Also: Google executives jump ship in race for AI dominance
Hello, TechScape readers! Danielle Abril, editor of the Guardian’s Reworked series on AI and the future of work, filling in for Blake Montgomery this week. Major legal battles against Meta over child safety are playing out in courts across the US – and the tech giant is losing. Recent rulings raise big questions about social media companies’ responsibility to their youngest users. Meanwhile, more key executives have jumped ship from Google as it battles OpenAI and Anthropic in the race for AI dominance, and Meta’s smart glasses face a fearsome backlash. Let’s dig in!
‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content
Tell us: do you believe you have been filmed by Meta’s smartglasses without your consent?
Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears
‘I’m not spying’: how Meta’s smartglasses have divided opinion
Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity
Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
The White House’s plan to vet potentially dangerous AI is cloaked in secrecy
‘This is very real redlining’: outrage in Little Rock as two datacenters loom
Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI
SpaceX beats revenue expectations in first earnings report after IPO crash
