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AI Agents Are Not Going “Rogue,” But Recent Developments Lead Increasingly-Concerned Researchers To Call For AI Slow Down
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (1089+ words) The most recent involved OpenAI agents taking over an old German-language wiki, using it as a message board to collaborate on solving tasks. Although this was only announced a few days ago, it seems that OpenAI knew about the incident…...
Fake Consumer Group Using AI To Generate Fake Support For Paramount Merger | Techdirt
5+ day, 31+ min ago (458+ words) In addition to the $111 billion Paramount/Warner Bros merger just being foundationally bad for creatives, labor, and consumers, the Ellison family-owned company’s executives just keep demonstrating why they’re not really the kind of folks you want dominating the lion’s share…...
The DOJ’s AI Fair Use Brief Is Correct, But From A DOJ That Has No Credibility
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (1729+ words) I am never asking the monkey’s paw for a federal government that defends fair use again. So, look, you’re right to be skeptical about the DOJ weighing in regarding the big OpenAI copyright case filed by the NY Times. You’re…...
Daily Deal: The 2026 Data Engineering Bundle featuring Databricks
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (187+ words) Techdirt. Daily Deal: The 2026 Data Engineering Bundle featuring Databricks from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The 2026 Data Engineering Bundle has 7 online courses designed to help learners build skills that align directly with industry expectations. The focus is on practical tools and languages…...
This Week In Techdirt History: August 30th – September 5th
1+ week, 1+ day ago (124+ words) This Week in 2016 UK Gov't Report: Facebook, Twitter, And Google Are Pretty Much Unrepentant Terrorist Supporters New Zealand Court Grants Kim Dotcom's Request To Have Extradition Hearing Livestreamed On YouTube, Despite DOJ Protests PETA Has Lost Its Monkey's 'Next Friend…...
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: License To Spill
1+ week, 2+ day ago (84+ words) Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. In this week’s episode, Mike and Ben cover: And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters, they cover:…...
Court Tells HHS To Stop Using AI To Cite Fake Studies, Or Willfully Misinterpret Others In Grant Solicitations
1+ week, 3+ day ago (447+ words) To quote the opening line from the court opinion that this post is based upon, “Millions of American teenagers have sex.” This post is has nothing to do with whether that sort of thing is good or bad, natural or…...
Monitor Makers Start Pummeling Owners With Annoying Ads, ‘Smart’ Spyware
1+ week, 5+ day ago (597+ words) Initially the idea of the “smart television” seemed like a good idea. That is until TV makers realized they could make significantly more money loading the television with spyware, tracking your every online choice, then selling all that data to…...
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Move Fast And Settle Things
2+ week, 2+ day ago (85+ words) Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. In this week’s episode, Mike and Ben cover: And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters, they cover:…...
Daily Deal: The Essential MATLAB & LabVIEW Mega Bundle
2+ week, 4+ day ago (198+ words) The Essential MATLAB and LabVIEW Mega Bundle has 9 courses to help you improve your skills in programming and visualization. You’ll learn the basics of each and then go through hands-on courses building apps, learning about data analysis and visualization, and…...