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18 avril
21h47
Elon Musk’s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users’ jokes
Ashley Belanger
X likely hopes to avoid liability with disclaimer that Grok can make mistakes.
19h13
Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules
Jon Brodkin
Ruling: Thumbprint scan is like a blood draw or fingerprint taken at booking.
18h03
Big Tech can’t hoard brainwave data for ad targeting, Colorado law says
Ashley Belanger
Neural data can reveal health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive function.
13h24
Author granted copyright over book with AI-generated text with a twist
WIRED
Copyright Office changed course after initially denying request.
17 avril
20h30
Feds appoint AI doomer to run AI safety at US institute
Ashley Belanger
Former OpenAI researcher once predicted a percent chance of AI killing all of us.
19h42
Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service
Kevin Purdy
Cross server tracking suggests a new understanding of public chat servers.
17h52
Tesla asks shareholders to approve Texas move and restore Elon Musk’s 56B pay
Jon Brodkin
Tesla board calls June shareholder vote on Musk’s pay and move to Texas.
16 avril
20h38
ISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC’s Internet rules, critics say
Jon Brodkin
FCC plan rejected request to ban what agency calls positive discrimination.
20h29
So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post
Ashley Belanger
The fee, likely , is aimed at stopping relentless bots, Musk said.
17h10
Meta’s oversight board to probe subjective policy on AI sex image removals
Ashley Belanger
Celebrity AI sex image scandal spurs Meta to seek comments for policy revamp.
14h51
New UK law targets despicable individuals who create AI sex deepfakes
Benj Edwards
Under new law, those who create the images would face a fine and possible jail time.
15 avril
20h24
US woman arrested, accused of targeting young boys in 1.7M sextortion scheme
Ashley Belanger
FBI has warned of significant spike in teen sextortion in .
17h59
Judge halts Texas probe into Media Matters’ reporting on X
Ashley Belanger
Texas attorney general remained silent on claims of First Amendment retaliation.
12 avril
18h43
Google mocks Epic’s proposed reforms to end Android app market monopoly
Ashley Belanger
Google should be barred from treating Epic differently, Epic Games says.
15h15
Elon Musk’s X to stop allowing users to hide their blue checks
Ashley Belanger
X previously promised to evolve the hide your checkmark feature.
11 avril
20h09
US lawmaker proposes a public database of all AI training material
Ashley Belanger
Proposed law would require more transparency from AI companies.
19h30
Elon Musk’s X botched an attempt to replace twitter.com links with x.com
Jon Brodkin
Automatic text replacement let users spoof URLs ending in x, like netflix.com.
14h22
More legal acrimony for Truth Social, as executive says he was hacked
WIRED
Founding CEO says former assistant plotted coup d’état, hacked his accounts.
10 avril
20h45
Starting today, ISPs must display labels with price, speeds, and data caps
Jon Brodkin
ISPs comply with FCC rule after protesting requirement to list all fees.
18h58
EPA’s PFAS rules: We’d prefer zero, but we’ll accept 4 parts per trillion
John Timmer
For two chemicals, any presence in water supplies is too much.