2025-03-19

Hundreds of Actors Urge Trump Not to Let AI Train on Their Copyrighted Content

Over 400 actors, writers and directors signed an open letter outlining serious concerns about copyrights amid big tech's AI ambitions. [...]

2025-03-19

Linux Foundation's trust scorecards aim to battle rising open-source security threats

How do you tell the difference between trustworthy open-source developers and hackers? Here's one idea. [...]

2025-03-19

Hugging Face submits open-source blueprint, challenging Big Tech in White House AI policy fight

Hugging Face challenges Big Tech in White House AI Action Plan submission, arguing open-source models match commercial performance while democratizing access and enhancing national security. [...]

2025-03-19

4 reasons why Substack is the first social media app I open every morning now

Tired of traditional social media? Here's why I've been turning to Substack more and more - and why you might do the same if you give it a try. [...]

2025-03-19

Open-Sora 2.0 matches competitive AI video models at 90% lower training costs

HPC-AI Tech has developed a new video AI system that achieves commercial-grade quality at about one-tenth the typical training cost by using new compression methods.<br /> The article Open-Sora [...]

2025-03-19

Apple and Google in the hot seat as European regulators ignore Trump warnings

Apple will have to open iOS up more, and Google could face steep fines. [...]

2025-03-19

Google unveils the new Pixel 9a for $499

Google has followed up an ocean's worth of leaks with the official announcement of its Pixel 9a smartphone, which will retail for $499. Possibly the biggest change to the new A-series model is in [...]

2025-03-19

The EU's new charges against Google could lead to at least $35 billion in fines

The EU is moving forward with competition-based regulatory actions against Google and Apple. The European Commission (EC) announced two preliminary charges against Google for failing to comply with Di [...]

2025-03-19

The EU wants Apple to open iOS to competitors and this is the mother of all bad ideas

The EU wants Apple to open its OS and key features to competitors, which is a very bad idea. [...]