New York City, with the largest school district in the country, has just announced a lawsuit against the companies that run Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other major social media sites frequented by kids and teens. The claim is that the sites are “addictive and dangerous” for young people, and costly for the city which spends more than $100 million/year on youth mental health.
IBM has agreed to acquire data movement platform Confluent for $11 billion in cash. Confluent manages data streams in real time, which is very important for AI. IBM plans to use Confluent to “complement” its existing AI and hybrid cloud capabilities.