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In case you missed it, Zoom has been brutally pilloried for a change it recently made to its terms of service. That change actually happened back in March, but people didn’t notice it until this week, when a blogger pointed out the policy shift in a post that went viral on Hacker News. The change, which came at the height of AI’s hype frenzy, gave Zoom an exclusive right to use user data to train future AI modules. More specifically, Zoom claimed a right to a “perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license” to users’ data which, it was interpreted, included the contents of videoconferencing calls and user messages. Suffice it to say, the backlash was swift and thunderous, and the internet really spanked the company.

AI This Week: Zoom's Big TOS Disaster_GIZMODO

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US basic income project shows signs of success_THEGUARDIAN

Nordstrom Westfield Topanga Mall is ransacked by gang of FIFTY looters who targeted Bottega Veneta concession_DAILYMAIL

EXCLUSIVE: Michigan community leads fightback against Chinese takeover of US agriculture as Beijing-backed companies now own $2bn of American farmland, with more acreage than Bill Gates_DAILYMAIL

EXCLUSIVE - 65 Afghan terrorists were let into the U.S. after Biden's chaotic withdrawal: Prisoner freed by the Taliban and men who planted IEDs got through dire vetting processes_DAILYMAIL

San Francisco's North Beach streets clogged as long line of Cruise robotaxis come to a standstill_LATIMES

WATCH: GOP Candidate Breaks Into Live Rap Performance At Iowa State Fair — To Near-Motionless Crowd_MEDIAITE

The mystery of Vivek Ramaswamy’s rapid rise in the polls_POLITICO

‘We Want Trump!’ Watch Crowd Go Wild as DeSantis Literally Overshadowed By Trump at Iowa State Fair – With Planes_MEDIAITE

Trump swoops into Iowa fair, defying customs and clashing with DeSantis_MEDIAITE

Violent threats against public officials are rising. Here's why_NPR

SHOCK: Tourists swim among dead bodies...

Exclusive: Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump’s team is behind voting system breach_CNN

Georgia prosecutors 'have texts and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump's legal team to January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County’_DAILYMAIL

First on CNN: Fulton County DA to present Trump election subversion case to grand jury early next week_CNN

'You should learn how to take "no" for an answer': Woman shuts down nosy coworker's questions about her husband's salary with controversial response_FAILBLOG

Maui wildfires death toll rises to 93 as officials ask families for DNA samples_WAPO

A Look Deep into the Czinger 21C Hypercar_CARANDDRIVER

From ‘crisis’ to ‘catastrophe,’ schools scramble once again to find teachers_NBC

How the FBI goes after DDoS cyberattackers_TECHCRUNCH

Deal Dive: This AI startup is racking up government customers_TECHCRUNCH

When you gaze into the AI, the AI also gazes into you_TECHCRUNCH

Disrupt is around the corner — Here are the fintech players taking the stage_TECHCRUNCH

Coinbase Transfer By Voyager Ignites Sell-Off Alarm Bells Within Crypto Community_BITCOINIST

Syrian capital rocked by explosions but no immediate word on source or target of attacks_ABC

‘Better martyrs’: the growing role of women in the far-right movement_GUARDIAN

Chinese Military Says It’s Figured Out How to Build Laser Weapons That Can Fire Indefinitely_FUTURISM

Iran close to testing nuclear weapons for first time - European intel_JERUSALEMPOST

Inexplicable mass stabbings unsettle SKorea...BBC

Book-Banning Fever Hits a New Low in a Texas Town_DAILYBEAST

Kansas Newspaper Says Its Co-Owner Has Died After Being Traumatized by Police Raid_DAILYBEAST

Post police bureau chief sucker-punched by stranger during NYC commute_NYPOST

'Flash mob' of thieves steal upto $100k worth of merch from Canoga Park Nordstrom_MIRROR

Dozens of thieves ransack Nordstrom at Canoga Park mall_LADAILYNEWS

Shocking scenes in Los Angeles as homeless smoke drugs on the streets, tents litter the downtown area and hawkers sell stolen goods_DAILYMAIL

Imagine there's no singers! Music bosses panic over new AI generated John Lennon song released 40 years after the Beatles' star's death_DAILYMAIL

The modelling shots the stars DON'T want you to see! How the likes of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Geri Horner, Demi Moore and Angelina Jolie are unrecognisable from their early days in front of the camera_DAILYMAIL

EXCLUSIVE: Son of Mormon billionaire suing church for $5million over alleged fraud says followers are 'fleeing' faith after leaders 'lied' to them over how it spent secretive $175BILLION investment fund_DAILYMAIL

AI will be at the center of the next financial crisis, SEC chair warns_AXIOS

Carl Icahn Should Be Sailing Into the Sunset. Instead, He’s Scrambling to Save His Empire. A short-seller attack nearly halved the value of the legendary investor’s company and sapped his cash_WSJ

US inflation means families are spending $709 more per month than two years ago_CNN

Ammon Bundy arrested in Emmett on outstanding warrant. He could be in jail all weekend_IDAHOSTATESMAN

Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating_WIRED

To Navigate the Age of AI, the World Needs a New Turing Test_WIRED

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