Government & Policy
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AI
EU calls for help with shaping rules for general purpose AIs | TechCrunch
The European Union has kicked off a consultation on rules that will apply to providers of general purpose AI models…
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UK antitrust body probes Google's ties with AI rival Anthropic | TechCrunch
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has revealed an early-stage probe into Google’s ties with Anthropic, after the Alphabet subsidiary invested in…
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U.S. Commerce Department report endorses 'open' AI models | TechCrunch
The U.S. Commerce Department today issued a report in support of “open-weight” generative AI models like Meta’s Llama 3.1, but…
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Apple reaches its first contract agreement with a US retail union | TechCrunch
Two years ago, workers at an Apple Store in Towson, Maryland were the first to establish a formally recognized union…
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NIST releases a tool for testing AI model risk | TechCrunch
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Commerce Department agency that develops and tests tech for the…
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Uber, Lyft, DoorDash can continue to classify drivers as contractors in California | TechCrunch
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Proposition 22 — the ballot measure that passed in November 2020 and classified…
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Commerce
Singaporean e-commerce firm Qoo10's Korean units face probe due to payment delays to merchants | TechCrunch
The e-commerce market in South Korea ranks as one of the largest in the world, but it’s also proving to…
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