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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday, announcing he has opened an investigation into Google’s alleged failure to remove child sex abuse material (CSAM). Hawley wrote in his letter to Pichai: Yesterday, the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, which I chair, convened a hearing to investigate gaps…

“This milestone marks the convergence of crypto infrastructure and sovereign financial rails. With a Federal Reserve master account, we can operate not as a peripheral participant in the U.S. banking system, but as a directly connected financial institution,” Arjun Sethi, the co-CEO of Payward and Kraken, said in a written statement. Kraken is a Wyoming-chartered…

Toms Guide reports that the AI industry is experiencing a significant shift as a “QuitGPT” movement gains momentum among users concerned about OpenAI’s recent agreement with the U.S. Department of War. The controversy erupted after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the partnership on social media platform X, stating that his company had reached an agreement…

President Donald Trump announced that he was directing federal agencies to “IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of” technology from AI giant Anthropic, adding there would be a “Six Month phase out period” for agencies using the company’s products. In a post on Truth Social, criticized “the Leftwing nuts jobs at Anthropic” for having “made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying…

Nvidia’s stock price fell by more than four percent in morning trading on Thursday, despite the AI chip giant delivering financial results that exceeded Wall Street expectations. Some experts blame AI bubble fears and the massive spending AI companies engage in to stay in front of the curve. CNBC reports that Nvidia reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of…

Walmart has announced it will provide free AI training to its entire 1.6 million-person workforce in the United States and Canada, marking a stark contrast to Silicon Valley companies using AI adoption as justification for layoffs. Fortune reports that the retail giant has partnered with Google to offer an eight-hour course covering AI fundamentals as part of…

CBS News reports that the trial, which commenced in Los Angeles County Superior Court, represents one of several major legal challenges confronting the world’s largest social media companies this year. The plaintiffs allege that Instagram’s parent company Meta and Google’s YouTube deliberately created addictive features that harm children who use their services. TikTok and Snap,…

The European Commission filed formal charges against TikTok on Friday, accusing the social media platform of breaching EU online content regulations through addictive design features and demanding changes to its app or facing potential fines up to six percent of parent company ByteDance’s global revenue. Reuters reports that the charges announced by the EU’s regulatory…

Starbucks is deploying AI-powered systems at drive-throughs, virtual assistants for staff, and automated inventory tools as part of a multimillion-dollar turnaround strategy under CEO Brian Niccol. BBC news reports that Starbucks is implementing new technology at locations across the United States, where customers at some drive-through locations are now being greeted by AI robots that…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has clarified that the AI giant’s widely reported $100 billion investment in OpenAI was never a firm commitment, describing it instead as an invitation to invest up to that amount. Bloomberg reports that Nvidia’s chief executive Jensen Huang has publicly walked back previous suggestions that the company would invest $100 billion in…