CEO David Ellison announced the combined company's name in a social media post ahead of the roughly $110 billion deal's expected completion next week. The two companies' streaming services, HBO Max and Paramount+, are also set to merge, according to a report from 9to5Mac.
Clayton was confirmed as director of national intelligence this summer and has held the position since July, according to Quartz. He could retain that job while also overseeing AI, Quartz reports. The expected appointment follows a White House summit with technology executives on artificial intelligence this week, according to The Washington Post.
Thomas Lind joined OpenAI this week after leading AI policy at the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director. According to PYMNTS, he will oversee cyber and strategic risk on OpenAI’s national security policy team.
Greg Lui, owner of Earthmade Computer Inc., faces conspiracy, smuggling and money laundering charges over an alleged 2023–2024 scheme, according to Quartz. Authorities accuse him of moving export-controlled computer servers to China through other countries.
Pope Leo XIV told artists and curators in Vatican City on Friday that art differs in kind from machine output built on statistical analysis of countless existing images. He wrote that algorithms lack humanity's spark, according to TechCrunch, and called for an alliance with artists.
Amazon is promising greater transparency and an additional $1 billion in community support to gain acceptance for its data center expansion. The company says it has stopped using nondisclosure agreements with county officials, according to Wired.
Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle a lawsuit over driver classification. According to TechCrunch, the case dates to 2020, when drivers' employment status was still unresolved; gig drivers are now classified as contractors.
Hans Anders, a Dutch-Belgian eyewear chain, has stopped selling Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses in its stores. A spokesperson linked the move to ongoing public and political debate over the conditions under which the technology can be used.
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
404 Media ·Anthropic's IPO prospectus says the U.S.
The Next Web ·Uber and Lyft were sued by the state of California in 2020 for misclassifying employees as contractors.
Engadget ·Federal prosecutors arrested Greg Lui, a 38-year-old California man, on October 1, according to DigiTimes.
Courthouse News Service ·Alibaba has held preliminary talks with Spanish solar producer Solaria about supplying power to a data centre at Puertollano, south of Madrid.
The Next Web ·Canada's telecom regulator has revised how wireless providers report network coverage data to it, following a public consultation.
iPhone in Canada ·Private and public stakeholders, including Yoshua Bengio and Sanja Fidler, named to 13-member advisory council.
BetaKit ·The data center network has received PLN 1.56 billion ($401m) from the European Funds for Digital Development program
Data Center Dynamics ·An Arizona man’s 10-year manslaughter sentence has been tossed in a case where a video generated by artificial intelligence portrayed the deceased victim addressing a judge before the punishment was imposed.
Fast Company ·Texas is working through a backlog of nearly 200,000 unprocessed voter registration applications, thanks to a software error involving state contractor Deloitte.
CNBC ·The memo instructs the department to treat delays in the employment of anti-drone technology as an "operational risk."
The Hill ·Russians are creating and spreading music glorifying the invasion of Ukraine, using platforms built in the United States.
New York Times ·Despite the warm welcome at the White House, industry leaders are bracing for a Democrat-controlled Congress.
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