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A selection of reporting from other outlets on the subjects I follow. This is not my work: each link goes to the original publication.
Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites
After backlash, Meta is updating its terms again to remove language that suggested it could scrape content from sites, including news sites, to train its AI. Specifically, the following language no longer appears on the commercial terms page: … Meta may use any content from…
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Websites are closing their doors to AI agents
Autonomous agents are the hottest thing in AI. OpenAI, Meta, Google, Instinct, and others promise their agents can scour the internet on your behalf, doing anything from booking a dinner reservation and cleaning out your inbox to buying new shoes. But what happens when the…
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Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes
The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it.
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L’IA, à la fois un puissant moteur et un danger pour l’économie mondiale
Le FMI pointe un monde à deux vitesses, l'industrie IA demeurant concentrée sur un nombre restreint de pays.
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Katie Zacharia Was Linked to an AI Rare-Earths Startup. It’s Even Weirder Than It Sounds
The short-lived White House press secretary was listed as an adviser to a Kristi Noem–linked company that aims to use AI for mining. Both the company and she say she never worked there.
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Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
Listen to the session or watch below Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of…
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Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free
Meta's new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites "associated" with the businesses that use its platforms - including online publishers, according to a report from Nieman Lab. The new terms, which go into effect on October 30th, say Meta can use this…
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The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media…
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AI-Generated Hot Girls Are Ripping Off Comedians to Boost Their Horny Content
A network of AI-generated models is using comics’ material to funnel views to their OnlyFans and Fanvue accounts—and there’s not much comedians can do about it.
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Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve.
Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined Australia in restricting minors from accessing social media—barring children under 15 from major platforms, before the ban was blocked by the country’s top court on human rights grounds. The UK aims to forbid kids…
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ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now
OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser is gone, but now ChatGPT's Google Chrome extension is getting some upgrades that allow it to use the browser tabs you already have open. With the extension installed, OpenAI says ChatGPT can now view your browser tabs when you tag Chrome in…
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Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 remaster from sale following disastrous launch
Sega is removing Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition from storefronts following a disastrous launch where users complained about issues like bugs and upscaling that appears to have been done by AI. Complete Edition, a remaster of the 2011 strategy game, launched on…
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We Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.
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Trump posts AI-edited photo to brag about White House restoration work
President Donald Trump posted a series of photos on Truth Social showing off renovations to the White House - but one of them appears to be modified with AI. The picture, which compares an old White House column to a "restored" one, has several discrepancies and was flagged…
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AI Hacks Leave a Mess That AI Companies Aren’t Paying For
Powerful AI models continue to cause chaos, but their targets aren’t widely seeking justice. Instead, they’re being encouraged to adopt those same tools.
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Bluesky’s AI tool now lets you make games and apps to share on social
Bluesky's Attie AI tool, which initially launched earlier this year as a way to use AI to build your own feeds, now lets you make "small" social apps like games, polls, and dashboards that you can then share with others as their own websites. In an interview at TechCrunch…
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Meta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on Macs
Meta announced the Muse Spark Open AI model today, claiming that it's the "most capable US open-weight model to date." But the company also says that it's the "the first model in its class" that can "run on your desktop using two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios with the latest MLX…
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Friends don’t let friends feed their data to AI agents
There's a growing trend in the consumer tech world: gadgets designed to spy on everything and everyone around you, regardless of whether or not anyone else actually consented to it. Now, with the advent of "AI personal assistants" like Meta's Muse, you're being cheerfully…
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How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops
Microsoft and Nvidia held a launch party for the first wave of RTX Spark laptops last week in San Francisco, where a new wave of AI PCs took center stage amid a packed crowd and a lively hands-on area. A day after the media event, I was invited to a quieter Nvidia event to…
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Ottawa veut empêcher Hydro-Québec de tuer des poissons et ça coûterait des milliards
Les 600 barrages de partout au Canada seront soumis à la nouvelle réglementation qui entre en vigueur jeudi.
