Patreon begins blocking AI training bots after years of warning them off
Patreon is blocking AI scraping with Cloudflare tools, replacing robots.txt requests with direct enforcement to protect creators' work.
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General Compute’s $400M inference-chip loan signals a new AI financing wave
General Compute lands a $400 million loan from Upper90, signaling that inference chips are becoming a major new AI financing asset.
San Francisco Presses Apple and Google to Purge AI Nudify Apps From Their Stores
San Francisco demands Apple and Google remove nudify apps, saying the stores helped profit from AI deepfakes and failed to stop abuse.
Eric Trump-Backed Humanoid Startup Says It Is Preparing Robots for Combat
Eric Trump-backed Foundation Future Industries says its humanoid robot soldier plans include military uses, with new kinetic capabilities due soon.
