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- The DecoderpolicySaudi Aramco takes 49 percent stake in AI firm Humain with $2.6 billion deal
Saudi Aramco is buying into Humain, the company meant to turn Saudi Arabia into a global AI hub. The article Saudi Aramco takes 49 percent stake in AI firm Humain with $2.6 billion deal appeared first on The Decoder .
- Guardian AIpolicyIt’s time to block reckless AI IPOs and tax billionaires | Naomi Klein and Ilana Glazer
We cannot let the billionaire class take unprecedented risks with our future America is a divided country in crisis. Despite the sunny economic forecast coming from the Trump administration, millions of Americans are str…
- TechRadar AIpolicyThe in-store telemetry blackout costing retailers billions
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- TechRadar AIpolicyThis US state wants to let AI set up and run an entire business — with only a single human needed
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- Engadget AIpolicyJudge says xAI must face NAACP lawsuit on data center pollution
The legal battle revolves around the AI company’s operations in southern Memphis.
- Guardian TechnologypolicyInvestors pull billions in funds from Binance after record $6.3bn hack
Cryptocurrency exchange has begun to allow withdrawals after theft believed to have come from North Korea Investors have pulled $3.6bn (£2.7bn) in funds from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance as it recovers from a reco…
- The DecoderpolicyOpenAI is steering ChatGPT users toward more paid usage
OpenAI is now capping the number of paid ChatGPT accounts per device and payment card. Users who hit the limit can't start new subscriptions, and affected accounts can't be used on that device. Logging out doesn't automa…
- TechCrunch AIpolicyJudge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward
An NAACP lawsuit accuses the SpaceX-owned AI company of violating the Clean Air Act.
- The DecoderpolicyAnthropic's watermark rollout leaves a loophole on two older Claude models
Anthropic is expanding its text watermark to four more Claude models to meet the EU AI Act's December deadline. On the older models Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, developers can bypass the watermark by tweaking a single…
- Guardian AIpolicyDisquiet grows in Albanese’s back yard as Grayndler artists unite against ‘insane’ AI proposal
Inner west Sydney seat has long been safely held by the PM – but potential changes to copyright laws are angering its large creative community Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast The prime mini…
- The DecoderpolicyOpenAI plans to train models on Daybreak Blue cybersecurity session data that was previously off-limits
Starting November 29, OpenAI will use data from Daybreak Blue sessions to train its models, even when users have turned off training. After backlash, a follow-up email promised a separate opt-out. The move revives concer…
- Guardian TechnologypolicyThe staggering $446m Elon Musk has spent on the US midterms – visualized
The tech mogul’s midterm donations backing Republicans have made him the largest single-cycle political donor in modern US history Elon Musk has poured so much money into US politics this midterms election cycle that his…
- SiliconANGLE AIpolicyGoogle, Anthropic and others to support new AI crawling opt-out standard
Google LLC, Microsoft Corp., Anthropic PBC and OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to support an upcoming website crawling standard. The technology will enable website operators to block artificial intelligence develo…
- TechRadar AIpolicy'Online exams are now a waste of time': Top UC Berkeley professor calls time on homework grades as students are increasingly cheating using AI
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- Engadget AIpolicyGoogle joins OpenAI and Anthropic in promising new scraping controls
Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and Microsoft pledge to support a new common signal for robots.txt that blocks scraping for AI training.
- WIRED AIpolicyHow a Contractor’s Claude Agent Got Into the Pentagon
This week on Uncanny Valley, we also discuss Anthropic’s IPO filing and the volunteers gearing up to counter ICE at the midterms.
- Ars Technica AIpolicyDartmouth’s provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job
People who love AI don’t always love telling others they used it.
- The Verge AIpolicyThe biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI, as reported earlier by Search Engine Roundtable. With this control, publishers can ap…
- LessWrongpolicyThe Advocacy Gap in International AI Verification
TL;DR: There seems to be a general lack of awareness of how tractable/feasible verification mechanisms for international AI governance agreements are, and correcting this would probably make pacing proposals more politic…
- TechRadar AIpolicyCriminal investigation launched into Google's Finnish data center project
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- LessWrongpolicyCould a first mover lock everyone out of outer space?
This article was created by Forethought . Read the full article on our website . Abstract In this piece, we ask whether a first mover could prevent others from accessing outer space, or at least raise the cost of doing s…
- Ars Technica AIpolicyThousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says
Applying for FAFSA may get messy as DOJ “ghost student” crackdown ramps up.
- TechRadar AIpolicyHumanist wins ‘first of its kind’ religious exemption from using AI at work
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- Guardian TechnologypolicyBillionaire tax: how a union leader’s ‘crazy’ idea became the defining issue of California’s midterms
It was an ambitious notion – now Californians will vote on a one-time 5% billionaire tax, and state’s super rich have pulled out all the stops in opposition One year ago, the idea of a billionaire tax in California was s…
- Guardian AIpolicyExperts warn AI copyright changes could breach Australian constitution and spark huge compensation rights case
Scraping copyrighted material from internet could ‘potentially’ amount to acquisition of property by government, Anne Twomey says Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast Altering copyright law to a…
- TechRadar AIpolicyThe AI Act's longer runway is an opportunity to build governance that lasts
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- OpenAI NewspolicyMaking it easier for websites to express AI training preferences
OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal to help website operators communicate their AI training preferences to participating providers.
