AI: EU agrees landmark deal on regulation of artificial intelligence

Meta Platforms said Tuesday it would hide more content from teens on Instagram and Facebook, after regulators around the globe pressed the social media giant to protect children from harmful content on its apps. All teens will now be placed into the most restrictive content control settings on the apps and additional search terms will be limited…

Generative AI will remain huge, and we’ll also see big moves with electric vehicles, Apple’s mixed-reality headset, password security and regulation around social media.

A gift card issuer is facing a lawsuit over allegations it failed to make its popular prepaid cards less susceptible to a common scam. The lawsuit, filed last month by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, alleges Incom’s “Vanilla Gift” and “One Vanilla” non-reloadable cards featured “insufficient” packaging and “lax security features” that made them…

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google launched several new tools for retailers using generative artificial intelligence to improve online shopping experiences and other retail operations, its cloud business announced in a release Thursday.  The suite of new products includes a generative AI-powered chatbot that retailers can use on websites and mobile apps. The…

Technology professor Gina Neff explained the New York Times’s allegations against Microsoft and Open AI to BBC News. Neff, who serves as the executive director of the Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy at the University of Cambridge, set up the stakes of this lawsuit as an important litmus case for generative artificial intelligence and…

Jodi Long was caught off guard by the cage filled with cameras meant to capture images of her face and body. “I was a little freaked out because, before I walked in there, I said I don’t remember this being in my contract,” the actor said. The filmmakers needed her digital scan, Long was told,…