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Apple is reportedly developing a tabletop robot designed to be a smart home command center powered by Apple Intelligence. (Bloomberg) 

Google is bringing its widely lambasted AI search result overviews to six new countries. (Reuters)

AI creates waste and water pollution, and the impact hits harder in marginalized communities. (Axios Pro) 

People are posting violent, misleading and copyright-infringing AI-generated images that they claim to have made with xAI's Grok chatbot. (The Verge)

AI data centers are causing zoning battles and electricity bill upticks in Northern Virginia. (Axios Pro)

Google says the Trump, Biden and Harris campaigns were all targeted by phishing attacks from Iran. (Axios) 

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<ul><li>Apple is reportedly developing <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="a tabletop robot" data-vars-click-url="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-14/apple-pushes-ahead-with-tabletop-home-device-in-shift-to-robotics" data-vars-content-id="bdfb4959-8ac2-4a20-a534-32fc836ec45b" data-vars-headline="Training data" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-14/apple-pushes-ahead-with-tabletop-home-device-in-shift-to-robotics" target="_blank">a tabletop robot</a> designed to be a smart home command center powered by Apple Intelligence. (Bloomberg) </li><li>Google is bringing its widely lambasted <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="AI search result" data-vars-click-url="https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/google-brings-ai-answers-search-new-countries-2024-08-15/" data-vars-content-id="bdfb4959-8ac2-4a20-a534-32fc836ec45b" data-vars-headline="Training data" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/google-brings-ai-answers-search-new-countries-2024-08-15/" target="_blank">AI search result</a> overviews to six new countries. (Reuters)</li><li>AI creates waste and water pollution, and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the impact hits harder" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2024/08/14/ai-climate-impact-congress" data-vars-content-id="bdfb4959-8ac2-4a20-a534-32fc836ec45b" data-vars-headline="Training data" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2024/08/14/ai-climate-impact-congress" target="_self">the impact hits harder</a> in marginalized communities. (Axios Pro) </li><li>People are posting violent, misleading and copyright-infringing <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="AI-generated images" data-vars-click-url="https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220173/xai-grok-image-generator-misinformation-offensive-imges" data-vars-content-id="bdfb4959-8ac2-4a20-a534-32fc836ec45b" data-vars-headline="Training data" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220173/xai-grok-image-generator-misinformation-offensive-imges" target="_blank">AI-generated images</a> that they claim to have made with xAI&#x27;s Grok chatbot. (The Verge)</li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="AI data centers" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2024/08/14/northern-virginia-ai-impact" data-vars-content-id="bdfb4959-8ac2-4a20-a534-32fc836ec45b" data-vars-headline="Training data" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2024/08/14/northern-virginia-ai-impact" target="_self">AI data centers</a> are causing zoning battles and electricity bill upticks in Northern Virginia. (Axios Pro)</li><li>Google says the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Trump, Biden and Harris" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/14/google-biden-harris-trump-iran-cyberattacks" data-vars-content-id="bdfb4959-8ac2-4a20-a534-32fc836ec45b" data-vars-headline="Training data" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/14/google-biden-harris-trump-iran-cyberattacks" target="_self">Trump, Biden and Harris</a> campaigns were all targeted by phishing attacks from Iran. (Axios) </li></ul>

From the Valley to D.C., Big Tech players like Facebook, Google and Amazon are under more scrutiny than ever as new technology develops and privacy and antitrust concerns grow in lockstep with companies’ ambitions.

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