Musk's xAI Deletes Antisemitic Posts from Grok Chatbot

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has deleted “inappropriate” posts on X after the company’s chatbot, Grok, began praising Adolf Hitler, referring to itself as MechaHitler and making antisemitic comments in response to user queries. In some now-deleted posts, it referred to a person with a common Jewish surname as someone who was “celebrating the tragic deaths of white kids” in the Texas floods as “future fascists”.

Bodyguards Using Fitness App Disclose Location of Swedish Leaders

Trying to keep fit with runs through Central Park, a jog around a tropical island and a bicycle ride around Stockholm, bodyguards in Sweden inadvertently revealed the secret locations of the Swedish leaders they were assigned to protect. An investigation by a Swedish newspaper revealed that bodyguards for Sweden’s royal family and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson uploaded their workout routes to Strava, a fitness app that allows users to map and share their movements

ITU Urges Companies to Use Tech to Fight Deepfake Contet

Companies must use advanced tools to detect and stamp out misinformation and deepfake content to help counter growing risks of election interference and financial fraud, the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union urged in a report. Deepfakes such as AI-generated images and videos, and audio that convincingly impersonates real people, pose mounting risks, the ITU said in the report released at its "AI for Good Summit" in Geneva.

Hackers Steal Customer Data from British Unit of Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton UK said hackers have stolen some customer data as the luxury brand becomes the latest target in a string of cyberattacks against retailers. On July 2, an unauthorized third party accessed the systems of the British unit of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE’s flagship brand and took information such as names, contact details and purchase history. No financial data like bank details were accessed, the company said in an email to customers.

New Hampshire Judge Rejects TikTok's Request to Dismiss Lawsuit

A judge rejected TikTok’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit by the state of New Hampshire accusing it of using manipulative design features aimed at children and teens. In his ruling, New Hampshire Superior Court Judge John Kissinger Jr. said the state’s allegations were valid and specific enough to proceed, writing the civil claims were “based on the App’s alleged defective and dangerous features” and not the content in the app.

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French Prosecutors Investigating X Algorithms for 'Foreign Interference'

French prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into X over allegations that the company owned by billionaire Elon Musk manipulated its algorithms for the purposes of “foreign interference.” Magistrate Laure Beccuau said in a statement that prosecutors had launched the probe and were looking into whether the social media giant broke French law by altering its algorithms and fraudulently extracting data from users.

Judge Says Meta, TikTok Must Face Mother's Wrongful Death Suit

Meta Platforms and TikTok owner ByteDance must face a wrongful death lawsuit by the mother of a 15-year-old Manhattan boy who died while "subway surfing" on a moving train, a New York state judge ruled. Justice Paul Goetz ruled that Norma Nazario can try to prove Meta and ByteDance "goaded" her son Zackery into subway surfing by addicting him to Instagram and TikTok, where he viewed content about "dangerous challenges."

Google to Propose Highlighting Search Results from Other Sellers

Alphabet Inc.’s Google will propose highlighting search results from other companies’ shopping and travel platforms at the top of its page in an attempt to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act and fend off fines, people familiar the matter said. Under the plan, a box at the top of Google’s search results will show ranked options from price-comparison companies’ websites, the people said, asking not to be identified because the proposal is not yet public.

Illegal Copies of Movies on YouTube Create New Challenges for Studios

YouTube has long tried to tamp down piracy, but users who upload stolen films and television shows have employed new tactics to evade the platform’s detection tools, research showed, including cropping films and manipulating footage. The findings of the research shed new light on the copyright issues that once threatened to upend YouTube’s business and also show how advertisers have unwittingly supported illicit content on YouTube, and they provide rare data about piracy on the platform.

Attorney General Told Tech Companies to Ignore TikTok Ban

Attorney General Pam Bondi told tech companies that they could lawfully violate a statute barring American companies from supporting TikTok based on a sweeping claim that President Trump has the constitutional power to set aside laws, newly disclosed documents show. In letters to companies like Apple and Google, Ms. Bondi wrote that Mr. Trump had decided that shutting down TikTok would interfere with his “constitutional duties,” so the law banning the social media app must give way to his “core presidential national security and foreign affairs powers.”

Supreme Court to Hear Case on ISP Liability for Copyright Infringement

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether an Internet service provider can be liable for materially contributing to copyright infringement if it failed to terminate internet access for customers known to be pirating music. The Supreme Court granted cert in an appeal by Cox Communications, which maintains that a decision imposing liability by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, “threatens mass disruption across the internet.”

Jury's Verdict Requires Google to Pay $314.6 Million to Android Users

A jury in San Jose, California, said that Google misused customers' cell phone data and must pay more than $314.6 million to Android smartphone users in the state, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs. The jury agreed with the plaintiffs that Alphabet's Google was liable for sending and receiving information from the devices without permission while they were idle, causing what the lawsuit had called "mandatory and unavoidable burdens shouldered by Android device users for Google's benefit."

Senate Drops Provision Limiting State Laws on AI for 10 Years

The U.S. Senate voted 99-1 to strip from the sprawling tax and immigration bill a provision that would have blocked states from regulating artificial intelligence for the next decade. Republican leaders and tech trade groups have pitched the multiyear freeze on state regulations as necessary to pave the way for U.S. AI firms to innovate and outcompete their Chinese counterparts.

Supreme Court Upholds Texas Law Requiring Age Checks for Pornography

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a Texas law that seeks to limit minors’ access to pornography on the Internet, ruling that it does not violate the First Amendment to require people to verify their age through measures like the submission of government-issued IDs. The Texas law applies to any commercial website “more than one-third of which is sexual material harmful to minors” and and requires such sites to use one of several methods to verify that users are 18 or older.

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