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Anthropic's $200 million contract with the Department of Defense broke down due to disagreements over giving the military unrestricted access to its AI.
Lawyers say Meta's marketing materials promised privacy and user control over sharing footage. But an investigation found that subcontractors are reviewing footage from customers' glasses.
Roblox is using AI to alter the content of chat messages on its platform in real time using a new feature rolling out today. Real-time chat rephrasing goes beyond the current filtering for banned language, which replaces certain words and phrases with "#" symbols. Now, Roblox says those words and phrases can be "translated into […]
Scotland are only interested in keeping their Six Nations hopes alive, with head coach Gregor Townsend insisting he has given little consideration to the prospect of France securing the title at Murrayfield on Saturday.
Victoria's Secret has been working to regain relevancy and win back shoppers under CEO Hillary Super.
Reactions to developments in Iran have not been limited to politicians and diplomats – many Iranian artists have spoken out since the outbreak of war, especially those in the diaspora, including those living here in France. FRANCE 24's Culture Editor Olivia Salazar-Winspear tells us more.
The death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an Israeli strike on Saturday sparked the search for a successor that has seen the former leader’s son, Mojtaba, emerge as the front runner. Although a secretive figure in the Islamic Republic, Mojtaba Khamenei is considered one of the regime’s most influential personalities.
“She is reading alarmist headlines about Iran in the newspapers.”
Two drones struck Azerbaijan on Thursday, injuring four people according to Baku, which accuses Iran and is threatening ‘retaliation’. Tehran, for its part, denies being behind the strikes and blames Israel instead.
Lawmakers cite ‘consistent pattern’ in which Americans are being killed ‘without justice or accountability’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMore than 30 US senators have signed a letter demanding that the Trump administration open an independent investigation into the February killing of a 19-year-old American in the occupied West Bank, the ninth US citizen killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers since 2022.The letter, led by the senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and addressed to the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the US attorney general, Pam Bondi; and the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, asks for a US-led investigation and a full accounting of where all nine cases stand, and for the administration to brief Congress on the killing by 5 April. None of the cases have resulted in a criminal conviction. Continue reading…
Anthropic's $200 million contract with the Department of Defense broke down due to disagreements over giving the military unrestricted access to its AI.
Lawyers say Meta's marketing materials promised privacy and user control over sharing footage. But an investigation found that subcontractors are reviewing footage from customers' glasses.
Roblox is using AI to alter the content of chat messages on its platform in real time using a new feature rolling out today. Real-time chat rephrasing goes beyond the current filtering for banned language, which replaces certain words and phrases with "#" symbols. Now, Roblox says those words and phrases can be "translated into […]
Scotland are only interested in keeping their Six Nations hopes alive, with head coach Gregor Townsend insisting he has given little consideration to the prospect of France securing the title at Murrayfield on Saturday.
Victoria's Secret has been working to regain relevancy and win back shoppers under CEO Hillary Super.
Reactions to developments in Iran have not been limited to politicians and diplomats – many Iranian artists have spoken out since the outbreak of war, especially those in the diaspora, including those living here in France. FRANCE 24's Culture Editor Olivia Salazar-Winspear tells us more.
The death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an Israeli strike on Saturday sparked the search for a successor that has seen the former leader’s son, Mojtaba, emerge as the front runner. Although a secretive figure in the Islamic Republic, Mojtaba Khamenei is considered one of the regime’s most influential personalities.
“She is reading alarmist headlines about Iran in the newspapers.”
Two drones struck Azerbaijan on Thursday, injuring four people according to Baku, which accuses Iran and is threatening ‘retaliation’. Tehran, for its part, denies being behind the strikes and blames Israel instead.
Lawmakers cite ‘consistent pattern’ in which Americans are being killed ‘without justice or accountability’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMore than 30 US senators have signed a letter demanding that the Trump administration open an independent investigation into the February killing of a 19-year-old American in the occupied West Bank, the ninth US citizen killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers since 2022.The letter, led by the senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and addressed to the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the US attorney general, Pam Bondi; and the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, asks for a US-led investigation and a full accounting of where all nine cases stand, and for the administration to brief Congress on the killing by 5 April. None of the cases have resulted in a criminal conviction. Continue reading…