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The European Commission has announced plans to withdraw 37 legislative proposals from its 2025 work programme, including key regulations on AI, patent licensing, and ePrivacy. The decision signals a shift in EU regulatory priorities, aligning more closely with pro-innovation advocates and addressing concerns about overregulation from global tech leaders. This announcement comes just a day…
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Can’t break promises if you riscind them entirely. Google updated its artificial intelligence principles on Tuesday to remove commitments around not using the technology in ways “that cause or are likely to cause overall harm.” A scrubbed section of the revised AI ethics guidelines previously committed Google to not designing or deploying AI for use…
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Trump Has Pledged to ‘Support AI Development’ But Not Yet Shared SpecificsPresident Donald Trump on the first day of his second term fulfilled a campaign promise to rescind a 2023 Biden executive order designed to curb the risk posed by artificial intelligence to consumers and national security. The Trump administration has not yet previewed any…
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Sweden has vetoed plans for 13 offshore windfarms in the Baltic Sea, citing unacceptable security risks. The country’s defence minister, Pal Jonson, said on Monday that the government had rejected plans for all but one of 14 windfarms planned along the east coast. The decision comes…
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In the same week that OpenAI launched GPT-4o, its most human-like AI yet, the company dissolved its Superalignment team, Wired first reported.
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A lawyer for FTX said the defunct crypto exchange has abandoned its plans to relaunch, instead opting to liquidate all assets and return funds to customers. The Guardian reports: The exchange, founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, has been negotiating for months with potential bidders and investors, but none were willing to put in enough money to…
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Roomba robot vacuums made by iRobot are displayed on a shelf at a Target store in San Rafael, California – Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP JUSTIN SULLIVAN