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Anthropic starts checking ID for some Claude users
… In order to further assuage user fears over the privacy of their data, Anthropic notes that it won't use any identity data to train its models, is only going to collect "the minimum information required to verify your identity," and won't share identity data with anyone other than Persona and Anthr… …
Age verification isn't sage verification inside OSes
… The Texas Senate Bill 2420 the App Store Accountability Act has been suspended by a federal court. …
If AI agents mess up, there's nobody to sue
… Instead of being legally liable, they talk about monitoring, observability and audits. …
Microsoft software resale appeal catches eye of class action
… The appeal, due to be heard on April 28 and 29, follows a ruling by the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal CAT in November that the resale of perpetual licenses for Microsoft software was not illegal. …
Don't let hyperscalers hijack digital sovereignty, EC told
… Microsoft admitted in a French court last year that it couldn't guarantee data sovereignty for European customers in the event of an injunction that was legally justified. …
Nanny state vs. Linux: show us your ID, kid
… However, Jon Seager, Canonical's VP of Engineering, pointed out: "Canonical is aware of the legislation and is reviewing it internally with legal counsel, but there are currently no concrete plans on how, or even whether, Ubuntu will change in response ." Call us immediately if your child uses Kali… …
Perplexity Comet hurtling toward Amazon ban
… "This isn't a reasonable legal position, it's a bully tactic to scare disruptive companies like Perplexity out of making life better for people." In its opposition/response PDF to Amazon's request for a preliminary injunction, Perplexity argues that the injunction should not be granted because Amaz… …
Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field
… The TBOTE findings suggest that Meta is the biggest donor behind the lobbying for these age-verification laws and the App Store Accountability Act ACCA . …
Ruby Central seeks closure with RubyGems fracture report
… I still do not think Ruby Central got, or is getting, everything right, but I am glad to see more accountability and reflection than we had before." ® ruby software