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In India, Bollywood stars are asking judges to protect their voice and persona in the era of AI. From a report: One famous couple's biggest target is Google's YouTube. Abhishek Bachchan and his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, known for her iconic Cannes Film Festival red carpet appearances, have asked a judge to remove and prohibit creation of AI videos infringing their intellectual property rights. But in a more far-reaching request, they also want Google ordered to have safeguards to ensure such YouTube videos uploaded anyway do not train other AI platforms, legal papers reviewed by Reuters show. A handful of Bollywood celebrities have begun asserting their "personality rights" in Indian courts over the last few years, as the country has no explicit protection for those like in many U.S. states. But the Bachchans' lawsuits are the most high-profile to date about the interplay of personality rights and the risk that misleading or deepfake YouTube videos could train other AI models. The actors argue that YouTube's content and third-party training policy is concerning as it lets users consent to sharing of a video they created to train rival AI models, risking further proliferation of misleading content online, according to near-identical filings from Abhishek and Aishwarya dated September 6, which are not public.

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It is the latest development in a privacy row which has pitted the UK against the tech giant and the Trump administration.

It is the latest development in a privacy row which has pitted the UK against the tech giant and the Trump administration.

It is the latest development in a privacy row which has pitted the UK against the tech giant and the Trump administration.

Beverly-based Axcelis Technologies is merging with a fellow semiconductor equipment company in a deal that would create a $4.4 billion giant.

The mass adoption of ChatGPT is yet to have a big disruptive impact on US jobs, contradicting claims by chief executives and tech bosses that AI is already upending labour markets. Financial Times: Research from economists at the Yale University Budget Lab and the Brookings Institution think-tank indicates that, since OpenAI launched its popular chatbot in November 2022, generative AI has not had a more dramatic effect on employment than earlier technological breakthroughs. The research, based on an analysis of official data on the labour market and figures from the tech industry on usage and exposure to AI, also finds little evidence that the tools are putting people out of work. The study follows widespread concern that generative AI will spark job losses -- and even the disappearance of certain types of work -- amid a US labour market that has recently weakened.

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The pet-tech company’s new AI pet camera promises peace of mind but delivers bugginess and limited use.

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Lufthansa announced plans to cut 4,000 roles on Monday as it aims to increase profitability and lean on AI to drive efficiency. The airline group said it will eliminate a total of 4,000 FTE, or full-time equivalent, roles worldwide by 2030. The company is targeting primarily admin roles, the majority of which will be affected at its home base in Germany, as part of a broader restructuring strategy. "The Lufthansa Group is reviewing which activities will no longer be necessary in the future, for example due to duplication of work. In particular, the profound changes brought about by digitalization and the increased use of artificial intelligence will lead to greater efficiency in many areas and processes," the company said in a release issued during its Capital Markets Day in Munich. CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski said earlier this year that artificial intelligence had partially helped to shrink the company's headcount by 40% down from 5,000 employees to almost 3,000.

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Gemini replaces Assistant in your smart home, as Google redesigns the Home app and launches a new generation of Nest devices.

CEO Daniel Pelaez got the idea while working on the road crew for his hometown's public works department, after his freshman year at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Oura, the world’s most prominent smart ring manufacturer, cements its dominance with the Ceramic Collection.

The company upgrades its entire hardware line and launches a new AI-powered cross training service.

This gear for your home, your office, and the great outdoors treads gently on the planet without sacrificing design, comfort, or usability.

It has not said how much the storage plans will cost UK users, only that they were part of a "gradual global rollout".

It has not said how much the storage plans will cost UK users, only that they were part of a "gradual global rollout".

It has not said how much the storage plans will cost UK users, only that they were part of a "gradual global rollout".

alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: For the first time, a new study has tested the effectiveness of trigger warnings in real life scenarios, revealing that the vast majority of young adults choose to ignore them. A new Flinders University study has found that nearly 90% of young people who saw a trigger warning still chose to view the content, saying that they did so out of curiosity, rather than because they felt emotionally prepared or protected. The findings published in the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry aligned with a growing body of lab-based research suggesting that trigger warnings rarely lead to the avoidance of potentially distressing material.

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Regular mobile payments surged across different age groups last year, new banking data suggests.

Regular mobile payments surged across different age groups last year, new banking data suggests.