The jury in LA's social media trial finds Meta and YouTube harmed a young user via addictive design features and orders them to pay her $3M; Meta will pay 70% (New York Times) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p35?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p35 #TechNews #TechTips

Social media addiction trial: a Los Angeles jury finds Meta and YouTube were negligent and failed to warn users about the dangers of using their platforms (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p34?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p34 #TechNews #TechTips

Meta Loses Trial After Arguing Child Exploitation Was 'Inevitable' https://meta.slashdot.org/story/26/03/25/172211/meta-loses-trial-after-arguing-child-exploitation-was-inevitable?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TechNews #TechTips

Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model, with better creative control and allowing users to create three-minute tracks, up from Lyria 3's 30 seconds (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p33?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p33 #TechNews #TechTips

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plan to introduce legislation to pause new data center construction until AI safeguards are in place (Maria Curi/Axios) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p32?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p32 #TechNews #TechTips

Sources: cloud provider Vultr is seeking to raise $1B+ to expand its AI computing capacity, after raising $333M at a $3.5B valuation in 2024 (The Information) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p31?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p31 #TechNews #TechTips

Epic Microsystems, which designs power delivery architecture for better thermal and efficiency management of AI data centers, raised a $21M Series A (Chris Metinko/Axios) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p30?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p30 #TechNews #TechTips

Source: as part of its Google deal, Apple has full access to the Gemini model in its own data centers and can use distillation to produce smaller models (The Information) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p29?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p29 #TechNews #TechTips

AI Economy Is a 'Ponzi Scheme,' Says AI Doc Director https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/03/24/2343243/ai-economy-is-a-ponzi-scheme-says-ai-doc-director?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TechNews #TechTips

Charlotte-based Lucid Bots, which manufactures autonomous drones for cleaning windows, raised a $20M Series B co-led by Cubit and Idea Fund (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p28?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p28 #TechNews #TechTips