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DeepSeek temporarily removed from app stores in South Korea
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has decided to suspend the availability of DeepSeek’s app in app stores in South Korea.
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U.S. politicians ask chief of intelligence to act on UK’s demand for backdoor
United States Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Representative Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) have pleaded to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to protect Americans’ communications from the United Kingdom’s order to create a backdoor that offers access to encrypted backups that are stored on Apple devices.
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OpenAI dismisses Musk’s $100B bid to acquire the company
OpenAI’s board of directors has rejected a $97.4 billion takeover bid that was recently presented by a consortium led by Elon Musk.
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Researchers: ‘Overreliance on AI output undermines critical thinking’
Those who continuously rely on the outcomes of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), risk to reduce the cognitive effort that is required for important skills, such as critical thinking.
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‘Musk agrees to pay $10M to Trump for banning his Twitter account’
Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X, and United States President Donald Trump have reached a settlement in a case that revolves around the ban of Trump’s Twitter account.
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Noyb files complaint against WetterOnline for ignoring information request
The Austrian privacy organization Noyb has filed a complaint with the data protection authority of North Rhine-Westphalia against WetterOnline for refusing to provide information about data that’s been processed.
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Thomson Reuters wins lawsuit against AI company over copyright infringement
Press agency Thomson Reuters has won a lawsuit against Ross Intelligence, an AI company that used the contents of Reuters’ legal research database Westlaw without permission to benefit its own legal search engine.
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EDPB: ‘DeepSeek may expect more regulatory sanctions from DPAs’
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek may face more actions from data protection authorities (DPAs) from EU member states.
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EU is chipping in €200B to enlarge its AI infrastructure
During the final day of the AI Action Summit, the President of the European Commission announced InvestAI, an initiative that involves around €200 billion to increase Europe’s artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
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Consortium led by Elon Musk makes $97.4B bid to annex OpenAI
A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk is offering $97.4 billion to buy OpenAI.
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France preparing to invest €109B in artificial intelligence
In the upcoming years, France is willing to invest €109 billion in numerous artificial intelligence (AI) projects.
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‘UK government demands backdoor access to encrypted data on Apple devices’
The government of the United Kingdom has secretly ordered Apple to create a backdoor that could be used to access users’ end-to-end encrypted backups and other data that is stored on Apple devices.
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DeepSeek being blocked in more countries due to security concerns
Italy was the first country to ban the AI chatbot of Chinese startup DeepSeek. More countries are now following suit.
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French real estate company fined for disproportionately monitoring its employees
The Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) has imposed a fine of €40,000 on a French real estate company for excessively supervising its employees.
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Signal CEO: ‘More awareness for privacy, but extremely weak enforcement in practice’
Meredith Whittaker, President of the Signal Foundation, is not happy about the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). “There is more awareness and there are more laws. But if you look at the GDPR, you see mostly strong language in the law and extremely weak enforcement in practice.”
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Grubhub discloses data breach, customers’ personal information leaked
Grubhub has revealed that a data breach has occurred. The American food ordering and delivery company is confident that the incident has been fully contained.
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OpenAI and SoftBank announce partnership to develop AI agents for Japanese companies
OpenAI and the SoftBank Group are going to team up in order to develop AI agents in a way that is customized specifically for each company.
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Microsoft says goodbye to free VPN in Microsoft 365 subscriptions
As of February 28th, people with a Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscription will have to manage their online privacy without the company’s free VPN service.
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Google asks court to overturn verdict against Epic Games
Google is trying to undo a jury verdict and a judge’s order forcing the tech company to remodel its Play Store.
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OpenAI introduces AI agent Deep Research
OpenAI has announced a new AI agent designed to help companies and organizations to conduct in-depth multi-step research on the internet called Deep Research.
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