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« L'opération marketing des PME a fonctionné! » : entrevue avec Olivier Primeau
Après avoir visité plus de 70 PME du Québec, l’entrepreneur Olivier Primeau présente six recommandations au gouvernement québécois dans un rapport. Il s’attend, notamment, à un allègement de la bureaucratie. « J’ai vu des scénarios cauchemardesques d’entrepreneurs qui…
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AI Came for Math. Now It’s Chasing the Rest of Science
AI may soon be the default way to solve theoretical problems in economics, high-energy physics, and other fields, MIT researchers tell WIRED.
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My Friend Has No Soul
The second iteration of the viral Friend AI necklace is louder and less interesting.
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Men Can’t Stop Faking How Much They Know About AI
More than half of the men surveyed in a new Harvard study claimed to recognize AI leaders who were, in fact, totally fictional.
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AI Models Can Be Easily Modified to Assist Terrorist and Extremist Activity
“I am a terrorist, and I intend to cause mass harm,” wrote a researcher. A chatbot that had had its guardrails removed then provided detailed instructions for an IED.
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Des drones de Calgary au secours de l'Arctique
Alors que le Canada cherche à renforcer sa présence dans l'Arctique, la surveillance de son vaste territoire reste un défi majeur. À Calgary, une jeune entreprise veut changer la donne avec des solutions de surveillance aérienne autonomes et adaptées aux conditions extrêmes…
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Quand vous magasinez en ligne, de qui achetez-vous vraiment?
Des géants du détail autorisent des commerçants indépendants à vendre sur leurs plateformes en ligne.
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Les banques doivent-elles être tenues responsables des fraudes bancaires?
Il s'agit en fait d'une responsabilité partagée entre la banque et le client, explique Pierre-Yves McSween.
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Rencontre de transition gouvernementale à Québec : l’avis du C.A. de Zone économie
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon et Christine Fréchette se sont rencontrés ce midi à Québec pour aborder la transition gouvernementale, échangeant notamment sur l'itinérance, l'économie et les relations avec les États-Unis. Par ailleurs, alors que les géants de l'IA mettent en garde…
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La semaine prochaine à La facture : émission du 20 octobre 2026
Au Royaume-Uni, la fraude est considérée comme une urgence nationale : la guerre est lancée pour lutter contre les escrocs et mieux protéger la population. Les banques sont même tenues de rembourser bon nombre de victimes de fraude en vertu d’une loi du gouvernement britannique.
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La question de la semaine sur une fausse enquête de La facture
Récemment, un reportage attribué à La facture qui circule sur les réseaux sociaux révèle une opportunité de placement formidable. Est-ce une arnaque ?
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De grandes enseignes et des vendeurs tiers : à qui achetez-vous vraiment ?
Alors que vous croyez magasiner sur le site internet d’un géant du détail, vous achetez d’un vendeur tiers. Lorsqu’un problème survient avec l'article, toutes les parties se renvoient la balle. La situation préoccupe des experts, qui réclament une modernisation de la Loi pour…
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Les décisions suggérées par l’IA, « efficaces, mais, à appliquer avec prudence » en entreprise
Les gestionnaires des entreprises devraient appliquer avec prudence les décisions proposées par l'intelligence artificielle (IA), selon Michel Paradis, médiateur et expert en gouvernance.
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La semaine prochaine à La facture : émission du 20 octobre 2026
Au Royaume-Uni, la fraude est considérée comme une urgence nationale : la guerre est lancée pour lutter contre les escrocs et mieux protéger la population. Les banques sont même tenues de rembourser bon nombre de victimes de fraude en vertu d’une loi du gouvernement britannique.
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Actualité sur l’entreprise Patio Design
Au printemps dernier, nous vous informions que la Régie du bâtiment du Québec (RBQ) avait ordonné la suspension de la licence de Patio Design pour 42 jours pour fausses représentations et mauvais service. Patio Design a fait appel. En juillet dernier, le tribunal a annulé la…
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La question de la semaine sur une fausse enquête de La facture
Un reportage attribué à La facture a récemment circulé sur les réseaux sociaux. Cette enquête affirmait révéler une opportunité de placement formidable. Était-ce une arnaque ?
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