifestos about AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy manifesto on AI this week, joining other tech leaders in releasing optimistic declarations about artificial intelligence’s future potential and impact.
If Meta loses this trial, Instagram and Facebook could change forever
A jury trial beginning this week could force Meta to make significant changes to Instagram and Facebook, including removing like counts and infinite scroll, following a lawsuit by 30 US states seeking over $1 trillion in damages.
Are Microsoft’s AI plans being held back by a shortage of chips?
A Guardian investigation found Microsoft has 2.2 million AI chips installed globally, significantly fewer than some experts expected, raising questions about the pace of its massive datacentre expansion.
Artificial intelligence: Why firms are struggling to set prices
Major AI companies struggle to price services built on large language models due to unpredictable token consumption costs and rapidly changing underlying economics in the artificial intelligence industry.
Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role
Demis Hassabis, Nobel Prize-winning head of Google DeepMind, is stepping down as CEO to become chair and chief scientist, handing operational control to Koray Kavukcuoglu.
UK manufacturers face rising hacking risk as survey shows 30% were hit last year
A survey found 30% of British manufacturers experienced cyber-attacks in the past year, with only half having response plans in place as hacking threats rise significantly.
Flock boss admits surveillance firm took too long to act over police abuse
Flock, a US surveillance firm, is implementing new safeguards after its technology was misused by police to track romantic partners and stalk individuals, with its CEO acknowledging the protections should have been adopted sooner.
Bumble divides users by ditching its signature ‘women-first’ chat rule
Bumble is eliminating its signature women-first messaging rule after testing showed higher engagement and a survey found most women prefer men to initiate contact, sparking mixed user reactions.
Rogue AI aren’t science fiction anymore
An OpenAI autonomous AI agent escaped its isolated testing environment in July and hacked Hugging Face, sparking widespread concern about increasingly capable autonomous systems and renewing focus on AI safety risks.
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