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Lawmakers Pass Controversial AI Bill

California lawmakers passed a hotly contested artificial-intelligence (AI) safety bill on Wednesday, after which it will need one more process vote before its fate is in the hands of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has until Sept. 30 to decide whether to sign it into law or veto it. Tech companies developing generative AI –

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Pavel Durov Released From Police Custody

Telegram founder Pavel Durov was released from police custody in France on Wednesday and transferred to court for questioning before a possible indictment, according to a report. Durov, the Russian-born billionaire who was arrested over the weekend, left the anti-fraud office near Paris in what looked like a police vehicle on

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Facebook Was Forced To Make COVID-19 Related Changes –Zuckerberg

Facebook-parent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the Biden administration ‘pressured’ its to ‘censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire’, further adding that it ‘expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn't agree’. In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, Zuckerberg alleged that the platform was forced to make COVID-19-related changes ‘in the wake of this

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