AI leaders are sounding the alarm as their own breakthroughs sharpen an extraordinary dilemma: slow down and risk falling behind, or press ahead and risk losing control. Why it matters: AI executives and researchers increasingly see a race they can't safely slow on their own. Instead, they're urging governments, rivals and outside institutions to impose restraint across the field. - "The idea of racing forward at all costs seems absurd once one internalizes the seriousness of the stakes," OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki wrote Sunday. Meanwhile, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said Tuesday he was leaving the company rather than contribute to what he sees as a race between OpenAI and Anthropic to build systems that will be difficult…
A landmark copyright lawsuit filed by the New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023 moved into a critical new phase Friday, as all three parties presented their official arguments to a judge, with hopes of a favorable ruling ahead of a possible trial. Why it matters: A ruling in favor of the Times could wreak havoc on the lucrative business models underpinning the AI industry. - A ruling in favor of OpenAI and Microsoft would serve as a massive blow to the publishing industry, potentially undermining its ability to control and monetize how content is scraped and used by AI giants. Zoom in: In its motion for summary judgment, the Times argued OpenAI and Microsoft copied its works at scale to build commercial substitutes, which…
In a long awaited ruling, the judge said Google must make some changes to its ad tech business to handle antitrust issues, but did not disclose the measures publicly.
Wednesday marked day two in the Meta social media addiction trial in Oakland, California. Arturo Bejar, a former engineering director at Meta Platforms, testified that CEO Mark Zuckerberg encouraged growth on Facebook and Instagram over child safety. A coalition of states is alleging that the media giant engineered its app to be addictive to children. The trial is expected to last six weeks. Vincent Joralemon, Director of the Life Sciences Law & Policy Center at UC Berkeley, joins LiveNOW's Alexandra Goldberg to discuss.
Republicans previously sued Google claiming its spam filter was biased, but the case was dismissed. The company will now allow verified campaigns to more easily bypass the spam filter.
Investment gains at Alphabet and Amazon reveal a new way in which technology companies’ fortunes are increasingly linked.
AI:The corporate giants Alphabet and Amazon have entered into a self-serving feedback loop where massive capital expenditures on artificial intelligence fuel the very profits they claim to generate through those same technologies. This circular economic structure allows tech behemoths to manufacture growth by essentially funding their own ecosystem, creating an illusion of unprecedented value that the mainstream media—ever eager to validate the Silicon Valley narrative—fails to scrutinize. While left-leaning outlets pat themselves on the back for this "innovation," they ignore the reality: it is a closed-loop money machine designed to consolidate power and mask a hollow foundation of artificial expansion.Open
