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Marketplace investigates how artificial intelligence is helping scammers steal money

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has launched a legal challenge against the Indian government, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration of unlawfully broadening its censorship powers.

The lawsuit contends that India’s Ministry of Information Technology (IT) has expanded its authority to remove online content without adhering to stringent legal safeguards, allowing government officials to execute takedown orders with little oversight.

Russian tech giant VK posted a staggering net loss of 94.94 billion rubles ($1.12 billion) in 2024 — nearly three times the 34.29 billion rubles ($405 million) it lost in 2023 — despite achieving record-high revenue, according to its annual report published Thursday.

Apple is losing more than $1 billion a year on its streaming service Apple TV+, the Information reported today, citing two people familiar with the matter.

Apple has spent more than $5 billion a year on content since launching Apple TV+ in 2019 but trimmed that budget by around $500 million last year, the report said.

Discord announces plans to expand its successful Video Quests advertising format to mobile devices. This strategic move marks the company's first mobile ad offering, significantly broadening reach for advertisers while maintaining Discord's commitment to user-first, reward-focused advertising experiences. The initial pilot for Video Quests on Mobile will launch in June 2025, offering advertisers a prime opportunity to showcase trailers, make impactful announcements, and highlight premium content to Discord's player community.

Today we're announcing the launch of AMBER Alerts on TikTok with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). This brings critical, time-sensitive information directly to people's For You feeds to raise awareness of missing children and leverage the power of the US TikTok community to help reunite them with their families.

Last year we piloted AMBER Alerts with our community in Texas. From August to December 2024, AMBER Alerts on TikTok were viewed over 20 million times and contributed to 2.5 million visits to NCMEC's website. Now, we're expanding these alerts to more than 170 million Americans, so when an AMBER Alert is issued, we'll show the alert in the For You feed of those within the area.

OpenAI’s highly popular chatbot, ChatGPT, regularly gives false information about people without offering any way to correct it. In many cases, these so-called “hallucinations” can seriously damage a person’s reputation: In the past, ChatGPT falsely accused people of corruption, child abuse – or even murder. The latter was the case with a Norwegian user. When he tried to find out if the chatbot had any information about him, ChatGPT confidently made up a fake story that pictured him as a convicted murderer. This clearly isn’t an isolated case. noyb has therefore filed its second complaint against OpenAI. By knowingly allowing ChatGPT to produce defamatory results, the company clearly violates the GDPR’s principle of data accuracy.

I think AI driver give a good summary of some of issues with the Mark Rober showcase of LIDAR.

• Some of the bias Mark Rober friendships with the LIDAR supplier.
• Not using Tesla full self driving
• Being so nervous that he accidentally disables autopilot, twice.
• The one sided view in LIDAR, with not show examples of LIDAR have issues.
• Give a way forward to do the tests with FSD
• Mark Rober not giving the test his full attention, fun vs scientific process

Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI attempted to purchase hundreds of millions of arrest records including social security numbers, mugshots, and even email addresses to incorporate into its product, 404 Media has learned.

For years, Clearview AI has collected billions of photos from social media websites including Facebook, LinkedIn and others and sold access to its facial recognition tool to law enforcement. The collection and sale of user-generated photos by a private surveillance company to police without that person’s knowledge or consent sparked international outcry when it was first revealed by the New York Times in 2020.

• Starting this week, Meta AI will begin rolling out across 41 European Countries, including those in the European Union, as well as 21 Overseas Territories – marking our largest global expansion of Meta AI to date.
• Starting with an intelligent chat function in six European languages, this is the first step in our ongoing efforts to bring more intuitive AI to people in Europe.
• Already used by over 700M monthly active users, Meta AI continues to be the leading assistant for people around the world, with personalised interactions shaping social experiences for everyone.

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Women's groups worry Big Tech algorithms suppress words and products related to women's health.

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