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Colorado gets 27 million unwanted robocalls a month, and scammers now take up to $4,000 per successful call. Details that sound real are no proof.
Read more: Colorado gets 27 million scam calls a month, and they cost more nowFTC data shows older Americans lost about $3 billion to fraud. A talk with a parent or relative about common scams could help protect their money.
Read more: Older Americans lost about $3 billion to fraud, FTC data showsMeta's sales rose 26% to $64.6 billion, but a $10 billion legal charge and heavy AI spending shrank profit and pushed cash flow below zero.
Read more: Meta sales jump 26%, but legal bills and AI spending cut profitT-Mobile will pay more than $38 million in refunds and perks to New York customers who were promised their 4G plan price would never go up.
Read more: T-Mobile to pay $38 million after breaking a promise on pricesTwo lawsuits say delivery robots from Coco and Serve measured customers' faces and hands and used the data for AI. Both companies deny it.
Read more: Delivery robots accused of scanning customers' faces and handsA federal judge ruled the EPA cannot end a citizen lawsuit over gas turbines at Musk's Memphis data center, keeping local residents' right to sue intact.
Read more: Judge says EPA cannot shut down a lawsuit over Musk data center pollutionCoast Dental will pay $3.84 million over texts and calls that allegedly kept coming after people replied stop. Eligible people can claim cash or a voucher.
Read more: Coast Dental to pay $3.84M over texts sent after patients said stopScammers posing as Fairfield police say you missed court and face arrest. Police say a real officer will never ask for payment by phone to cancel a warrant.
Read more: Fake police calls in Fairfield claim you missed court and face arrestMusic publishers say Anthropic used song lyrics to train Claude without paying. A judge's ruling could shape what AI companies owe creators, and what AI costs you.
Read more: Music publishers say Anthropic's AI copied song lyrics without payingA $25 billion penalty against Meta, over claims it misled users about privacy, is a reminder to check what your social apps actually do with your data.
Read more: Meta must pay $25 billion over misleading users about privacyAnthropic signed an AI safety agreement with Singapore and opened a local office, a sign that AI makers and governments are setting testing rules together.
Read more: Anthropic signs AI safety deal with Singapore and opens office thereNew York City proposed rules that would make businesses offer a way to reach a real person, with fines for companies that leave customers stuck with automated systems.
Read more: New York City Proposes Right to Reach a Real Person for Customer ServiceA Missouri county health department will pay $2.25 million over a 2022 breach. Affected people can claim $150 or up to $300 by November 16, 2026.
Read more: Missouri health department pays $2.25M over 2022 data breachA survey of 2,000 US consumers finds that 36% delayed a payment because paying was too complicated. Bill senders may get paid later if it takes more than three clicks.
Read more: Making people click more than 3 times to pay can cost you the paymentA law firm says US and European regulators expect businesses to describe their AI data practices accurately, and to do it before anything changes.
Read more: Your privacy policy must match how your AI tools handle customer dataSafety advocates want OpenAI and Anthropic to cap the computing power used to build new AI, a debate that could shape the tools businesses rely on.
Read more: AI safety advocates want OpenAI and Anthropic to limit computing powerA New York Times reporter and editors explain how they sort real images from fake ones, a skill every reader needs before sharing a shocking photo.
Read more: How New York Times journalists check whether a photo is realGoogle Cloud is adding OpenAI's newest models to its catalog, but only select business customers can try them for now.
Read more: OpenAI's AI models are now available inside Google CloudAnthropic's CEO says his company's safety choices carry real costs, and admits it mishandled a draft AI bill. Here is what that means for AI users.
Read more: Anthropic CEO defends AI safety record, admits bill misstepA Cleveland-area congresswoman wants labels on political ads made or changed with AI, which could help voters spot fakes. It is only a proposal so far.
Read more: Ohio congresswoman proposes labels on AI-made election adsOne writer fed a $400 grocery bill to ChatGPT and Gemini, followed their tips, and his next bill came in at $300.56. Here is what the bots told him to do.
Read more: A writer asked two AI chatbots to cut a $400 grocery billAnthropic has drafted a federal AI bill that uses a $1 billion risk line to decide when the government could block an advanced AI model. It is not law.
Read more: Anthropic proposes federal AI bill with a $1 billion risk thresholdFinance teams jumped from 16% to 80% using generative AI for cash flow in a year, but only 5% let AI agents act on their own, a new study finds.
Read more: Finance teams now use AI for cash flow, but few let it act aloneOpenAI says the most advanced AI should go to cyber defenders first, because hackers can use it too. Here is what that could mean for your risk.
Read more: OpenAI lays out a plan to put advanced AI in defenders' hands
