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Lawmakers want to ban AI companies from selling your health data
A bipartisan legislative push is underway to close a significant privacy gap that leaves health and location data shared with AI chatbots largely unprotected. Senators and Representatives are set to introduce an updated Health and Location Data Protection Act specifically designed to cover AI platforms like ChatGPT and Claude. The move signals growing congressional urgency around regulating how AI companies monetize sensitive personal information.
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Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
Chatbot Arena, the crowdsourced AI benchmarking platform researchers and developers rely on to compare model performance, has hit a $100 million business milestone. The company launched its commercial offering just months ago in September, making the rapid growth all the more striking. It signals strong market demand for independent, trusted AI evaluation as competition among model providers intensifies.
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US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections
The Supreme Court has ruled that geofence warrants — which compel tech companies to hand over location data for all devices in a given area — are subject to Fourth Amendment protections. Law enforcement agencies must now demonstrate probable cause and obtain a specific warrant before accessing this data. The decision marks a significant check on a surveillance tool that critics argued cast an unconstitutionally wide net over innocent bystanders.
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Comcast is splitting in two
Comcast is breaking itself apart, spinning off its NBCUniversal and Sky broadcasting assets into a separate publicly traded company while keeping its core broadband and wireless business under the Comcast name. The move is a clear acknowledgment that traditional media and entertainment face mounting pressure from streaming competitors and industry consolidation. The split is expected to take roughly a year to complete.
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