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Meta wants its Llama AI in Britain’s public healthcare system Nov 21, 2024

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A company hackathon asked developers to apply its Llama AI to health care issues.

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Itch.io marketplace requires creators to disclose use of generative AI, DoJ confirms that it wants Google to sell off Chrome, and Threads rolls out its custom feeds tool Nov 21, 2024

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Itch.io marketplace now requires asset creators to disclose their use of generative AI, Department of Justice confirms that it wants Google to sell off Chrome, and Threads rolls out its custom feeds tool after a quick testing phase. It's Thursday, November 21st and this is Engadget News.

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The UK approves Google's $2 billion investment in Anthropic Nov 20, 2024

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It had been held up pending an initial probe.

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Meta wants its Llama AI in Britain’s public healthcare system, OpenAI will pay DotDash Meredith, and Uber’s new XXL rides will have extra room for your big-ass suitcase Nov 20, 2024

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Meta wants its Llama AI in Britain’s public healthcare system, OpenAI will pay DotDash Meredith to license its content, and Uber’s new XXL rides will have extra room for your big-ass suitcase. It's Wednesday, November 20th and this is Engadget News.

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The EU publishes the first draft of regulatory guidance for general purpose AI models Nov 19, 2024

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The AI Act guidelines cover transparency, copyright and risk assessment along with technical and governance risk mitigation.

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2 Baltic Sea comms cables have been knocked offline, America’s ‘news influencers’ skew conservative, and El Capitan now most powerful supercomputer Nov 19, 2024

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Two Baltic Sea communications cables have been knocked offline, America’s ‘news influencers’ skew conservative, and El Capitan ranked the most powerful supercomputer in the world. It's Tuesday, November 19th and this is Engadget News.

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X sues California over deceptive AI-made election content ban Nov 18, 2024

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The state calls it election disinformation. X calls it censorship.

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Bluesky won’t train AI on your posts, Reporters Without Borders is pressing charges against X, and The Onion won the auction for Infowars and given ‘clear next steps to complete the sale.’ Nov 18, 2024

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Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your posts, Reporters Without Borders says it’s pressing charges against X, and The Onion won the auction for Infowars and was given ‘clear next steps to complete the sale.’ It's Monday, November 18th and this is Engadget News.

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23andMe is laying off 40 percent of its staff Nov 15, 2024

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The genetic testing service is also winding down its therapeutics division.

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EU published a draft of regulatory guidance for GPAI models, PBS coming to Prime Video, and Xbox seems to be confused Nov 15, 2024

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The EU publishes a draft of regulatory guidance for general purpose AI models, PBS programming is coming to Prime Video, and Xbox seems to be confused about what an Xbox is. It's Friday, November 15th and this is Engadget News.

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