A look at the humans employed to rescue robotaxis; Waymo uses the Honk app to pay $20 to $24 to manually close robotaxi doors and $60 to $80 to tow its cars
“While the Waymo Driver is designed to handle dark traffic signals as four-way stops, it may occasionally request a confirmation check to ensure it makes the safest choice.” — waymo.com/blog/2025/12...
Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its X post about its €120M fine of X; X terminates the EC's ad account
to post a link that deceives users into thinking it's a video and to artificially increase its reach. As you may be aware, X believes everyone should have an equal voice on our platform. However, it...
As OpenAI committed to spending ~$1.4T on data centers, it hasn't disclosed its auditor nor used an independent accountant to compile its financial statements
Just asking X: @michaeljburry , @silvermanjacob , @dariocpx , @jpatrades , @dariocpx , @michaeljburry , @samanthaladuc , @martinshkreli , and @aagresearch Bluesky: @smtuffy , @prietschka , @edzitron.c...
Bluesky says it has hit 40M users and plans to launch “dislikes” in beta to tailor content rankings and reply rankings
techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/b... Dorte Hummelshøj / @dortehummelshoj : No thanks, @bsky.app! — We don't want that! We are adults, and we are able to mute or block what we don't want to see, so no cen...
Sources: OpenAI told studios that it plans to release a new version of Sora that creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out
2. I don't think copyright law works like that — www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : OpenAI realizes they don't have enough training data to compete with Google's Veo being t...
A look at Starlink's plans to launch a cellphone service that some experts say will likely remain complementary to existing networks, focusing on rural coverage
The tech entrepreneur has upended one business after another. Now he may be going after our phone networks. — Just now X: @eyup_io and @kidcandyfighter Bluesky: @dogefort and @prietschka . Mastodon...
Meta created and let users create flirty chatbots and intimate images using the names and likenesses of Taylor Swift and other celebs without their permission
This has been a persistent problem with edge content. In addition to violating content, Meta also classifies content as “borderline” and “ambiguous.” The latter two categories vastly outweigh the fi...
Google plans to roll out Gemini next week for children under 13 whose parents use Family Link and says it will not use the under-13 users' data to train its AI
This is what “growth at any cost” looks like: — www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/t... [embedded post] Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix : “Google plans to roll out its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbo...
The DOJ charges AI shopping app Nate's ex-CEO, Albert Saniger, with fraud, alleging the app relies heavily on workers in the Philippines; Nate had raised $50M+
#RIPNate Paul Rietschka / @prietschka : Can't wait until more and more of the ‘agentic’ revolution turns out to be (1) just ‘500 employees in Hyderabad,’ and (2) has some high-profile failures where ‘...
After OpenAI released ChatGPT's new image generator, social media has been flooded with AI memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, highlighting copyright concerns
here's 7 incredible examples of what it can do Kirk / Geek News Central Podcast : ChatGPT's New Image Model Sparks Additional Copyright Controversies #1810 Spencer Neale / The American Conservative : ...