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New SEC filings show venture firms lining up billions for new funds, with AI and specialty focus drawing the most money. Here is what that signals.
Read more: Venture firms are filing to raise billions in new fundsMaryland says cash advance app Brigit misled users and lent without a license. The $600,000 deal means easier cancellations and clearer fees.
Read more: Maryland settles with cash advance app Brigit for $600,000Rhode Island is suing Meta, saying the company made money from scam ads on its platforms. Fake ads in your feed can cost you real money.
Read more: Rhode Island Sues Meta Over Money Made From Scam AdsThe viral Minion routers can still be sold and used in the US, but a new US ban on foreign routers makes a newer model unlikely to arrive soon.
Read more: Minion-shaped Wi-Fi routers are caught in a US ban on foreign routersInsurers are launching policies for robots and self-driving cars, with prices set by the day, the mile or the machine. Standard business cover may not fit.
Read more: Insurers Start Selling Policies for Robots and Self-Driving CarsCandidates for state attorney general are campaigning on suing Big Tech, and that could shape the rules for social media and AI apps you use.
Read more: State attorneys general are running on suing Big TechA new free audit from Morbiz LLC checks in about 15 seconds whether ChatGPT and Google AI answers can find and cite your business website.
Read more: Free tool checks if ChatGPT and Google AI can find your websiteA nonprofit wants big AI developers to report how much they use AI to build new AI, giving federal officials a look at how fast the technology is advancing.
Read more: Proposal would make AI companies reveal if AI helps build new AIMajor banks are restricting outside AI agents from customer accounts, just as AI rules become a campaign issue. Here is what it means for businesses using AI tools.
Read more: Banks limit AI agents as calls for AI rules grow before the midtermsBayview Medical Center says a staff member put a spreadsheet of 3,182 patients' details into a public AI tool. Here is who is affected and what to do.
Read more: Johns Hopkins hospital says staff put 3,182 patients' data into a public AI toolThe FTC and 20 states say Dollar General charged more at the register than shelf tags showed. Shoppers at discount stores may want to check receipts.
Read more: FTC and 20 states sue Dollar General over shelf pricesT-Mobile's new T-Mix plans arrive in November with monthly credits for perks like Netflix. Single lines may save money, but bigger families could pay more.
Read more: T-Mobile's new T-Mix plans start at $55 and let you pick your perksChatGPT now draws cartoons instead of photo-style images for some election scenes, so fake voting photos are harder to pass off as real before November 3.
Read more: ChatGPT now turns some election images into cartoonsA British member of parliament says Grok and X let fake sexual images of her spread, and she is suing xAI. The case could shape what protection ordinary people get.
Read more: UK lawmaker sues Musk's xAI over fake sexual images of herAdclear, a company that checks ads against advertising rules, has built a tool that works inside Claude and ChatGPT. Details are still thin.
Read more: Adclear lets Claude and ChatGPT check your ads against the rulesThe FCC says three TP-Link routers broke power limits and the company may have given false information. Further bans on its products could follow.
Read more: US regulator says three TP-Link routers broke power limitsA survey finds older Americans are far more likely than young adults to say a person tricked by a scammer should absorb the loss, not the bank.
Read more: Older Americans more likely to blame scam victims for their lossesAmazon Business has added Value Intelligence, a report that puts savings, time saved and off-policy buying in one view. Eligible buyers should check its math first.
Read more: Amazon Business adds a tool to show what your buying really savesSouth Korea's trade regulator wants Samsung to pay $15.1 million over Galaxy gaming ads, but the fine is tentative and owners should not expect refunds.
Read more: South Korea proposes $15 million fine on Samsung over game speed limitsMany Americans oppose nearby data centers over fears of higher power bills, but Fast Company reports the real effect depends on the local grid and the deal.
Read more: Whether a data center raises your power bill depends on where you liveA fraud reporting group warns that scammers use cloned voices and fake celebrity videos to steal savings. A call that sounds real may not be.
Read more: Fake voices and videos are being used to steal savingsKevin Roose and Casey Newton left The New York Times to start Machine Gods, an AI show built for YouTube first, and Roose has a new book on the race to build human-level AI.
Read more: Kevin Roose leaves the Times to launch a video-first podcast on AICalifornia has a new law on AI-made performers. It asks for clearer labels than New York's law, but it covers fewer situations, which matters for any business making video.
Read more: California's AI performer law: stricter, but narrower than NY'sNevis, a New York startup that uses AI to clear paperwork off financial advisors' desks, raised $70 million as the country faces a shortage of advisors.
Read more: AI startup Nevis raises $70M to cut financial advisors' paperwork
