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404 Media 2 months ago 31 ● 7 sources
Amazon bought and destroyed masses of rare books to train AI, according to Emanuel’s story covered in the podcast. The episode is available on 3 platforms: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Listeners can access the main show and paid subscribers get subscribers-only bonus content and extra links.
Ars Technica 2 months ago 22 ● 5 sources
Google won an auction to acquire nearly all Spirit Airlines employment and workplace records from the carrier’s operations database. The deal covers “last Friday,” and Google agreed to use a court-appointed ombudsman to remove personally identifying information before transfer. Spirit employees’ records are therefore to be delivered to Google only in de-identified form with restrictions on re-identification and reuse.
OpenAI 2 months ago 48 ● 3 sources
OpenAI reaffirmed Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers and previewed Private Safety Processing for advanced AI safety. The update specifies Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers. This means eligible users’ data will be retained less for safety processing, while additional privacy-focused safety handling is being introduced for frontier models.
OpenAI 2 months ago 19 ● 3 sources
OpenAI reaffirmed Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers while previewing Private Safety Processing for advanced AI safety. The policy change hinges on Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers. This adds a new safety-processing option while continuing to avoid retaining customers’ data for those who qualify.
Product Hunt 2 months ago 15
Knack MCP Server provides a HIPAA-compliant backend intended for AI builders. It is positioned around HIPAA compliance as the key concrete detail. It changes how developers can host or connect AI tools by using a HIPAA-compliant backend through an MCP server.
CNN 2 months ago 56 ● 5 sources
Google agreed to purchase Spirit Airlines' data for $10 million in bankruptcy court, acquiring employee emails, customer bookings, frequent flyer records, and internal communications after the discount carrier ceased operations in May. The data sale requires approval from a bankruptcy judge at a Wednesday hearing, with competing bid Mercor.io offering $7.5 million. Google stated it will strip personally identifiable information and use the dataset to improve its AI models and products.
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20 October 2026
Today’s AI story isn’t just about better models—it’s about who gets to run them, where, and at what cost. The Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security ordered DeepSeek’s AI technology removed from all U.S. federal civilian agencies, citing “multiple threat vectors” and directing agencies to delete DeepSeek-affiliated products and stop buying its services. That federal clampdown echoes closer-to-the-ground moves: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, after banning AI use in elementary and middle schools, argued that deployment isn’t inevitable and that local pressure should force accountability rather than wait for federal policy gaps to close.
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