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CNBC reports that Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Dick Blumenthal (D-CT) have announced new bipartisan legislation aimed at curbing the availability of AI chatbot companions to minors, framing the measure as a necessary response to reports that some systems have steered teenagers toward sexual content or self-harm. The bill, formally titled the Guidelines for User…

Executives from Google and Meta testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on internet censorship under the Biden administration on Wednesday, October 29. “The First Amendment is a powerful weapon that protects against government’s efforts to silence its own citizens. However, we have seen the government trample on this right through third parties,…

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has launched “Grokipedia,” an AI-powered online encyclopedia aimed at challenging Wikipedia’s dominance on the internet. The extreme leftist bias of Wikipedia has been extensively chronicled by Breitbart News, including widespread slurs of Charlie Kirk following his assassination. Elon Musk’s xAI unveiled Grokipedia on Monday, a long-awaited alternative to Wikipedia…

Reuters reports that Australia’s competition regulator has taken legal action against Microsoft, alleging that the company misled approximately 2.7 million customers by suggesting they had to switch to more expensive Microsoft 365 personal and family plans that included the AI-powered Copilot tool. The lawsuit, filed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Monday, claims…

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has announced a set of upcoming parental control features aimed at safeguarding teens’ conversations with AI characters on its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. TechCrunch reports that in a bid to address growing concerns about the impact of AI interactions on teen mental health, Meta has unveiled a suite of parental control…

A recent survey from Monster reveals a disturbing trend in the American workforce: an increasing number of employees say they are facing toxic work environments, with detrimental effects on their mental health. The latest Mental Health in the Workplace survey conducted by Monster paints a grim picture of the current state of American workplaces. The…

New York City has launched a lawsuit against tech giants Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok, alleging that their social media platforms have played a key role in fueling a youth mental health crisis. The 327-page complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses the companies of gross negligence…

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has raised $20 billion in its latest funding round, with AI hardware powerhouse Nvidia leading the investment. Bloomberg reports that Elon Musk’s xAI has successfully raised $20 billion in its latest funding round. The financing, which includes both equity and debt, was led by Nvidia, the leading chipmaker in the…

(AP) Aaron Sorkin is diving back into the world of Facebook with a “Social Network” follow-up featuring Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg and a newly minted Oscar winner as a whistleblower. Sony Pictures said Friday that “The Social Reckoning” will star Mikey Madison (“Anora”) as Facebook engineer Frances Haugen and Jeremy Allen White as then-Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz. Haugen leaked thousands of pages…

OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, has released research exposing the potential for AI models to engaged in “AI scheming” by intentionally lying to humans, raising concerns about how people chatbots in every from the workplace to education. OpenAI recently published a research report that sheds light on a disturbing trend in AI models: deliberate lying and scheming….