• CEO Faces Fraud Charge After AI Shopping App Allegedly Found Using Humans

    CEO Faces Fraud Charge After AI Shopping App Allegedly Found Using Humans
    Nate was an AI shopping app that promised to automate the checkout process. DOJ says workers in the Philippines completed transactions manually.
  • Video Friday: Tiny Robot Bug Hops and Jumps

    Video Friday: Tiny Robot Bug Hops and Jumps
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  • OpenAI countersues Elon Musk over ‘unlawful harassment’ of company

    OpenAI countersues Elon Musk over ‘unlawful harassment’ of company
    ChatGPT developer asks US federal judge to stop former founder making any further attacksThe ChatGPT developer OpenAI has countersued Elon Musk, accusing the billionaire of harassment and asking a US federal judge to stop him from “any further unlawful and unfair action” against the company.OpenAI was co-founded by Musk and its chief executive, Sam Altman, in 2015. However, the two men have been at loggerheads for years over its direction as it transitions from a complex non-profit s
  • EU will not rip up tech rules for trade deal with Trump, senior official says

    EU will not rip up tech rules for trade deal with Trump, senior official says
    Bloc is ‘very committed’ to laws on big tech and is not targeting US companies, says European Commission’s Henna VirkkunenThe EU will not rip up its tech rules in an attempt to reach a trade deal with Donald Trump, the bloc’s most senior official on digital policy has said.Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission vice-president responsible for tech sovereignty, indicated the EU was not going to compromise on its digital rulebook to reach an agreement on trade with the US
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