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A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar taxi drives along a street on March 14, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images Alphabet-owned Waymo is removing the waitlist for its self-driving service in Los Angeles, marking its largest expansion yet. Starting Tuesday, anyone in LA will be able to use the Waymo One app…

Character.AI, Google face lawsuit over teen’s death – CBS News Watch CBS News A Florida mother filed a lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company Character.AI and Google. In February, Megan Garcia’s 14-year-old son died by suicide. She says her son was in a monthslong virtual emotional and sexual relationship with a chatbot. Garcia claims the…

Apple and Goldman Sachs must pay more than $89 million over failures related to their joint Apple Card, federal financial regulators announced Wednesday. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said the companies provided inadequate customer service and misrepresented transactions and card features to hundreds of thousands of Apple Card users. “Apple and Goldman Sachs illegally…

TikTok is expected to make cuts to its global staff, in another blow for the popular social video app as it faces the threat of a new law that would ban its service in the U.S. if its Chinese owner doesn’t divest. The layoffs are expected to affect employees in content and marketing and user…

Instagram disclosing that it lowers the quality of older, less popular videos has been criticised as “alarming” by creators. Some users of the Meta-owned social media platform expressed concern after its boss Adam Mosseri said it reserved higher quality for more popular content. “We bias to higher quality… for creators who drive more views,” Mr…

To boldly go where no man has gone before. That’s the mission of the USS Enterprise — and arguably the aim of a $1-million prize being offered through a foundation created to honor the father of the “Star Trek” franchise. The Roddenberry Foundation — named for Gene Roddenberry — announced Tuesday that this year’s biennial…