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Gavin Newsom Signs First-In-Nation AI Safety Law

1 month ago
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law on Monday that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety protocols -- marking the end of a lobbying battle with big tech companies like ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Meta and setting the groundwork for a potential national standard. The proposal was the second attempt by the author, ambitious San Francisco Democrat state Sen. Scott Wiener, to pass such legislation after Newsom vetoed a broader measure last year that set off an international debate. It is already being watched in Congress and other states as an example to follow as lawmakers seek to rein in an emerging technology that has been embraced by the Trump administration in the race against China, but which has also prompted concerns for its potential to create harms.

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OpenNvidia could become the AI generation's WinTel

1 month ago
Duo could dominate in the same way Microsoft and Intel ruled PCs for decades

Opinion  The OpenAI and Nvidia $100 billion partnership sure sounds impressive. $100 billion isn't chicken feed, even as more and more tech companies cross the trillion-dollar mark. But what does it really mean?…

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Fork yeah: Valkey 9 sharpens edge against Redis

1 month ago
Open source database adds multi-tenant clustering, safer shutdowns, and eyes life beyond caching

Open source key-value database Valkey is set for its ninth iteration next month, promising improved resource optimization and availability.…

Lindsay Clark

UK may already be at war with Russia, ex-MI5 head suggests

1 month ago
Baroness Manningham-Buller cites Kremlin sabotage, cyberattacks, and assassinations as signs of an undeclared conflict

The former head of MI5 says hostile cyberattacks and intelligence operations directed by The Kremlin indicate the UK might already be at war with Russia.…

Danny Palmer

ChatGPT wants teens to agree to let their parents spy on them

1 month ago
Good luck with that!

OpenAI says it is introducing parental controls to ChatGPT that will help improve the safety of teenagers using its AI chatbot. The only catch? Teens will have to allow their parents to connect to their accounts before the controls can take effect.…

Danny Palmer

Open Source Android Repository F-Droid Says Google's New Rules Will Shut It Down

1 month ago
F-Droid has warned that Google's upcoming developer verification program will kill the free and open source app repository. Google announced plans several weeks ago to force all Android app developers to register their apps and identity with the company. Apps not validated by Google will not be installable on certified Android devices. F-Droid says it cannot require developers to register with Google or take over app identifiers to register for them. The site operators say doing so would effectively take over distribution rights from app authors. Google plans to begin testing the verification scheme in the coming weeks and may charge registration fees. Unverified apps will start being blocked next year in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand before expanding globally in 2027. F-Droid is calling on US and EU regulators to intervene.

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Your AI conversations are a secret new treasure trove for marketers

1 month ago
And they may not be seeking proper consent

ai-pocalypse  Profound is a startup that promises to help companies understand how they appear in AI responses to customer queries. But one expert in the field thinks the AI analytics startup has been sucking up information on users' AI conversations without proper consent.…

Thomas Claburn