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  • Slashdot: Amazon’s Ring Plans to Scan Everyone’s Face at the Door

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/04/0357255/amazons-ring-plans-to-scan-everyones-face-at-the-door?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Amazon’s Ring Plans to Scan Everyone’s Face at the Door Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon’s introduction of facial recognition for Ring doorbells raises significant privacy concerns regarding the collection and usage of biometric data without consent. While it empowers users, critics highlight ethical and legal…

  • Slashdot: Spooked By AI, Bollywood Stars Drag Google Into Fight For ‘Personality Rights’

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/01/134215/spooked-by-ai-bollywood-stars-drag-google-into-fight-for-personality-rights?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Spooked By AI, Bollywood Stars Drag Google Into Fight For ‘Personality Rights’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Bollywood celebrities, particularly Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, seeking legal protection for their voice and persona from being used in AI-generated content, specifically targeting Google’s…

  • The Register: Harrods blames its supplier after crims steal 430k customers’ data in fresh attack

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/harrods_blames_thirdparty_supplier_after/ Source: The Register Title: Harrods blames its supplier after crims steal 430k customers’ data in fresh attack Feedly Summary: Attackers make contact but negotiations fall on deaf ears Luxury London-based retailer Harrods is facing its second cybersecurity scandal in 2025, confirming criminals not only stole 430,000 customers’ data in a fresh attack…

  • Slashdot: Movie Studio Lionsgate is Struggling To Make AI-Generated Films With Runway

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    Source URL: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/09/24/1442221/movie-studio-lionsgate-is-struggling-to-make-ai-generated-films-with-runway?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Movie Studio Lionsgate is Struggling To Make AI-Generated Films With Runway Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a collaboration between AI video company Runway and Hollywood studio Lionsgate aimed at producing AI-generated films. However, the initiative has faced challenges due to insufficient catalog size…

  • The Register: Asahi, Nikkei sue AI search outfit Perplexity for copyright infringement

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/perplexity_asahi_nikkei_lawsuits/ Source: The Register Title: Asahi, Nikkei sue AI search outfit Perplexity for copyright infringement Feedly Summary: Tokyo filing adds to mounting actions against startup AI search outfit Perplexity has been hit with yet another copyright lawsuit, this time courtesy of Japan’s Nikkei and Asahi media companies.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Slashdot: FTC Warns Tech Giants Not To Bow To Foreign Pressure on Encryption

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/25/1939221/ftc-warns-tech-giants-not-to-bow-to-foreign-pressure-on-encryption Source: Slashdot Title: FTC Warns Tech Giants Not To Bow To Foreign Pressure on Encryption Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a warning from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to U.S. tech companies against compliance with foreign government demands that could compromise data security, encryption, or lead…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Mustafa Suleyman

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/21/mustafa-suleyman/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Mustafa Suleyman Feedly Summary: Simply put, my central worry is that many people will start to believe in the illusion of AIs as conscious entities so strongly that they’ll soon advocate for AI rights, model welfare and even AI citizenship. This development will be a dangerous…

  • Slashdot: US Spy Chief Gabbard Says UK Agreed To Drop ‘Backdoor’ Mandate for Apple

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/08/19/0345252/us-spy-chief-gabbard-says-uk-agreed-to-drop-backdoor-mandate-for-apple?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Spy Chief Gabbard Says UK Agreed To Drop ‘Backdoor’ Mandate for Apple Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recent development in the UK’s approach to encryption and security, specifically regarding Apple and its iCloud data. The intervention by the Trump administration highlights…

  • The Register: In Otter news, transcription app accused of illegally recording users’ voices

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/otter_ml_privacy_lawsuit/ Source: The Register Title: In Otter news, transcription app accused of illegally recording users’ voices Feedly Summary: Vidchat hosts probably know Otter.ai records everything and feeds it into AI. Their guests may not Voice transcription service Otter.ai has found itself on the wrong end of a lawsuit that claims it trains its…