A.I. Writes Buggy Code. A Silicon Valley Start-Up Wants to Fix It.
Valued at $1.6 billion, a tiny start-up called Axiom is building A.I. systems that can check for mistakes.
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UK watchdogs press Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube to block children
UK regulators warn social media firms to tighten age checks and protect children or face hefty fines LONDON: Britain’s media and privacy regulators on Thursday demanded that major social media platforms do more to keep children off their services, warning that companies were failing to enforce their own minimum age rules. Britain has been weighing … Read more
They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE
Thomson Reuters, best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, provides an investigative tool to immigration enforcers. Its Minnesota employees want that to stop.
A.I. Incites a New Wave of Grieving Parents Fighting for Online Safety
Blaming chatbots, they are joining an earlier push for better protections by parents who say social media contributed to their children’s deaths.
Meta Acquires Moltbook, the Social Network Just for A.I. Bots
Matt Schlicht, the site’s creator, helped kick off Silicon Valley’s obsession with artificial intelligence agents. Two months later, he is joining the Meta Superintelligence Lab.
Musk worth $839 bn in new Forbes list
Musk tops Forbes billionaires list again as wealth surges $500b on Tesla, SpaceX valuations Musk is the first person ever to surpass the $800 billion mark and is on course to become the world’s first trillionaire. PHOTO: REUTERS Elon Musk is the wealthiest individual ever recorded, worth an estimated $839 billion, Forbes said on Tuesday, … Read more
YouTube Adds Tool to Help Public Figures Report Fake Videos
Social media companies are under pressure to crack down on so-called deepfake videos that use deceptive images of real people.
How Do You Use A.I. for Daily Life?
We want to hear how artificial intelligence helps you with tasks like meal prep, translation and planning a trip.
Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions
US Department of War and Anthropic logos are seen in this illustration taken March 1, 2026. Photo: REUTERS Anthropic on Monday filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist, escalating the artificial intelligence lab’s high-stakes battle with the US military over usage restrictions on its technology. Anthropic said … Read more
Ex-Meta AI chief Yann LeCun’s AMI raises $1.03 billion for alternative AI approach
Financing positions tests LeCun’s belief that today’s large language models fall short of human-level reasoning Yann LeCun, Vice President & Chief AI Scientist at Meta attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS Advanced Machine Intelligence, the startup founded by former Meta Platforms chief AI scientist … Read more
