Los Angeles Times7 hours agoReining In Big Tech: How California lawmakers plan to regulate AI and social mediaLos Angeles Times - Queenie Wong, Dakota SmithSACRAMENTO — Long the epicenter of the global tech industry, California is taking more action to shield its children, communities and workers from the threats posed by the very industry that’s become central to the state’s identity and enviable economy. State lawmakers on Monday passed new …
Los Angeles Times22 hours agoHollywood studios have sued over AI. Now Google is courting them to use its toolsLos Angeles Times - Wendy LeeTech giant Google has been quietly making overtures to the major studios as it tries to find ways to entice Hollywood to use its artificial intelligence technology. Google executives have approached representatives at Disney, Universal, Warner Bros. Discovery and other studios about licensing …
Los Angeles Times1 day ago‘We’re not changing it’: SoCal-based Mapquest takes stand against Trump’s ‘Lake America’Los Angeles Times - Corinne PurtillWithin days of President Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” Google Maps quietly fell in line. Searches for the international boundary water in Google Maps now direct U.S. users to a renamed “Lake America.” While the president’s preferred name for the smallest Great Lake …
Los Angeles Times2 days agoWhat Meta’s $17-billion settlement revealed about the harms of social mediaLos Angeles Times - Sonja SharpAfter months of hype and mere hours in front of the jury, California’s blockbuster suit against Meta ended on Wednesday with a sweeping $17-billion settlement and 130 pages of promised changes to the platforms. Witnesses at the blink-and-you-miss-it Oakland trial echoed much of what had already been …
Los Angeles Times3 days agoIs Long Beach ready for a floating nuclear power plant? Here’s what to knowLos Angeles Times - Caroline Petrow-CohenWorried about all the demand from artificial intelligence making power too expensive? The Port of Long Beach has an answer: little, floating nuclear power plants. America’s second largest port and its partner are trying to tap into the energy that powers nuclear submarines and build power plants on …
Los Angeles Times3 days agoMeta’s ‘Big Tobacco moment’ leaves parents asking if social media is too dangerous for kidsLos Angeles Times - Queenie Wong, Nilesh ChristopherOver the last five years, efforts to make social networks Facebook and Instagram safer for young people have erupted across courts, classrooms and capitals. Now Meta Platforms, the parent company of the world’s most popular social networks, faces another big moment of reckoning. On Wednesday, Meta …
