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Judge denies request by Elon Musk’s xAI to pause Minnesota nudification ban (opens the original)
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A federal judge on Friday denied a request from Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI to block a Minnesota law that will be the first in the nation to ban nudification technology. U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank ruled that there was little risk of immediate harm from the law going into effect as scheduled on Saturday, despite a lawsuit this week from xAI claiming that the law violates the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech. “xAI filed the motion on July 29, 2026, nearly three
The AI industry is picking sides on open or closed tech. Experts say follow the money. (opens the original)
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As Washington debates how to regulate advanced AI, Silicon Valley companies are increasingly sorting themselves into competing visions of open or closed AI systems. Experts say those positions often reflect something simpler than ideology: their business interests. Top AI chipmaker Nvidia underscored that divide Monday by assembling dozens of companies behind a new alliance supporting open-weight AI tools, while some of the industry’s largest developers of closed-weight AI models, including Open
Federal judge blocks Minnesota’s prediction market ban days before it takes effect (opens the original)
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A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction pausing Minnesota’s first-of-its-kind prediction market ban Monday, days before it was slated to go into effect. The ruling comes after the Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, along with Kalshi and Polymarket US, filed lawsuits responding to the law, which was scheduled to take effect Saturday. U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez ruled that the plaintiffs “have met their burden to show they are likely to succeed, at
Anthropic will make Claude Cowork available to users via the cloud (opens the original)
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AI company Anthropic announced Tuesday that it is moving its popular Claude Cowork agent to the cloud, making it accessible to users from multiple devices, and able to perform tasks even when the devices are not online. Cowork is a feature that was built primarily for nontechnical users. Launched in January, it automates multistep workflows for personal organization and scheduling by pulling from users’ files, folders and applications without the need for constant prompting or direction. Up to n
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