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The Verge AIValleyJudge dismisses Sam Altman’s sister’s sexual abuse lawsuit On Tuesday, US District Judge Zachary Bluestone dismissed the lawsuit Ann Altman filed last year alleging that her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, had sexually abused her throughout her childhood.

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The Verge AIValleyGoogle’s more personalized Gemini AI is heading to your car Google is bringing Personal Intelligence to Gemini AI in your car. With this update, Gemini in Android Auto and cars with Google built-in can tap into your information across Google apps, including…

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The Verge AIValleyMeta pauses Muse sharing after researchers find AI chats on the web Meta says it paused a Muse feature that lets you share conversations with the AI assistant after researchers found the URLs publicly available on the web, as reported by Ars Technica .

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The Verge AIValleySpotify pulled 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from its recommendations Spotify says it has removed more than 50 million songs considered AI-generated slop or spam from user recommendations over the past year.

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The Verge AIValleyAdobe Lightroom mobile can now open closed eyes in photos with a simple tap Adobe announced yesterday that the mobile version of Lightroom , available for iOS, iPadOS, and Android, can now open closed eyes in photos using generative AI with just a single tap.

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The Verge AIValleyThe fossil fuel comeback is here The US is building more fossil fuel infrastructure than it has in a decade while renewable energy growth slows down, a new report shows.

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The Verge AIValleyCoreWeave’s debt is becoming the whole AI industry’s problem CoreWeave had a bad week last week. Its bonds slipped into distressed territory by a common definition - when investors demand 1,000 basis points more in yield than they'd get from government bonds.

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The Verge AIValleyJB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes Today, I’m talking with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who has a lot of thoughts about AI, tech, and privacy.

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The Verge AIValleyA hacker broke into John Deere and SharkNinja with an army of AI agents A hacker broke into more than 100 websites using an army of AI agents that mostly operated on their own, according to findings from the AI security firm Norforge .

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The Verge AIValleyDemocrats think cracking down on AI could give them an edge Democrats could win back control of Congress this November, and if they do, they'll need to decide how to approach one of the country's newest and thorniest political issues: AI.

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