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The future of AI regulation is courting the strangest, most anxious bedfellows
(L-R) Sen. Mike Rounds, Pamela Brown, Chris Malachowsky, Kevin O'Leary, Gabriele Caccia, Tammy Haddad, Michele L. Jawando, Sen. Mark Warner, Michael Kelly and Major General Patrick Ellis attend the...
The future of AI regulation is courting the strangest, most anxious bedfellows
(L-R) Sen. Mike Rounds, Pamela Brown, Chris Malachowsky, Kevin O'Leary, Gabriele Caccia, Tammy Haddad, Michele L. Jawando, Sen. Mark Warner, Michael Kelly and Major General Patrick Ellis attend the...
Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI
A group of independent musicians is suing Google claiming it trained Lyria on their uploads. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge If you've uploaded a song to YouTube, Google almost certainly...
After Belfast riots, UK reminds social platforms they’re obligated to remove hateful content
The UK's communications regulator has reminded social media platforms they have a duty to minimize hateful content, not encourage it.
You can just tell the Instagram algorithm what you want now
Instagram is going to let you tweak what its algorithm shows you on your main feed. With the Your Algorithm feature, "you can now see the topics we think you're interested in, and change them,...
Everyone’s a girl’s girl on TV. Until they’re not.
Amanda Batula is, according to the Bravo Summer House fandom, not a girl’s girl. | Courtesy of Bravo/Getty Images Once upon a time, women were asked if they had danced with the devil and howled at...
Amazon’s Echo speakers can now help kids wind down and fall asleep
With Sleep Studio the Echo Glow can light up to let kids know when they should be sleeping or can get out of bed. | Image: Amazon Amazon has launched a new feature for its Echo and Echo Kids smart...
Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concerns
Anthropic released Claude Fable, its first Mythos-class AI model, yesterday and it's already causing concerns inside Microsoft. Sources tell me that Microsoft is limiting the use of Claude Fable 5...
Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training
Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions with Search. In an email sent to users, Google says it will save the images, files, audio, and video you use to search under a new...
Engadget Podcast: WWDC 2026 thoughts from Apple Park
We dive into our initial thoughts on Siri AI and Tim Cook's legacy.