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Star Wars creator George Lucas compares AI to the invention of cars: “There’s nothing you can do about it”
“It’s very much like sitting here saying, ‘Well, I believe the horse and the buggy is really where it’s at'”
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Former employees sue over Meta’s alleged use of biased AI systems during layoffs
Meta cut its workforce by 10 percent in May.
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George Lucas Says AI Makes Filmmaking ‘Easier’ and ‘There’s Nothing You Can Do About It,’ Criticizes Hollywood for Giving Fans Too Much Power
George Lucas has a bone to pick with Hollywood when it comes to focus groups and test screenings. The “Star Wars” creator, who walked away from the franchise in 2012 after selling Lucasfilm to Disney in a $4 billion deal, recently told A Rabbit’s Foot (via IGN) that Hollywood’s over-reliance on focus groups has created studio…
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Three publishers challenge Google over AI copyright infringement
It’s the latest in a barrage of efforts to win compensation from AI companies over training materials.
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Global cooperation needed to tackle AI threats, says Bank of England governor
Andrew Bailey warns that US will not be able to achieve its ambitions alone The Bank of England governor has called for international cooperation to tackle growing AI threats, warning that the US and Trump administration would not be able to achieve their ambitions alone. Andrew Bailey’s comments come weeks after the US president, Donald…
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Lawsuit claims Meta’s layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans
Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
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Apple opens its new Siri AI to everyone with the iOS 27 public beta
If you’ve been waiting to try Apple’s revamped Siri without installing a developer beta, you now can. The company on Tuesday released the iOS 27 public beta, giving iPhone owners early access to its AI-powered assistant and other new features before the software’s official launch this fall.
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Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out
Anthropic’s latest advert is stirring up high emotions — which is undoubtedly what it was designed to do.
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The founder of Hinge raised $18M to build a new AI dating service, Overtone
Overtone describes itself as “a voice- and audio-forward service, enabled by AI, that provides highly curated introductions.”
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SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage
SpaceXAI’s Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users’ entire codebases to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off. The Register reports that Cereblab published findings on Monday showing how the Grok Build CLI was packaging and uploading entire code repositories, “including files it was told not to open…