- UK Algorithmic Transparency RecordspolicyDWP: Work Hub
To help users look for a better job, explore skills and training and advise on work that suits the user's individual circumstances.
- Engadget AIpolicyThe Wikimedia Foundation weighs in on the NYT's case against OpenAI
The folks behind Wikipedia say that an extreme decision in either direction could threaten the open web.
- TechRadar AIpolicyAnthropic's Elvis lawsuit shows why AI companies need to face the music
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- TechCrunch AIpolicyYou don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work
David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.
- OpenAI NewspolicyFair use benefits everyone
OpenAI shares excerpts from court briefs by creators, academics, accessibility advocates, and legal experts, among others, on how fair use supports AI training and innovation.
- The Verge AIpolicyWikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open web
The Wikimedia Foundation is staking out a middle ground in a group of landmark AI copyright cases, pushing courts to legally protect large language models (LLMs) training on copyrighted work - but not chatbots regurgitat…
- The Verge AIpolicyMaine’s data center revolt will decide who controls the Senate
Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, was midway through defending her record during the final debate of the midterms when an audience member cut her short. "I'm terrified," a man shouted. "AI data centers are destroyi…
- Ars Technica AIpolicyTrump declares robot imports a national security threat
President orders trade talks on foreign-made factory robots, threatens tariffs.
- Guardian TechnologypolicyMeta discussed ‘whisper strategy’ against social media critic Jonathan Haidt, files show
Court documents reveal staff considered ways to ‘get academic community to disavow’ influential US author Meta staff discussed deploying a “whisper strategy” to undermine the influential US academic whose work has inspir…
- OpenAI NewspolicyAn updated Model Spec for more capable and beneficial AI
OpenAI’s updated Model Spec outlines five core values to guide more capable AI toward sound judgment, human agency, and faithfulness to human intent.
- TechCrunch AIpolicyUS investigated Chinese spy plot aimed at Nvidia CEO
A top executive of a Singapore AI cloud company that was accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China could also have been a Chinese spy, sources have told the New York Times.
- The DecoderpolicyUS antitrust regulators are scrutinizing Nvidia's Hugging Face deal and sales practices
The US Justice Department is looking into Nvidia's planned acquisition of open-source platform Hugging Face. The article US antitrust regulators are scrutinizing Nvidia's Hugging Face deal and sales practices appeared fi…
- The DecoderpolicyChinese spies targeted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, according to The New York Times
US intelligence agencies believe an executive in Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's circle is an informant for China. The article Chinese spies targeted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, according to The New York Times appeared first on T…
- Guardian AIpolicyCould Abdul El-Sayed’s plan for AI companies stave off catastrophe? | Jerel Ezell
The Michigan Senate candidate is calling for public ownership and other reforms, offering a potential antidote to ideological gridlock The Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat, occupies a strange but…
- TechRadar AIpolicyRogue AI is a wake-up call for UK digital sovereignty
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- LessWrongpolicyCompensating the victims of automation is economically beneficial
It is likely that we see a wave of jobs automated away in the coming years. Already software developers, artists and mathematicians are standing at the precipice, and other careers are sure to follow. Responses range thr…
- BBC TechnologypolicyOfcom outlines age check methods ahead of social media ban for under-16s
Ofcom says photo and digital ID, banking checks or facial age estimation can help prove someone is 16 or over.
- The Verge AIpolicyMeta says it’ll probably delay its controversial new business terms again
Meta says it may push the implementation of its new business terms past November 20th as it faces backlash from publishers over concerns about AI training. In a post on X, Meta communications head Andy Stone said the com…
- TechRadar AIpolicyAustralian government introduces Digital Duty of Care bill to regulate AI chatbots
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- The Verge AIpolicyxAI is buying out homeowners who promise not to sue over data center noise
A subsidiary of Elon Musk's xAI is offering to buy up homes in a Mississippi neighborhood, as long as residents don't join a lawsuit targeting the company's nearby data center and power plant, according to a report from…
- TechRadar AIpolicyUK considering forcing data centers to invest in local communities as part of AI “covenant” — and it shows getting angry at developers can massively benefit working people
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- WIRED AIpolicyShould AI Decide Your Court Case? This Judge Says Yes
One of England’s top judges, Geoffrey Vos, believes that AI could adjudicate plenty of civil cases. The question, he says, is where the line should be drawn.
- Guardian Technologypolicy‘Emotional intimacy’ from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia’s digital duty of care laws
Labor government under pressure to create social media watchdog as new online safety standards bill passes lower house Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or…