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Google's AI model faces European Union scrutiny from privacy watchdog
LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators said Thursday they're looking into one of Google's artificial intelligence models over concerns about its compliance with the bloc's strict data privacy rules.Ireland's Data Protection Commission said it has opened an inquiry into Google's Pathways Language Model 2, also known as PaLM2. It's part of wider efforts, including by other national watchdogs across the 27-nation bloc, to scrutinize how AI systems handle personal data.
Google's European headquarters are based in Dublin, so the Irish watchdog acts as the company's lead... Read More
Federal judge temporarily blocks Utah social media law aimed at protecting children
A federal judge in Utah has temporarily blocked a social media access law that leaders said was meant to protect the personal privacy of children and limit their use of such platforms, saying it is unconstitutional.U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby on Tuesday issued the preliminary injunction against a law that would have required social media companies to verify the ages of their users, apply privacy settings and limit some features on those accounts.
The law was set to take effect on Oct. 1 but will be blocked pending the outcome of the case filed by NetChoice,... Read More
What to know about fracking, false claims and other climate issues mentioned during the debate
Amid a barrage of climate-infused weather disasters such as flooding and hurricanes, along with the shattering of heat records,wildfires and many Americans growing concerned about the planet's warming, climate change was barely discussed during the presidential debate.When asked the sole debate question on climate Tuesday night, Vice President Kamala Harris said, “young people of America care deeply about this issue,” and added that the United States has increased domestic production of oil to historic highs, a fact that will contribute to global warming. Harris' opponent,... Read More
Trump closing in on being able to sell his shares of Truth Social's parent company. But will he?
Shares of Trump Media & Technology fell more than 10% Wednesday following last night’s debate between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.The former president can start selling shares of Truth Social's parent company next week starting on Sept. 19 when a lockup provision ends, if he chooses to do so. That's because the lockup provision prevented company insiders from selling newly issued shares for six months.
Trump owns nearly 115 million shares of the company, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Based on Tuesday's... Read More
James Earl Jonesâ Darth Vader voice lives on through AI. Voice actors see promise and peril in that
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Over the course of an acting career that spanned more than six decades, James Earl Jones' voice became an indelible piece of his work as a performer.On screen, Jones, who died Monday at 93, brought to life a reclusive writer coaxed back into the spotlight in “Field of Dreams" and a haughty king of a fictional land in “Coming To America.” On stage, he won two Tony Awards for “The Great White Hope” and “Fences.” His work as a voice actor — the regal dignity of his portrayal of Mufasa in “The Lion King” and the menacing and deep timbre he... Read More
Top Stories in Technology
- Google's AI model faces European Union scrutiny from privacy watchdog
- Federal judge temporarily blocks Utah social media law aimed at protecting children
- What to know about fracking, false claims and other climate issues mentioned during the debate
- Trump closing in on being able to sell his shares of Truth Social's parent company. But will he?
- James Earl Jonesâ Darth Vader voice lives on through AI. Voice actors see promise and peril in that
- Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative
- Google and Apple lose their court fights against the EU and owe billions in fines and taxes
- EU's top court dismisses Apple's final appeal against order to pay Ireland 13B euros in back taxes
- Australia proposes legal minimum age for children accessing social media
- A robot begins removal of melted fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant. It could take a century
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