Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
…So let’s talk about health care and my housing policy and transportation and all these other things. But they have made clear that this is a big evolving issue, and so…
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TikTok Shoppers Thought They Were Bidding on iPhones. Instead, They Won Teddy Bears
…One day later, on Thursday, TikTok rolled out a change to its livestream policies and what hosts are allowed to do for Surprise Sets. (It’s a policy update that TikTok claims…
Waymo Takes Its Self-Driving Cars to Virginia
…with a Virginia Department of Transportation working group, Waymo policy adviser Rich Harrington said that Waymo vehicles had touched down in Alexandria and would soon come to Arlington, both just across the…
This Is How Trump Finally Signed the AI Executive Order
…The executive order is the first major AI regulation directive of Trump's second term and reflects growing concern inside the administration that increasingly powerful systems, including Anthropic's Claude Mythos and…
Google Security Engineer Arrested in Million-Dollar Polymarket Trading Scheme
…We are committed to maintaining accurate, fair, and transparent markets as well as enforcing our rules and working with our regulators and law enforcement.” In a social media post, Polymarket said the…
The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
…Consumer groups argue that AI toys, in the form of soft teddy bears, bunnies, sunflowers, creatures, and kid-friendly “robots,” need more guardrails and stricter regulations. FoloToy’s Kumma bear, powered by…
Waymo Is Trying to Crack Down on Solo Kids in Driverless Cars
…Its privacy policy notes that the company records video inside the vehicle during trips. Waymo says its support workers “may review video under certain circumstances” and, “in more urgent circumstances,” access live…
Former OpenAI Staffers Warn That xAI’s Poor Safety Record Could Complicate SpaceX’s IPO
…One of the letter’s signatories and coauthors is a new nonprofit called Guidelight AI Standards, which was cofounded by former OpenAI safety researcher Steven Adler and former OpenAI policy adviser Page…
Meta’s New AI Asked for My Raw Health Data—and Gave Me Terrible Advice
…It can be tempting to rely on AI-assisted help for interpreting health, especially with the skyrocketing cost of medical treatments and overall inaccessibility of regular doctor visits for some people navigating…
Europe Gets Serious About Age Verification Online
…In short, Europe could become the first major policy laboratory where age verification stops being a formality and becomes a real infrastructure, with all the promise and—not to be overlooked—all…