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Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in four months

Uber's cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible.

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Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior

The specification lets developer, compliance and security teams define their own policies for agents to follow in portable policy files.

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Anthropic IPO filing marks AI maturing into enterprise utility

Anthropic’s IPO filing marks the maturation of generative AI from a research-heavy venture phase into a stabilised enterprise utility. Model developers operating in private markets have prioritised rapid iteration and maximum compute performance over predictable billing cycles. Taking a founda…

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Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial recognition feature

The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ring's Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent.

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Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections

After industry objections, President Trump signed a revised AI executive order requiring only voluntary prerelease government reviews of advanced models.

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The Trump Administration Is at War With Itself Over AI Regulation

Donald Trump killed an executive order to regulate AI. Now, administration officials and AI executives are trying to figure out if there’s anything left to piece back together.

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Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents

The lawsuit partially revolves around a shooting at Florida State University last year, and ChatGPT's alleged role in the incident.

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Anthropic Confidentially Files for What Could Be the Largest IPO Ever

The AI giant behind Claude submitted paperwork on Monday that would take it public, just a couple of weeks after SpaceX’s splashy IPO announcement.

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Norse Atlantic Airways Offers Dirt-Cheap Tickets. There’s a Catch

Dozens of people have complained to the Federal Trade Commission about Norse Atlantic Airways’ tech-first customer service operation. Some said they lost thousands of dollars.