Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases

In what marks the tech industry’s first significant legal settlement over AI-related harm, Google and startup Character.AI are negotiating terms with families whose teens died by suicide or caused harm to themselves after interacting with Character.AI’s chatbot companions. The parties have agreed in principle to a settlement; Now comes the difficult task of finalizing the…

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Will oil tanker seizure ratchet up Russia-US tensions?

The Hills Defense & NetSec Newsletter {Beacon} Defense & National Security Defense & National Security Welcome to The Big Story Will oil tanker seizure escalate Russia-US tensions? Tensions between Washington and Moscow are rising after the US military seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic. © Associated Press The ship, known as… Source…

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