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Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Delta denies using AI to come up with inflated, personalized prices
Delta finally explains how its AI pricing works amid ongoing backlash.
Ashley Belanger
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ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results
OpenAI scrambles to remove personal ChatGPT conversations from Google results.
Ashley Belanger
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Backpage survivors will receive $200M to cover medical, health bills
Backpage victims can share texts and emails to cover expenses and lost wages.
Ashley Belanger
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YouTube’s selfie collection, AI age checks are concerning, privacy experts say
Any YouTuber wrongly labeled a teen must provide an ID, credit card, or selfie.
Ashley Belanger
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US moves to ban shady subscription auto-renewals after FTC court loss
Canceling subscriptions should be easy, lawmakers say, reviving FTC fight.
Ashley Belanger
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Trump suspends trade loophole for cheap online retailers globally
US spiking costs to import cheap goods from anywhere rattles e-commerce giants.
Ashley Belanger
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China claims Nvidia built backdoor into H20 chip designed for Chinese market
US semiconductor giant is trying to revive sales in the country.
Financial Times
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Most Read
Substack’s “Nazi problem” won’t go away after push notification apology
Substack may be legitimizing neo-Nazis as "thought leaders," researcher warns.
Ashley Belanger
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VPN use soars in UK after age-verification laws go into effect
Proton VPN signups originating in the UK increased by over 1,400 percent.
WIRED
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AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
Proposed data center would demand 5x Wyoming's current power use at full deployment.
Benj Edwards
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Trump claims Europe won’t make Big Tech pay ISPs; EU says it still might
EC spokesperson denies network-fee issue is settled, says it must be legislated.
Jon Brodkin
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EPA plans to ignore science, stop regulating greenhouse gases
"Largest deregulatory action" in the history of US would be one of the unhealthiest.
Financial Times
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Trump caving on Nvidia H20 export curbs may disrupt his bigger trade war
China’s frontier AI will be fueled by Nvidia H20 chips, experts warn Trump.
Ashley Belanger
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How the Trump FCC justified requiring a “bias monitor” at CBS
Trump FCC claims there's precedent for CBS ombudsman, but it's a weak one.
Jon Brodkin
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Nude women streamed to office TV derail Oklahoma Board of Education meeting
Police are now involved.
Nate Anderson
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Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says
Lawsuit: Meta may have seeded porn to minors while hiding piracy for AI training.
Ashley Belanger
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Delta’s AI spying to “jack up” prices must be banned, lawmakers say
Lawmakers want to prevent companies from using AI to increase prices or lower wages.
Ashley Belanger
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Skydance deal allows Trump’s FCC to “censor speech” and “silence dissent” on CBS
FCC now has “never-before-seen controls” over a newsroom, commissioner warns.
Ashley Belanger
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Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok
"TikTok is going to go dark," commerce secretary warns as negotiations falter.
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Trump’s order to make chatbots anti-woke is unconstitutional, senator says
Trump plans to use chatbots to eliminate dissent, senator alleged.
Ashley Belanger
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White House unveils sweeping plan to “win” global AI race through deregulation
Trump's "AI Action Plan" reverses regulations, sparks critical pushback.
Benj Edwards
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Ukrainians arrest alleged admin of major crime forum XSS
Intercepted Jabber messages lead to arrest of suspected admin of cybercrime hub.
Ashley Belanger
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Whistleblower scientists outline Trump’s plan to politicize and dismantle NSF
Trump gutting NSF will forfeit scientific leadership to China, letter of dissent says.
Ashley Belanger
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Conduct rules are coming for Google and Apple in the UK
Rules will include EU-style curbs on app stores.
Financial Times
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Toy company may regret coming for “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker, experts say
Possible legal paths to revive a shuttered video series on TikTok and Instagram.
Ashley Belanger
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A power utility is reporting suspected pot growers to cops. EFF says that’s illegal.
EFF says the "mass surveillance scheme" violates constitutional protections.
Dan Goodin
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California backs down to Trump admin, won’t force ISPs to offer $15 broadband
"Complete farce": State lawmaker says US threatened to block broadband funding.
Jon Brodkin
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Ars Live: Consumer tech firms stuck scrambling ahead of looming chip tariffs
Update: This Ars Live session has been cancelled and will be rescheduled.
Ashley Belanger
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xAI workers balked over training request to help “give Grok a face,” docs show
Slack messages: Some xAI employees refused to join invasive Grok training.
Ashley Belanger
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FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices
Analysis of broadband affordability deemed "extraneous" by FCC chair.
Jon Brodkin
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Researcher threatens X with lawsuit after falsely linking him to French probe
Musk’s X refuses to give French cops “real-time data about all user posts."
Ashley Belanger
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UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US
UK officials fear their insistence on backdoor endangers tech deals with US.
Financial Times
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It’s “frighteningly likely” many US courts will overlook AI errors, expert says
Judges pushed to bone up on AI or risk destroying their court's authority.
Ashley Belanger
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Court rules Trump broke US law when he fired Democratic FTC commissioner
Supreme Court precedent protects FTC commissioner, at least "for the time being."
Jon Brodkin
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Trump to sign stablecoin bill that may make it easier to bribe the president
Donald Trump's first big crypto win "nothing to crow about," analyst says.
Ashley Belanger
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