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Taylor Swift moves to trademark her voice and image in fight against AI fakes

Trademark lawyer Josh Gerben says current laws lag behind generative AI.

Can an AI help deliver better financial advice? Kiwi start-up raises $16.7m to bolster its push

Ex-Sharesies managers land Pie Funds, Habour Asset Management as clients.

OpenAI breaks free from exclusive AI pact with Microsoft

OpenAI can now offer its AI models on Amazon Web Services and other clouds.

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Real estate agent sorry for AI warzone ad linking sales to Middle East conflict

The Queenstown agent says she is 'incredibly embarrassed' and takes full responsibility.

Meta plans 10% layoffs as AI spending soars: source

Meta plans to cut about 8000 staff and leave thousands of roles vacant.

The unflattering secrets revealed so far in Elon Musk’s latest legal feud

Washington Post: Court files expose texts of Musk mocking Bezos as 'a bit of a tool'.

Why NZ stocks are so detached from booming US markets

US consumer sentiment just hit its lowest level in a key survey's 74-year history.

KiwiSaver boss criticises Anthropic director Chris Liddell’s AI call-to-arms

PLUS: Why does ChatGPT lie?

The AI bots making humans their wage slaves

New apps from Uber and DoorDash pay humans cents to train future AI systems.

Security reckoning: New Claude model kept from public, used to hunt critical bugs

New York Times: Claude Mythos Preview model will be restricted to more than 40 partners.

The council telco business that could sell for $1b

The sale could fund expansion of Lyttleton Port.