Chipotle is piloting a Palantir-powered system that scores food safety risks at individual restaurants using health inspection results, pest incidents, and employee illnesses, bringing the data company's technology into the burrito chain's safety operations.Chipotle confirmed the initiative Wednesday after Wired reviewed screenshots of what was described as a "food safety... Read More »
New York prosecutors have taken down 12 websites accused of selling AI-generated pornography depicting about 1,200 real people without their consent, including actors, politicians, athletes, musicians and social media figures.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the September 14 action after his office obtained a court order authorizing the seizure of... Read More »
A fourth Florida resident has died this year after contracting Vibrio vulnificus, a potentially deadly bacteria associated with raw oysters and warm coastal waters.The latest victim was a Broward County resident between the ages of 75 and 79. Florida has now recorded 21 cases and four deaths in 2026, with... Read More »
Monsanto urged a Missouri judge to approve a proposed $7.25 billion Roundup settlement that could resolve nearly all current and future U.S. cancer claims against the company, telling the court there is no other negotiated deal waiting if the agreement falls apart.“This is the settlement,” Monsanto attorney James Bennett told... Read More »
Ford is recalling 223,472 F-150 pickup trucks from the 2023 through 2027 model years because their fuel tanks may not be properly secured and can leak or detach while the vehicles are being driven.A detached tank can become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash. Leaking fuel... Read More »
A California judge has ordered a lawyer for State Farm to pay $999.99 after finding seven nonexistent case citations in pretrial filings, errors the attorney said stemmed from her use of an artificial intelligence legal research tool.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth L. Bradley imposed the sanction on Jacquelene Robinson,... Read More »
Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers over the team’s dealings with Kawhi Leonard, escalating a controversy that has already led to major NBA penalties over off-court payments tied to the star forward.The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn... Read More »
Kim Zolciak’s 15-year-old son, Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr., has been granted a $200,000 bond in his seven-felony sexual assault case under conditions barring him from contact with younger minors, including his siblings, as prosecutors disclosed in an earlier juvenile sexual battery case.Fulton County Superior Court Judge Melynee Leftridge granted Biermann... Read More »
LG is facing new privacy scrutiny after researchers said some of its smart TVs recorded conversations, scanned home networks for other devices and tracked what people watched, including content displayed through gaming consoles and computers.The allegations come from a Sept. 6 investigation by Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs and independent security researchers... Read More »
Tylenol maker Kenvue and several major retailers are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a decision that revived more than 500 lawsuits alleging that acetaminophen use during pregnancy contributed to autism or ADHD in children.In a filing Thursday, Kenvue and defendants including Walmart, CVS, Walgreens and Target urged the... Read More »
Meta is facing a proposed class action accusing the company of using Facebook and Instagram photos without consent to extract biometric data, train artificial intelligence models, and develop facial recognition technology for its smart glasses.The lawsuit, filed September 4 in federal court in Chicago, claims Meta collected information from faces... Read More »
Arizona has sued L’Oréal, accusing the cosmetics giant of selling chemical hair relaxers while concealing evidence linking the products to increased risks of uterine and ovarian cancer.Attorney General Kris Mayes filed the consumer fraud lawsuit Sept. 10 in state court, making Arizona the first state to sue over alleged cancer... Read More »
A New Mexico defense lawyer has been fined $5,000 after using ChatGPT to help draft a murder appeal, failing to check what it produced and filing a brief that included four witnesses who never existed, false testimony, and misrepresented legal authority.The New Mexico Supreme Court held Santa Fe attorney Stephen... Read More »
California will bar social media platforms from offering addictive features such as infinite scroll and autoplay to users under 16, impose new safeguards on AI companion chatbots and expose some companies to damages reaching $1 million per child under a sweeping package signed Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.Signed September 10,... Read More »
Colorado home cooks will soon be able to legally sell tamales, burritos and other refrigerated or meat-filled foods made in their own kitchens under a major expansion of the state’s cottage-food law.The changes take effect January 1 under House Bill 26-1033, known as the “Tamale Act.” Colorado is already preparing... Read More »
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