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Meta and Anthropic win key verdicts in US AI copyright cases

The two companies at the forefront of the artificial intelligence race won two key verdicts from US courts this week regarding whether they can train on copyrighted books.

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Meta’s AI labelling ‘inconsistent’, internal oversight board finds

Under the EU’s AI Act, artificially generated content needs to be marked as such.

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Apple and Meta to escape sanctions for failing to meet digital rules

The European Commission will opt not to impose immediate financial penalties on Apple and Meta—even if they fail to comply with the legislation by next week's deadline.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Meta offered $100 million to poach staff

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, ChatGPT’s parent company, said that rival Meta is offering “giant” signing bonuses to his staff if they switch to work for them.

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Iran asks its citizens to delete WhatsApp from their devices

WhatsApp should be deleted from Iranian devices, a state official said on TV Tuesday as a conflict with Israel enters its sixth day.

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WhatsApp will get ads. That might cause backlash in Europe

WhatsApp is now going to start showing ads on the popular chat app after years of providing free services with no strings attached.

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Meta bets big on start-up AI Scale and hires its co-founder

Scale AI has helped major tech companies such as OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft prepare the data they use to train AI models.

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Big Tech emissions rose 150% in 3 years as AI booms, UN body says

The world’s biggest tech companies saw their indirect carbon emissions grow by 150 per cent from 2020 to 2023 as AI use expands, a new UN report found.

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Meta's AI tool's better, but we're still watching it: Irish watchdog

The Irish data protection authority has been engaging with Meta since March 2024, when the Big Tech company first said it would bring MetaAI to Europe.

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How to stop Meta from using your data to train its AI

At the end of May, Meta will start using Europeans’ data to train its AI. Here is how you can exercise your rights and prevent it.

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French AI minister on mission to ‘protect minors’ from social media

“In the absence of a European agreement, France will have to take action,” Clara Chappaz said.

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Why is Meta's new 'optional' AI tool causing such a stir?

Some users are irritated at the bright blue and pinkish circle now omnipresent in Meta's applications, primarily because of data protection issues.

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Cambridge Analytica whistleblower warns of more AI election influence

In an interview with Euronews Next, Brittany Kaiser unpacks her advocacy for open-source artificial intelligence (AI) in government.

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Microsoft and Meta beat estimates as AI outpaces Trump's tariff woes

Microsoft and Meta both exceeded market expectations in their March quarter earnings, lifting shares in extended trading. The results suggest robust demand for artificial intelligence is helping offset the negative impact of tariff-driven economic uncertainty.

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What is Meta’s new AI app and will it be coming to Europe?

The announcement was made on Tuesday at Meta’s first LlamaCon developer event at its Menlo Park, California, headquarters.

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Dutch privacy regulator latest to warn against use of Meta AI

Last year, the Irish data protection regulator already warned against the launch of the tool.

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EU fines Apple and Meta under digital rules amid trade spat

In the midst of a trade war with the US, the European Commission imposed two fines on the digital giants and closed two cases against them which fell under its digital regulation.

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Instagram tests AI to catch underage users as part of teen safety push

As scrutiny grows over social media’s impact on teens, Instagram is ramping up safety tools. New AI systems will flag underage users who misrepresent their age when signing up.

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Everything you need to know about Meta’s ‘monopoly’ trial

If the case brought by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is successful, Meta could be forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp.

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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand in historic antitrust trial

Zuckerberg answered questions about Facebook's 2012 acquisition of popular social media app Instagram on the first day of an antitrust trial that could reverse the purchase.