Anthropic has warned would-be investors that its views on AI safety could make it a political target. The warning is in the risk factors of its S-1 registration statement. The company made it public on Monday, setting out its plans for the Anthropic IP…
The centrist parties behind Ursula von der Leyen split in the European Parliament on Thursday. The question was whether AI companies should answer for harm their models cause. Socialist and Green MEPs called for a new AI liability act. The centre-right…
Spain’s main opposition party has posted a campaign video built with AI deepfakes. In it, likenesses of people linked to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists appear to confess to wrongdoing. The conservative People’s party (PP) shared it on 21 Oct…
“No, no, no. This time I’m not doing it… Oceans are different, sir.” That is what Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said when Donald Trump asked him to rename the Atlantic Ocean, according to Trump. The president told the story at a rally in South C…
The trillionaire has given more than $445 million to Republican political groups this election cycle, as Democrats vow to investigate him.
Senator Bernie Sanders and 12 House Democrats have told Mark Zuckerberg it is “unacceptable” for a platform to favour one candidate. Their letter, sent on Thursday, asks Meta to explain its role in Brazil’s presidential race. The runoff is on Sunday. T…
Meta says Mark Zuckerberg “would effectively be paying to serve” as its chief executive if California taxes its billionaires. So it is creating new shares he can sell to cover the bill. In return, he has promised to stay in the state, an SEC filing pub…
Two years ago, University of Houston student Vasant Bhatt was doing everything he could to help Republicans regain power. He knocked doors for Sen. Ted Cruz’s reelection campaign and helped organize his community for Donald Trump, two victories he, like many other Republicans, celebrated in 2024. But this week, Bhatt did something unexpected: He voted […]
After renaming Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps following Trump’s executive orders, Google CEO Sundar Pichai might be drawing the line at the Atlantic Ocean. As reported earlier by The Washington Post, Trump said at a Wednesday night rally that he would “probably pass” on renaming the Atlantic after he contacted […]