Former Meta employee complains of sexual harassment
Welcome back to review week. This week we are diving into Google and quietly removing our pledge not to build AI weapons for surveillance. How Elon Musk and Doge are driving the biggest violations of US government data. Researchers were able to recreate a premium “inference” model for $50. And more! Let’s get into it.
Elon Musk and Doge’s representatives It’s allowed “Full Access” to the US Treasury Payment Systemis used to spread trillions of dollars each year among Americans. Senator Ron Wyden said access to the mask system was “National Security Risk. “It’s the latest effort by masks to infiltrate the internal federal government mechanisms. In response, US Democratic Party leader Mark Pokan We proposed a bill called the Elon Musk Act. This shortened to eliminate looting our country by mitigating unethical state bandits.
One of Meta’s earliest employees I’m suing the company Sexual harassment, sexism, retaliation. Kelly Stonelake, who spent 15 years at the company, claims that Meta had not taken action after reporting sexual harassment and assault. She retaliated against her after flagging her video game products as racist. And it was carried over on a daily basis for promotions that supported men in her team.
Google has deleted the pledge Don’t build AI for weapons or surveillance From this week’s website. With an update to the Public AI Principles page, the company erased a section titled “Applications we don’t pursue.” The company pointed to TechCrunch a blog post about “responsible AI.” This pointed out that Google should work with governments and organizations to “create AI that protects people, promotes global growth and supports national security.”
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news
Tiktok meets Wall Street: Dub is a trading app focused on selecting people through inventory. The app allows users to follow the strategies of traders, hedge funds and even famous politicians. read more
🥄 War with: According to a report by the New York Times, the US Government’s General Services Bureau removes spoon emojis from video conferencing work platforms after workers accepted emojis to protest Trump administration’s “fork on the road” resignation offer I did. read more
ChatGpt for “Deep Research”: Openai is using ChatGpt to unveil a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in-depth and complex research. Instead of getting quick answers or summary, this function pulls information from multiple sources. read more
The EU takes risks there: EU regulators can ban the use of AI systems that they consider to be “unacceptable risks” or harm. A company could be on the hook at 7% of its annual revenue from the previous fiscal year, up to $36 million, whichever is greater. read more
Massive reductions in working days: The Enterprise HR platform fired 1,750 employees this week, affecting about 8.5% of the total number of heads. Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach told employees the company needs a new approach and plans to hire AI talent. read more
New AI Productivity App: What happens if I have all my Notes, Schedule Management, and To-DO apps in one place? A all-in-one productivity app with AI assistants, Hero aims to do just that. read more
$50 “inference” model: Researchers from Stanford and Washington University trained AI “inference” models for under $50 on Cloud Compute credits. Known as S1, this model works similarly to models such as Openai’s O1 and Deepseek’s R1 in mathematics and coding tests. read more
Adult apps for EU IOS users: Native porn apps for iOS are coming to the EU via the approved alternative App Store Altstore Pal thanks to the Digital Markets Act. Hot Tub offers iOS users a way to search and play videos from a variety of adult websites. read more
Cruise cut: Cruise fires nearly 50% of its workers, including top executives like CEO Marc Whitten. The rest of the self-driving car company will move under General Motors. read more
X is suing more advertisers: This comes after it is considered a “boycott” on the platform. Corrected complaints include NestlĂ©, Abbott Institute, Colgate, LEGO, Pinterest, Tyson Foods and Shell. read more
analysis
The biggest violation of US government data has occurred. Elon Musk’s Doge manages a massive swath of American personal information held by the US government despite questioning security clearance, cybersecurity practices and the legality of Musk’s activities. . As Zack Whittaker writes, whether Doge’s staff is a bad actor or not has missed some of the points. The act of sinking, spying or ignorance can produce the same outcome: exposure or loss of a country’s sensitive data set. read more