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Gavin Newsom is pushing for an AI kill switch

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is positioning the state to take the lead on AI oversight, including the potential to mandate a “kill switch” for frontier models, with a new executive order issued Friday. Newsom’s order directs the state to convene a group of experts that will deliver recommendations within two months on how to […]

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Coders lose their DMCA case against GitHub Copilot and Codex

“We decline plaintiffs’ invitation to transform run-of-the-mill copyright-infringement claims into DMCA claims,” Judge Eric Miller wrote for a unanimous Ninth Circuit panel. The opinion came on Wednesday in Doe v GitHub, number 24-7700. Anonymous programmers who publish open-source code had sued GitHub, Microsoft and OpenAI over Copilot and Codex. They argued the tools reproduce their […]

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Keeping people connected during disasters requires looking beyond network coverage

A communication outage can complicate the decisions people need to make during a disaster. On September 28, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission reported that 74.31% of cell sites in its Hurricane Helene reporting area in North Carolina were out of service. The figure captured a substantial disruption, although the agency cautioned that cell-site outages do […]

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What Hollywood thinks about existential AI warnings

As the tech sector sounds alarms about AI’s potential to destroy humanity, entertainment labor groups are urging the public to stay focused on what’s already happening. The Verge reached out to Disney, Netflix, Amazon, Lionsgate, and other studios who have started using AI, as well film startups focused on bringing generative AI into the mainstream […]

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Newsom pitches an AI kill switch for California

Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order asking a working group to report within two months on strengthening California’s AI safety laws, including whether companies should build a kill switch for frontier models. He vetoed SB 1047, which required developers to be able to promptly enact a full shutdown, in September 2024. Gavin Newsom signed […]

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Nexperia will make chips in India with Tata as it splits from Wingtech

“We are thrilled to partner with Nexperia for manufacturing their products at our semiconductor facilities in Dholera and Jagiroad,” said Randhir Thakur, chief executive of Tata Electronics. The Dutch chipmaker and the Indian manufacturer announced a partnership on Thursday covering chip production and packaging in India. They issued the joint statement from Nijmegen and New […]

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