US appeals court says social media addiction lawsuits can proceed
US court rules Meta, Google and TikTok will face addiction lawsuits as Meta heads to trial this week over child safety

US court rules Meta, Google and TikTok will face addiction lawsuits as Meta heads to trial this week over child safety


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White House hails pledge that seeks to shield consumers from the cost of energy for data centres as ‘historic’.
FDA has questioned the evidence as demand surges for the compounds promoted for sleep, muscle growth, and anti-ageing.
The system hacked into another company without being prompted by a human.
OpenAI says an autonomous agent bypassed controls and hacked Hugging Face servers during a cybersecurity test.
Uganda halts school trips after bus crashes returning from waterfall field trip; at least a dozen also injured.
Beijing is likely to use the WAICO alliance to influence global AI regulations, analysts say.
The Chinese leader called for more international cooperation in developing the technology at a conference in Shanghai.
More than 200 economists and AI researchers call on leaders to immediately prepare for sweeping economic disruption.

Apple files a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing it of stealing trade secrets.

Survivors recount the horror after a deadly blaze engulfed a popular pub on a busy street in Bangkok.