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Gaza civilian deaths test Israel's AI precision claims
Gaza civilian deaths test Israel's AI precision claims
by  AFP

The Israeli military has said AI helps it more accurately target militants in its five-month war against Hamas, but as Gaza deaths rise, experts are questioning how effective algorithms can really be. As far back as the 1990-91 Gulf War, the US military worked on algorithms to improve targeting.

Musk sues OpenAI over 'betrayal' of mission
Musk sues OpenAI over 'betrayal' of mission
by  AFP

Elon Musk has launched a legal case against OpenAI, the AI firm he helped to set up in 2015, accusing its leaders of a "betrayal" of its founding mission. But Musk's legal case said this founding principle had been "turned on its head", accusing OpenAI of continuing in secrecy "towards a profit-centric future with possible calamitous implications for humanity."

Universal-TikTok feud ramps up as more songs come down
Universal-TikTok feud ramps up as more songs come down
by  AFP

Universal Music Group has lambasted TikTok's approach to AI as the feud between the two companies over song royalties escalates and popular music is expunged from the social media platform. Owned by Chinese company ByteDance, TikTok is one of the most popular social media platforms globally, with more than one billion users.

EU queries Meta about ad-free subscriptions, 'shadow-banning'
EU queries Meta about ad-free subscriptions, 'shadow-banning'
by  AFP

The EU on Friday used new regulatory powers to query Meta about ad-free subscriptions to Facebook and Instagram as well as claims some voices are suppressed online in a phenomenon known as "shadow banning". Brussels also demanded Meta "provide information related to the practice of so-called shadow banning and the launch of Threads", a spin-off of the Instagram photo app.