Forty Democratic lawmakers notified Democratic governors that ICE has access to state drivers’ data, despite the belief it is protected. This is because Nlets, a nonprofit that facilitates transmission of state data to law enforcement agencies, shares it openly.
Turns out both ICE and the US Department of Homeland Security made nearly 900,000 queries to that system in the past year.
OOH technology provider billups has launched audrai, an agentic AI system that brings together planning, performance, testing, and more. It automates complex tasks thanks to existing measurement tools. The company plans to expand its capabilities to include enhanced predictive modeling next year.
The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (CSRB) proposes to protect the UK from hackers via incident reporting and managing supply chain vulnerability. It also places new controls on large data centers and mandates speedy reporting of breaches. Pending Parliament’s adoption, the law could be in effect in 2026.
Meta has announced agreements with USA Today, People Inc., and other news publishers to pay for access to their content and link to their articles in its AI chatbot. It’s a sharp contrast to Perplexity, which the Chicago Tribune and New York Times are separately suing for allegedly scraping content and bypassing paywalls. Despite this deal, Meta apparently still opposes compensating publishers for news links in social media posts.