OpenAI faces hefty fines and possible ban for data protection violations in Europe, experts say

- OpenAI has just over a week to comply with European data protection laws, following a temporary ban in Italy and investigations in other EU countries, or face punishments including hefty fines, data deletion or ban.
- The difficulty lies in the way data was collected to train its AI models – by hoovering up content off the internet.
- Educators and researchers are now more concerned than ever about the impact of technology on students’ reading, as reading on a screen is fundamentally different from reading on a page.
- TikTok ban suggestions are now met with growing backlash, as politicians join forces with activists to protest.
- Netflix is pausing plans to crack down on account sharing, and is killing off its DVD disc rental service.
- Archery is now the hottest new sport for online betting, with countries including India, Bhutan and Bangladesh getting in on the act.
- AI is nowhere near general intelligence, despite some researchers seeing glimpses of it, and is not as smart as it thinks it is, according to must-reads from today.
- Tech workers are being silenced with NDAs, which don’t even allow them to tip off regulators.
- Viral weight-loss drugs have been linked to pregnancy risk and birth defects, and tech is proving to be no impediment for increasingly inventive car thieves.
- All social media dies someday and failing to deliver on promises is the kiss of death, say experts.