The former META employee continues for sexual harassment
Welcome to the week as a review. This week, we dive into Google by quietly removing its commitment not to build AI weapons for surveillance; How Elon Musk and Doge facilitate the largest violation of the US government data; Researchers who have been able to recreate a premium “reasoning” model for $ 50; And more! Let’s go.
Representatives of Elon Musk and Doge have been granted “Full access” to the US Treasury Payment Systemwhich is used to disperse billions of dollars to the Americans each year. Senator Ron Wyden warned that Musk’s access to the system poses a “National security risk. “This is Musk’s last reported effort to infiltrate the inner functioning of the federal government. In response, the American democratic representative Mark Pocan proposed a bill called Elon Musk Act, which means eliminating the looting of our nation by attenuating the Kleptocracy of the opposite state.
One of the first Meta employees continues the company for Sexual harassment, sex discrimination and reprisals. Kelly Stonelake, who spent 15 years in the company, alleged that Meta did not take measures after reporting harassment and sexual assault; Represent against her after reporting a video game product as a racist and potentially harmful to minors; And was regularly transmitted for promotions in favor of the men of his team.
Google has deleted a commitment so as not to build AI for weapons or surveillance From his website this week. In an update of its Public IA Principles page, the company has erased a section entitled “Applications that we will not continue”. The company underlined Techcrunch to a blog post on “responsible AI”, which notes that Google should work with governments and organizations “to create an AI that protects people, promotes global growth and supports national security” .
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News
Tiktok meeting Wall Street: DUB is a negotiation application focused on the selection of people on actions. The application allows users to follow traders’ strategies, hedge funds and even those who imitate high -level politicians. Learn more
The war on 🥄: According to a New York Times report, the General Services Administration of the US Government has removed emoji from the spoon of its videoconferencing work platform after the workers kissed the Emoji to protest the resignation offer of the ” Fork in the road “of the Trump administration. Learn more
Chatgpt for “deep research”: OPENAI announces a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in -depth complex research using Chatgpt. Instead of obtaining a quick response or summary, the function extracts information from several sources. Learn more
EU prohibitions there: EU regulators can prohibit the use of AI systems which they consider as “an unacceptable risk” or damage. Companies could be on the hook of up to $ 36 million, or 7% of their annual income from the previous year, according to the largest. Learn more
Major cuts in Workday: The company’s HR platform dismissed 1,750 employees this week, affecting approximately 8.5% of its total number of heads. Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach told employees that the company needed a new approach and plans to hire AI talents. Learn more
A new AI productivity application: What if your applications for ratings, schedules and tasks were all in the same place? Hero, an all-in-one productivity application with an AI assistant, aims to do this exactly-and assume competition. Learn more
A “reasoning” model of $ 50: Researchers from Stanford and the University of Washington have formed an AI “reasoning” model for less than $ 50 in cloud calculation credits. The model, known as S1, works similarly to models like O1 of Openai and R1 of Deepseek on mathematics and coding tests. Learn more
An application for adults for users of the EU iOS: A native pornography application for iOS arrives at the EU via the APTER ALTSTORE ALTSTORE PAL, thanks to the law on digital markets. Hot Tub offers iOS users a way to search and read videos from a variety of adult websites. Learn more
Cruises: Cruise dismiss almost 50% of its workforce, including senior executives such as CEO Marc Whitten, while it is preparing to close operations. What remains of the autonomous vehicle company will move under General Motors. Learn more
X continues more advertisers: It comes after the alleged “boycott” on the platform. The modified complaint includes Nestlé, Abbott Laboratories, Colgate, Lego, Pinterest, Tyson Foods and Shell. Learn more
Analysis
We are experiencing the largest violation of US government data: The Doge of Elon Musk has taken control of the major expanses of private information from the Americans detained by the US government despite questions about their security authorizations, their cybersecurity practices and the legality of Musk’s activities. As Zack Whittaker writes, if Doge’s staff are bad players lack part of the point. Acts of subterfuge, espionage or ignorance could produce the same result: exposure or loss of sets of sensitive data from the country. Learn more
