South Korea says DeepSeek transferred user data to China and the U.S. without consent

South Korea’s data protection authority has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of transferring the personal information of users without permission. 

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This tool estimates how much electricity your chatbot messages consume

Ever wonder how much electricity you’re using when you prompt, or thank, an AI model? Hugging Face engineer Julien Delavande did, so he built a tool to help arrive at the answer. AI models consume energy each time they’re run. They’re run on GPUs and specialized chips that need a lot of power to carry […]

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Adobe to launch mobile app for AI image generation tool as OpenAI steps up rivalry

Adobe said Thursday that it will release its Firefly AI image generator on both iOS and Android “soon,” without giving a specific date.

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British startup Isembard lands $9M to reshore manufacturing for critical industries

Geopolitical pressures are accelerating a demand in many countries and regions to reshore — that is, to redevelop critical industry infrastructure, and to bring back businesses, which had moved or outsourced some or all of their industrial operations to cheaper countries further away. But that is easier said than done. In the key area of […]

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Adobe wants to create a robots.txt styled indicator for images used in AI training

For years, websites included information about what kind of crawlers were not allowed on their site with a robots.txt file. Adobe, which wants to create a similar standard for images, has added a tool to content credentials with an intention to give them a bit more control over what is used to train AI models. […]

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Ofcom finalises rules to protect children online

Websites will have to instate age checks and tighten up algorithm recommendations for young users.

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British fintech Revolut tops $1 billion in profit as revenue jumps 72%

Digital banking unicorn Revolut said Thursday that net profit for the year ending Dec. 31, 2024, totaled £1.1 billion ($1.5 billion), up 149% year over year.

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Trump crypto soars as president offers dinner to top holders

The meme coin’s website says its 220 top investors will be invited to a gala event with the president.

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Mystery will may reveal Zappos founder’s final wishes

According to the WSJ, a recently discovered will suggests late Zappos co-founder Tony Hsieh had concrete plans for his fortune despite previous beliefs that he died without leaving instructions for an estate that’s estimated to be worth $1.2 billion. Among other things, the document, signed in 2015 and included in a recent court filing, contains […]

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‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw

Google’s AI Overviews feature credible-sounding explanations for completely made-up idioms.

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