Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’
In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI’s Grok flooded X with nonconsensual nude images.
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Walmart agrees to $100M settlement over deceptive pay practices in Spark Driver program
The suit said Walmart would mislead drivers about their possible tips and would reduce their base pay, among other things.
Instagram head pressed on lengthy delay to launch teen safety features, like a nudity filter, court filing reveals
An email chain with Instagram head Adam Mosseri indicated the company was aware of teen safety issues in DMs in 2018, but didn’t launch its unwanted nudity filter until 2024.
Zuckerberg grilled in court over social media harms on teens
Meta’s CEO was questioned over the addictive nature of its social media apps like Instagram, and other teen harms.
Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use
An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.
Automattic planned to target 10 competitors with royalty fees, WP Engine claims in new filing
WP Engine claims Automattic was going to target more hosting companies with royalty fees.
Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over ‘flagrant piracy’ of 20,000 works
Originally, these music publishers had filed a lawsuit against Anthropic over its use of about 500 copyrighted works.
TikTok joins Snap to settle social media addiction lawsuit
Jury selection begins Tuesday as this case moves closer to trial.
YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models
The YouTubers claim Snap, like others, used AI datasets meant for research and academic use to train its AI models.