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Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions

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The Dutch Data Protection Authority is fining Uber €825 million in the second largest penalty issued under Europe’s GDPR.

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Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash

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Flock Safety faces a growing public outcry over concerns that its surveillance technology could be misused.

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Will the DOJ’s investigation into a16z spook other VCs?

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On the latest episode of Equity, we wonder why the DOJ is investigating startup board seats.

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OpenAI says California should strengthen its AI safety bill

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OpenAI is calling for California to strengthen SB 53, an AI safety bill that the company previously opposed.

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US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense

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U.S. battery startups pulled in $500 million in grants from the Department of Energy, throwing a lifeline to an industry that was on the ropes after EV incentives were slashed.

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TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit

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Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, it has reached a $400 million settlement.

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US government lab is probing Chinese lidar for security vulnerabilities

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The security review is being performed by the Idaho National Laboratory, and the research is being funded by a company — or a group of companies — in the electric and autonomous vehicle industries.

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Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards

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The safeguard was designed to prevent users from being overwhelmed by harmful content, but TikTok wanted to determine whether it made the app less engaging.

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Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’

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Dario Amodei is pushing back against the idea that he’s been painting an overly pessimistic picture of AI.

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Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery

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The woman claimed that AI tools are “taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse.”

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