U.S President FCC faces blowback in attempt to police speech on broadcast TV: “Chilling message to all broadcasters: carry speech we don’t like at your peril.”

Anthropic can finally start cutting checks to a group of authors and book publishers that sued the AI lab over copyright infringement. A federal judge gave final approval Monday of Anthropic’s landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a class action copyright lawsuit, Reuters reported. Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District…

When the Prime Minister announced Australia’s national AI strategy last week, I expected the typical splits and responses to the policy. Some cautious applause, scepticism, a lot of noise in-between. And at face value, what surprised me was just how clear the majority of Australians appeared to be about what happens next. A national survey…

Sigvi, a Vilnius-based AI revenue agent for the car rental industry, has raised €1.2 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate product development and international expansion. The round was led by Helsinki-based venture capital firm Superhero Capital. Vladas Lašas, Chairman of the Lithuanian Business Angel Network (LitBAN) and co-founder of the Carbon War Room, participated alongside…

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ESGAgent.ai has closed a seed funding round led by DNX Ventures, taking the Brisbane startup’s total funding to AUD $1.7 million. The new capital will support product development and customer growth as Australian businesses face rising compliance demands across climate disclosure, emissions reporting, workplace safety, modern slavery, biodiversity and governance. ESGAgent.ai sells software for heavy…

Finding a really good restaurant or bar takes effort. Corner, a startup looking to make that process easier, has raised more capital to stake its claim in the map game. Corner, which was founded in 2022, is a social-mapping app targeting Gen Z users who want to meet up in real life. In the app,…