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No-Code Website Builder Framer Soars to $2 Billion Valuation with $100 Million Funding Round

Aug 29, 2025

TechCrunch

Framer, a no-code website builder, soars to $2 billion valuation after raising $100 million in Series D funding, boasting over 500,000 monthly active users and $50 million in annual recurring revenue as it targets enterprise growth and AI-powered features.

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Musk Sparks Controversy with Promotion of AI Chatbot's Sexualized Anime Creations

Aug 28, 2025

Rolling Stone

Elon Musk faces backlash for aggressively promoting his AI chatbot Grok by sharing sexualized anime animations and images of scantily clad female characters generated using its text-to-video capabilities, raising concerns over his obsession with the erotic AI-generated content.

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Researchers Resign from Meta's AI Superintelligence Lab, Rejoin OpenAI

Aug 28, 2025

WIRED

Esteemed AI researchers abruptly resign from Meta's cutting-edge superintelligence lab, opting to rejoin OpenAI, dealing a significant blow to Meta's ambitions despite lucrative pay offerings.

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Cybercriminals Exploit AI for Ransomware, Extortion Attacks

Aug 28, 2025

WIRED

Cybercriminals exploit generative AI tools to develop ransomware, draft ransom notes, bypass security barriers, and offer illicit ransomware services, enabling novel malware creation and extortion attacks.

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AI Generates Video of Deceased Victim Delivering Impact Statement in Groundbreaking Court Case

Aug 28, 2025

NPR

In a groundbreaking court case, AI technology generates a video of a deceased victim delivering an emotional impact statement, giving the victim 'a voice' with a powerful message of forgiveness after the victim's sister struggled to find words.

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Book Authors Reach Settlement with Anthropic Over AI Training Data

Aug 28, 2025

ABC News

A group of book authors settles a landmark copyright lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, with a federal judge ruling Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train its chatbot Claude qualifies as 'fair use', paving the way for a settlement benefiting all class members.

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Google Vids Unleashes AI-Powered Video Creation Tools

Aug 28, 2025

Google Workspace Blog

Google Vids launches AI-powered video creation tools that convert images to videos, generate AI avatars, and trim transcripts, enabling businesses like Mercer and Fullstory to produce engaging videos efficiently.

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Google Unveils Gemini 2.5 Flash Image: Powerful AI Photo Editor with Content Filters

Aug 27, 2025

TechCrunch

Google unveils Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, a powerful AI photo editor with content filters that offers fine control over editing while preserving details and limiting explicit or harmful content.

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Anthropic Reaches 'Historic' Settlement in AI Book Copying Lawsuit

Aug 27, 2025

The Hollywood Reporter

In a groundbreaking move, Anthropic reaches a 'historic' settlement in a lawsuit alleging the AI company illegally copied authors' books to train its system, paving the way for a resolution that will 'benefit all class members,' with details forthcoming.

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Authors Sue AI Giants for Copyright Infringement Over Unauthorized Use of Books

Aug 27, 2025

The Authors Guild

Lawsuits alleging copyright infringement are being filed against major AI companies like OpenAI, Meta, Google, and NVIDIA for unauthorized use of authors' books to train generative AI models without permission, covering all affected writers in class action suits.

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