In Brief: Xayn raises $12M in Series A for its privacy-based web search app for smartphones
The privacy-by-design app has been downloaded around 215,000 times and plans for a web version are underway.
The privacy-by-design app has been downloaded around 215,000 times and plans for a web version are underway.
Google announced it will soon allow requests for removal of Google images for anyone under 18 as part of a way to give minors more control of their digital footprint. Other planned changes include: 1) a change to YouTube’s default for ages 13-17 to the most private option; 2) Google Location History will remain off without an option to turn it on for users under age 18; and 3) ad targeting will be blocked based on age, gender or interests of users under age 18.
Seventy-page guide covers activities, controls, and documentation companies should implement, and has information on how GDPR and other laws align to each other.
There’s no shortage of lawsuits by publishers against genAI platforms for copyright infringement; now major studios are getting with the program. Walt Disney and Comcast’s Universal are accusing Midjourney of using some of their best known characters (think Darth Vader and the Minions) in its AI image generator — a “bottomless pit of plagiarism,” they say. No response yet from Midjourney.