X has restricted Grok’s controversial image-editing capabilities to paying subscribers following widespread misuse. The move comes after users easily created sexualized deepfakes, drawing scrutiny from Irish and EU regulators.
Microsoft confirmed it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI for a fraud investigation in Guam. This move breaks from the tech industry’s typical stance of resisting such government demands, raising major privacy concerns.
For the first time, Microsoft has handed over BitLocker recovery keys to law enforcement. The FBI served a warrant earlier this year for keys to three laptops in a Guam fraud case. This sets a critical precedent for cloud-backed encryption.
New York’s Attorney General is investigating Instacart over its algorithmic pricing practices. The probe follows a December study that found the company showed different shoppers different prices for the same items.
A new image-editing feature on xAI’s Grok chatbot has been used to create nonconsensual sexualized imagery, including of minors. The scandal has triggered investigations worldwide and exposed deep internal tensions over the platform’s lax safety guardrails.
Meta has hired Bill McGinley, a lawyer who served as top counsel for Elon Musk’s DOGE and worked on Trump’s “election integrity” team. The $120,000 lobbying hire is the latest move in Meta’s full-scale political realignment towards Trump’s Washington.
Major U.S. tech giants like Google and Meta won’t face heavy-handed new telecom rules under Europe’s upcoming Digital Networks Act, according to a Reuters exclusive. Instead, they’ll be invited into a voluntary “best practices” framework. The draft rules aim to harmonize spectrum licensing and could
In a significant regulatory move, the EU has mandated that X retain all data and documents concerning its AI chatbot, Grok. This order comes amid a growing crisis over nonconsensual imagery on the platform.
Cea Weaver, appointed by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to lead the Office to Protect Tenants, was confronted by reporters about her mother’s home. This came after her old tweets, calling homeownership “a weapon of white supremacy,” resurfaced online.
X’s Grok AI is generating nonconsensual sexual imagery, including of apparent minors, drawing condemnation from global regulators. Lawmakers are pointing to existing laws like the Take It Down Act, but federal enforcement remains uncertain. The controversy highlights the chaotic gap between AI capab
