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A contractor for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) publicly exposed highly sensitive credentials on a GitHub repository, including keys to AWS GovCloud accounts and plaintext passwords for interna…
A Chicago man, Nikko D’Ambrosio, sued Meta and over two dozen women for defamation after a critical post about him appeared in a Facebook dating group, but the case was dismissed with prejudice by a district court. Durin…
Opponents of a proposed immigration detention facility in Romulus, Michigan, held a rally outside a federal courthouse in Detroit on Monday, as a related lawsuit moves to a virtual hearing. The lawsuit, filed by Michigan…
The trial of Elon Musk versus Sam Altman ended with a jury dismissing Musk's claims due to the statute of limitations, but the proceedings revealed deep distrust among AI leaders. Testimony showed that OpenAI's founders,…
The FBI is seeking to purchase nationwide access to automated license plate readers (ALPRs), which would enable the agency to track vehicle movements across the country without a warrant, according to procurement records…
A California jury unanimously ruled on Monday that Elon Musk waited too long to file his 2024 lawsuit against OpenAI, which accused the company of betraying its nonprofit origins after he donated $38 million to launch it…
Elon Musk lost his landmark lawsuit against OpenAI after a federal jury and judge ruled that he filed his claims too late, as the statutes of limitations had expired before his 2024 lawsuit. The unanimous jury verdict, a…
A jury in Oakland found that Elon Musk's claims against Sam Altman and OpenAI were barred by the statute of limitations, resulting in a loss for Musk. The jury's verdict was advisory, but U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonza…
A California jury unanimously ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against Sam Altman, OpenAI, and Microsoft, finding that his claims of being misled and harmed by the creation of a for-profit affiliate were filed too …
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are engaged in a high-stakes trial over the future of OpenAI, with Musk accusing the company of abandoning its nonprofit mission to prioritize profits. Key witnesses, including Microsoft CEO Saty…
According to the article, researchers warn that major artificial intelligence companies are engaging in "regulatory capture," similar to tactics previously used by the tobacco and oil industries, where corporate interest…
At least nine U.S. states have introduced legislation aimed at preventing local municipalities from regulating AI data centers within their communities. These bills seek to limit local control over the placement and oper…
In this podcast episode, critical informatics scholar Britt Paris discusses her new book, *Radical Infrastructure: Imagining the Internet from the Ground Up*, which examines the physical infrastructure of the internet an…
University of Washington researchers planned to have preschool teachers wear cameras to record first-person footage of classroom interactions, aiming to use the data to train AI models. One parent described the program a…
Final week of the Musk v. Altman trial, where lawyers attacked the credibility of both tech leaders, revealing new details about OpenAI's nonprofit status and a donkey trophy awarded to an employee who challenged Musk. I…
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was repeatedly booed by the audience during his commencement speech at the University of Arizona while discussing artificial intelligence. Schmidt acknowledged the crowd's fear that AI will…
The Government Digital Service (GDS) has advised the NHS to maintain an "open by default" policy for its code repositories, countering the NHS's decision to close access following security vulnerabilities reported during…
Google DeepMind has announced a new national partnership with the Singapore Government to apply frontier AI to key sectors, including healthcare, life sciences, and education. The initiative aims to support public sector…
During an extended interview on the sidelines of the Trump-Xi Summit in Beijing, NBC News' Tom Llamas spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The discussion covered key foreign policy topics, including China policy, t…
According to an email viewed by 404 Media, a private conference featuring prominent members of the Iranian diaspora, including venture capitalists, tech CEOs, and the son of Iran's former leader, will be held at Uber's h…