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At least three US senators think TikTok’s CEO may have violated federal law. In recent letters, the lawmakers say Shou Zi Chew lied about the company’s data storage practices during a combative Congressional hearing earlier this year. The renewed focus on Chew’s wishy-washy answers follows a series of news reports which suggest Chinese TikTok and ByteDance employees, and even Chinese Community Party officials, hadgreater access to US user data than previously known.On Wednesday, Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of…

Joe Maring/Digital Trends Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has set up a series of briefings aimed at educating senators about artificial intelligence (AI), insisting that his colleagues must “deepen our expertise in this pressing topic.” The move comes as U.S. lawmakers consider how to regulate the new wave of fast-evolving AI technology behind powerful chatbot tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. With some senators perhaps struggling to get to grips with the new tools and to fully understand the…

A pair of prominent Republican senators co-opted yesterday’s hearing on NASA’s 2024 budget request by accusing the space agency of siding with Biden-friendly initiatives pertaining to climate change and diversity.China's Plan to Land Astronauts on the MoonThe Senate Commerce, Science,and Transportation Committee got together yesterday to discuss NASA’s fiscal year 2024 $27.2 billion budget proposal. Senators on both sides of the aisle grilled NASA administrator Bill Nelson on a variety of topics, but Senators Ted Cruz…

Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT's OpenAI, while speaking to US Senators on Tuesday said that regulating artificial intelligence (AI) was essential, AFP reported. Earlier, US lawmakers had voiced their demand for new rules to guide the rapid development of AI technology especially as it could be very dangerous in the hands of cybercriminals.Altman, in his Senate testimony said, "We think that regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful models". Alttman also…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: May 09, 2023, 13:36 ISTA group of seven U.S. senators on Monday questioned Tesla Inc’s use of forced arbitration clauses in employee and consumer contracts, arguing that they prevent bringing discrimination claims and consumer safety complaints to court.The letter, whose authors include Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, to CEO Elon Musk cited numerous incidents of alleged racial and sexual harassment as well as complaints about Tesla’s vehicles and its Full Self-Driving Beta…

A group of mostly Democratic senators pressured Tesla CEO Elon Musk to end the company's use of forced arbitration clauses in employee and customer contracts, in a letter on Monday.Like most large companies, Tesla requires workers to sign an arbitration agreement upon employment wherever it is legal to do so. That means to speak freely in court, where their speech will become part of a public record, workers need to get an exemption from the arbitration agreement from a judge first.The senators wrote that such clauses…

The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers are the only two Canadian NHL teams in the playoffs, but the most popular one right now is the Ottawa Senators.The Weeknd is now the latest high-profile celebrity to enter the bidding war to purchase the Ottawa Senators, joining Ryan Reynolds and Snoop Dogg, according to the Ottawa Sun.Much like the two multihyphenates, The Weeknd isn’t doing it alone. The XO singer is joining forces with Jeffrey and Michael Kimel of the Harlo Capital Group. The Kimels have…

Yet more senators are trying to resurrect legislation aimed at protecting kids' online privacy. Senators Bill Cassidy and Ed Markey have reintroduced a "COPPA 2.0" (Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act) bill that would expand and revise the 1998 law to deal with the modern internet, particularly social media. COPPA 2.0 would bar companies from gathering personal data from teens aged 13 to 16 without their consent. It would ban all targeted advertising to children and teens, and create a "bill of rights" that…

Snoop Dogg is the latest celebrity to join in on the bid to purchase the Ottawa Senators.According to The Athletic, the “Gin and Juice” rapper is teaming up with film producer Neko Sparks in an attempt to pry the team away from other suitors.“He’s passionately involved. He’s coming up with ideas. And he’s legitimately excited,” said one of The Athletic’s sources. “He wants this team.”Should Sparks’ team succeed in its bid to buy the Senators, Snoop would attend several games in the nation’s capital and would…

Two US Senators have slammed Elon Musk-run Tesla for user privacy violation after reports surfaced that its employees shared video footage captured by its customers' vehicles of car crashes, road rage incidents and other potentially embarrassing clips.Democrats Ed Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) accused the electric car-maker of showing "willful disregard" for its customers' privacy, after a Reuters report raised "serious questions about Tesla's management practices.""According to an alarming new press report,…