A Twitch streamer sued Twitch and Amazon on 20 August over the use of livestreams to train Amazon’s generative AI. The complaint runs to 37 pages. Counsel filed it in the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. The case number is 3:26-…
Thomson Reuters launched its first proprietary large language model on Monday. The company calls it Thomson. It says it spent $40mn on talent and compute to train the model, and that it began from what its announcement describes as “a strong open-sourc…
Apple paid Ireland $17.1bn in tax last financial year. That is around 40% of everything it paid in corporate income tax anywhere in the world. The figure comes from a company filing that breaks Apple’s tax down country by country, Reuters reported from…
The Dutch data protection authority has decided to fine Uber €825mn, or about $966mn, for shutting down driver accounts by automated systems without telling the drivers properly. It is the second-largest penalty ever issued under the General Data Prote…
A federal judge has thrown out seven economic espionage convictions against the former Google engineer Linwei Ding, on the grounds that prosecutors never proved he was working for China. Seven trade secret theft convictions stand. Judge Vince Chhabria …
Disney asked a federal judge to hold an emergency hearing by Tuesday over the Federal Communications Commission’s move to review the licences of its eight ABC-owned stations. The Justice Department told the court on Thursday that there is no hurry. The…
A 15-year-old from New Jersey has dropped her case against Meta, Google, and Snap seven weeks before it was due to be heard in Los Angeles. Her lawyer said she wanted to get on with her life. The case was one of three bellwethers set for trial in Octob…
Cinemas became the latest institution to move against Meta smart glasses on Thursday. The UK Cinema Association said many operators are introducing policies to restrict camera-enabled eyewear. It gave two reasons: film piracy, and customer privacy. Tak…
Two US senators have written to TikTok about an experiment that switched off a safety feature for roughly 15 million American users. Their letter runs to four pages and sets out 13 questions. It gives the company until 1 September to reply. The senator…
The US Department of Justice has stepped into a court fight on the side of Elon Musk’s xAI. It is backing the company’s challenge to a Minnesota law that bans AI “nudification” tools. A federal judge heard arguments on Wednesday and said he would rule …