ID authentication systems are a bad idea; Tesla traps a toddler inside car, vandalized Cybertrucks & Cybertruck run amok; Rivian makes a deal with VW; celeb crypto spam deepfakes & hacks; Assange free; META tags real photos as Made with AI; Apple, Microsoft run afoul of the EU; Google stops infinite scroll; Gen AI can't site sources; AI companies scraping websites despite protocols meant to block them; OpenAI exec doesn't care that you're going to lose your job; the Acolyte gets exciting; music industry sues or makes deals with AI companies; Paramount's financial troubles; new Prius; Rabbit R1 security flaws; Neil Gaiman; Peter Hook; AI will tear us apart, again.
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