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Mazda’s New EV SUV Can Tell Pedestrians Whatever You Want—Even Naughty Words

The automaker had good intentions with the feature, but it forgot to put some guardrails in place.

InsideEVs · Oct 5

Huawei agrees to a multi-year patent licensing deal with Qualcomm

China's Huawei Technologies said on Monday it had agreed a broad multi-year patent licence deal with Qualcomm covering artificial intelligence, 5G, computing and networking technologies.

The Economic Times · Oct 5

Apple iPhone 18 Pro review: big changes for small differences

Longer battery life, better screen, upgraded Siri and new variable aperture camera in refreshed design from last year’s model

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5

White House AI task force will prevent 'overregulation': WSJ report

A White House task force on artificial intelligence will assess the technology's risks and opportunities, while preventing overregulation that stifles innovation, its leader Jay Clayton has told the Wall Street Journal. The task force's charter states that it will "develop plans for responding to SI-enabled threats to our society, while…

The Economic Times · Oct 5

Finnish town braces for change from Google data centres

In the northern Finnish town of Muhos, 36-year-old farmer Joni Pitkanen is preparing for life with a new neighbour -- just kilometers away, tech giant Google is planning to build new data centres. The planned data centres are part of an announced 13-billion-euro ($15-billion) investment in Finland over the next…

The Economic Times · Oct 5

OpenAI's Sam Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said the benefits of artificial intelligence justify accepting some risks and argued the technology should remain broadly accessible to the public "

The Economic Times · Oct 5

Menlo Ventures on AI slowdown; Ola Electric CEO pledges stake

Happy Monday! Menlo Ventures, an early Anthropic backer, says the real AI constraint is compute, not a slowdown in frontier models. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.

The Economic Times · Oct 5

Google faces £1 billion legal claim from UK consumers over Play Store fees

Claim alleges that Google broke competition law by imposing a commission of up to 30 per cent on app developers for purchases made through its Play Store

The Independent UK · Oct 4

Google to fight ‘hidden’ app charges claim seeking £1bn damages

The class action is being brought on behalf of around 20 million UK consumers and businesses.

The Independent UK · Oct 4

Karnataka gig workers seek implementation of welfare schemes

In a letter to the board’s chief executive officer, Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and Karnataka App-based Workers Union (KAWU) sought immediate rollout of health and accident insurance, income support during medical emergencies and temporary disablement, maternity benefits, scholarships for children of platform workers and an emergency distress…

The Economic Times · Oct 4