OpenAI's first device will reportedly be a 'humanlike' rechargeable speaker, Former Meta employees sued the company over its alleged use of biased AI systems during layoffs, and three publishers challenged Google over AI copyright infringement episode artwork

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OpenAI's first device will reportedly be a 'humanlike' rechargeable speaker, Former Meta employees sued the company over its alleged use of biased AI systems during layoffs, and three publishers challenged Google over AI copyright infringement

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-OpenAI's first device will apparently be rechargeable and can easily be carried from one room to another. -Twenty-six former Meta employees are suing the company for allegedly using biased AI tools that "disproportionately selected" people who took medical leave as candidates to be laid off. -Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, Elsevier and writer Scott Turow are seeking a class action lawsuit against Google on claims that the tech company broke copyright law by using their works to train its Gemini AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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