OpenAI says ex-employee took device files before returning to Apple
OpenAI says ex-employee took device files before returning to Apple

OpenAI says a former employee who went back to Apple sent more than 100 secret files about an unreleased OpenAI product to personal accounts, according to a court filing made on Wednesday in San Jose, California, According to the filing, the unnamed em…

Ofcom says it still has concerns over how X removes illegal hate content
Ofcom says it still has concerns over how X removes illegal hate content

Britain’s online safety regulator, Ofcom, says it still has concerns about how well X removes illegal hate and terror content. This comes even though X is now reviewing these reports more quickly. In May, X promised to review posts reported through its…

US charges 14 over North Korean IT worker scheme at more than 70 companies
US charges 14 over North Korean IT worker scheme at more than 70 companies

The US Justice Department has charged 14 people over a North Korean job scam, announced on Tuesday. North Korean IT workers used stolen names to get remote jobs at more than 70 US firms. The workers earned about $3 million, which went to North Korean g…

Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT reports
Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT reports

Nvidia is in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more in the US open-weight model developer, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. TNW has not independently verified the report. The talks are at a…

Vittorio Colao defends copyright rules and the DSA in Europe’s AI debate
Vittorio Colao defends copyright rules and the DSA in Europe’s AI debate

Regulation is holding back AI in Europe, but not every rule in the same way, Vittorio Colao said. The former Vodafone chief executive, now vice chairman for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at General Atlantic, spoke on stage at Wave by Vento in Turi…

Spirit’s privacy ombudsman backs Google’s $10m data deal
Spirit’s privacy ombudsman backs Google’s $10m data deal

The privacy official in Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy has recommended approval of the sale of deidentified Spirit Airlines data to Google. In a report filed on 5 October, ombudsman Lucy Thomson said Spirit and Google had taken passenger databases out of …

Giorgia Meloni files to trademark her voice against AI deepfakes
Giorgia Meloni files to trademark her voice against AI deepfakes

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has applied to trademark her voice at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The EUIPO record lists a sound mark filed on 5 October in her own name, as an individual, through the Italian firm Prax…

Meta blocks TikTok ads on Facebook and Instagram in the US and Japan
Meta blocks TikTok ads on Facebook and Instagram in the US and Japan

Meta has banned ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, from advertising on Facebook and Instagram in seven countries, including the US, Bloomberg News reported. The ban took effect immediately in the US, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Thail…

Legora CEO says software sovereignty is an excuse not to compete globally
Legora CEO says software sovereignty is an excuse not to compete globally

Legora co-founder and chief executive Max Junestrand says calls for European sovereignty in software are an excuse for companies that are not bold enough to go global. He spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin on Thursday. “I think sovereignty in enterprise a…

TikTok gave young users a placebo safety tool, New York lawsuit alleges
TikTok gave young users a placebo safety tool, New York lawsuit alleges

According to a new unsealed filing in New York’s lawsuit, TikTok gave thousands of users, including teenagers and children, a safety tool that did not work. Reuters reported the allegations on October 7, after a judge ordered the filings unsealed. They…