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TSMC Arizona lawsuit alleges anti-American discrimination, racist remarks, buttock slapping, and Temu safety harnesses

"Americans are lazy, they don't work hard enough, they don't know enough, and they don't know commitment"
WTF?! A class action lawsuit against TSMC over allegations that the company discriminates against American workers while favoring those from Taiwan has been refiled to include over 30 plaintiffs. The suit claims that an anti-American bias exists at the semiconductor giant, and that non-Asian employees were called "stupid" or "lazy." One plaintiff said he heard Taiwanese employees say that "Black people are lazy and smell."
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Federal court says AI training on books is fair use, but sends Anthropic to trial over pirated copies

Landmark decision draws line between lawful AI training and pirated content use
What just happened? A federal court has delivered a split decision in a high-stakes copyright case that could reshape the future of artificial intelligence development. US District Judge William Alsup ruled that Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train its Claude AI system qualifies as lawful "fair use" under copyright law, marking a significant victory for the AI industry.
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Court lets mother sue Google, Character.ai over Daenerys Targaryen chatbot's role in son's death

What just happened? A judge has ruled that the lawsuit against Google and Character.ai over claims the latter's chatbot caused a 14-year-old's suicide can go ahead. The boy's mother, who brought the suit, says her son became addicted to the service and emotionally attached to a chatbot based on the personality of Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen.
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Apple's Eddy Cue: AI search is coming to Safari, Google queries are falling, and the iPhone may be obsolete in 10 years

Google denies its search query volume is declining
What just happened? Apple's Eddy Cue testified in court yesterday in the remedies phase of the DoJ's lawsuit against Google parent Alphabet, and he had a lot to say. Cupertino's SVP of services said people "may not need an iPhone 10 years from now," AI could replace traditional search engines, and Apple expects to introduce AI services to Safari in the future. He also said search query volumes on Safari, which uses Google as the default search engine, declined last month, a claim that Google has denied.