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FTC Sues Uber Over Deceptive Subscription Billing Practices

1 month ago
The Federal Trade Commission filed suit against Uber on Monday, alleging the transportation giant violated federal consumer protection laws through deceptive billing and cancellation practices for its Uber One subscription service. According to the complaint, Uber violated both the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act by misleading consumers about subscription terms, charging users without consent, and implementing deliberately complicated cancellation processes. "Americans are tired of getting signed up for unwanted subscriptions that seem impossible to cancel," FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson said in announcing the action. The $9.99 monthly service, launched in 2021, offers benefits including fee-free delivery and discounted rides.

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Microsoft: Why not let our Copilot fly your computer?

1 month ago
Redmond talks up preview of AI agents navigating apps through the UI

Microsoft will soon let Copilot agents drive computers through the GUI just like humans – by clicking buttons, selecting menus, and even completing forms on screen.…

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Cursor AI's own support bot hallucinated its usage policy

1 month ago
Making up subscription limits as it goes? Super encouraging from a code assistant. Anyways, back to int main(enter the void)...

In a fitting bit of irony, users of Cursor AI experienced the limitations of AI firsthand when the programming tool's own AI support bot hallucinated a policy limitation that doesn't actually exist.…

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Microsoft Copilot shows up even when it's not wanted

1 month ago
Just us or is AI increasingly appearing like an unwanted party guest?

Microsoft customers are claiming the Windows giant's Copilot AI service sometimes ignores commands to disable the thing, and thus turns itself back on like a zombie risen from the dead.…

Thomas Claburn