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Meta AI Reportedly Testing Personalised Shopping Recommendations to Compete With ChatGPT, Gemini
Meta is said to be testing new shopping and research capabilities within its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant. According to a report, the firm has been developing features that would allow users to research products and receive shopping suggestions directly on its AI assistant, dubbed Meta AI. This move is reportedly seen as an extension of M...
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American Company Books Every US-Bound Flight To Evacuate Employee Amid Mexico Unrest
The employee, Andrew Barba, shared his appreciation for the extraordinary effort in a post on X.
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Epstein Paid Reputation Firms To Bury Coverage Of Child Sex Offences
Jeffrey Epstein tapped online reputation management firms to bury negative coverage of his 2008 sex offense conviction and flood the internet with favorable content in a years-long effort to rehabilitate his public image.
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AI Chatbots Will Be Banned for Teenagers With Mandatory Age Verification, Says Proposed US Law
A new bipartisan bill in the US, called the GUARD Act, seeks to ban AI chatbots for users under 18. It mandates strict age verification and introduces penalties for AI firms whose bots generate sexual or violent content. If passed, it could make popular tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude inaccessible to teenagers.
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Satellite Startup Spacecoin Sends Data Through Space In Bid To Rival Starlink
US startup Spacecoin said it had successfully sent secured information through space in what it said was a first for the industry as the firm tries to show it can offer an alternative to Starlink's satellite internet service.
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Are AI Chatbots Safe for Your Kids? FTC Launches Probe Into OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Others
Google, OpenAI, Meta, and several other artificial intelligence (AI) companies are now facing an inquiry over how they handle safety and mitigate risks associated with their chatbots. The order was passed by the US Federal Trade Commission, primarily to understand the potentially negative impacts of this technology on children and teens.
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Grok for Government Announced as Elon Musk’s xAI Wins $200 Million US Defense Department Contract
Grok for Government, a new initiative by Elon Musk-owned xAI, was announced on Monday. The initiative will build “frontier artificial intelligence (AI) products” for the US government agencies and create agentic workflows for them. The AI firm also won a contract with a ceiling of $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,716 crores) from the US Department o...
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Google’s Plan to Buy Security Firm Wiz Gets Antitrust Review
The Justice Department's antitrust officials are examining whether Google's proposed $32 billion (roughly Rs. 2,75,441 crore) purchase of cybersecurity firm Wiz could unlawfully restrict market competition. The review, which is in its early stages, could last months more. It will ultimately determine whether US officials let the deal proceed.
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Musk-Trump Breakup Puts $22 Billion of SpaceX Contracts at Risk, Jolting US Space Program
About $22 billion (roughly Rs. 1,88,626 crore) of SpaceX's government contracts are at risk amid the ongoing feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The disagreement, rooted in Musk's criticism of Trump's tax-cut and spending legislation that began last week, quickly spiraled out of control.
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US FTC Backs DOJ Proposal in Google Search Antitrust Case
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stated on Friday that the Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposal requiring Alphabet's Google to share search data with competitors includes sufficient safeguards to protect user privacy. This assessment comes as the DOJ pursues measures to boost competition, following a ruling in August that Google holds an ill...
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Meta AI Reportedly Testing Personalised Shopping Recommendations to Compete With ChatGPT, Gemini
Meta is said to be testing new shopping and research capabilities within its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant. According to a report, the firm has been developing features that would allow users to research products and receive shopping suggestions directly on its AI assistant, dubbed Meta AI. This move is reportedly seen as an extension of M...
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American Company Books Every US-Bound Flight To Evacuate Employee Amid Mexico Unrest
The employee, Andrew Barba, shared his appreciation for the extraordinary effort in a post on X.
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Epstein Paid Reputation Firms To Bury Coverage Of Child Sex Offences
Jeffrey Epstein tapped online reputation management firms to bury negative coverage of his 2008 sex offense conviction and flood the internet with favorable content in a years-long effort to rehabilitate his public image.
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AI Chatbots Will Be Banned for Teenagers With Mandatory Age Verification, Says Proposed US Law
A new bipartisan bill in the US, called the GUARD Act, seeks to ban AI chatbots for users under 18. It mandates strict age verification and introduces penalties for AI firms whose bots generate sexual or violent content. If passed, it could make popular tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude inaccessible to teenagers.
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Satellite Startup Spacecoin Sends Data Through Space In Bid To Rival Starlink
US startup Spacecoin said it had successfully sent secured information through space in what it said was a first for the industry as the firm tries to show it can offer an alternative to Starlink's satellite internet service.
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Are AI Chatbots Safe for Your Kids? FTC Launches Probe Into OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Others
Google, OpenAI, Meta, and several other artificial intelligence (AI) companies are now facing an inquiry over how they handle safety and mitigate risks associated with their chatbots. The order was passed by the US Federal Trade Commission, primarily to understand the potentially negative impacts of this technology on children and teens.
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Grok for Government Announced as Elon Musk’s xAI Wins $200 Million US Defense Department Contract
Grok for Government, a new initiative by Elon Musk-owned xAI, was announced on Monday. The initiative will build “frontier artificial intelligence (AI) products” for the US government agencies and create agentic workflows for them. The AI firm also won a contract with a ceiling of $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,716 crores) from the US Department o...
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Google’s Plan to Buy Security Firm Wiz Gets Antitrust Review
The Justice Department's antitrust officials are examining whether Google's proposed $32 billion (roughly Rs. 2,75,441 crore) purchase of cybersecurity firm Wiz could unlawfully restrict market competition. The review, which is in its early stages, could last months more. It will ultimately determine whether US officials let the deal proceed.
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Musk-Trump Breakup Puts $22 Billion of SpaceX Contracts at Risk, Jolting US Space Program
About $22 billion (roughly Rs. 1,88,626 crore) of SpaceX's government contracts are at risk amid the ongoing feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The disagreement, rooted in Musk's criticism of Trump's tax-cut and spending legislation that began last week, quickly spiraled out of control.
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US FTC Backs DOJ Proposal in Google Search Antitrust Case
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stated on Friday that the Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposal requiring Alphabet's Google to share search data with competitors includes sufficient safeguards to protect user privacy. This assessment comes as the DOJ pursues measures to boost competition, following a ruling in August that Google holds an ill...
