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		<title>From LLMs to hallucinations, here&#8217;s a simple guide to common AI terms</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/12/artificial-intelligence-definition-glossary-hallucinations-guide-to-common-ai-terms/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas, Romain Dillet, Kyle Wiggers, Lucas Ropek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Meta settles UK &#8216;right to object to ad-tracking&#8217; lawsuit by agreeing not to track plaintiff</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/meta-settles-u-k-right-to-object-to-ad-tracking-lawsuit-by-agreeing-not-to-track-plaintiff/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A human rights campaigner, Tanya O&#8217;Carroll, has succeeded in forcing social media giant Meta not to use her data for targeted advertising. The agreement is contained in a settlement to an individual challenge she lodged against Meta&#8217;s tracking and profiling back in 2022. O&#8217;Carroll had argued that a legal right to object to the use [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Google claims news is worthless to its ad business after test involving 1% of search results in eight EU markets</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/google-claims-news-is-worthless-to-its-ad-business-after-test-involving-1-of-search-results-in-eight-eu-markets/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Google has reported the results of an experiment it ran which removed news from search results for 1% of users for 2.5 months in eight* markets in Europe &#8212; claiming the results show that news is essentially worthless to Google&#8217;s ad business. The search giant conducted the test because European copyright law requires it to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>X sues India over ‘unrestrained censorship’</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/x-sues-india-over-unrestrained-censorship/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk-owned social media platform X is suing the Indian government, accusing the country&#8217;s IT ministry of unlawfully expanding its powers to remove online content, Reuters reported Thursday. X has long chaffed at government orders to remove or block content in the country, such as during the farmers&#8217; protests last year. Though it ended up [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ChatGPT hit with privacy complaint over defamatory hallucinations</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/chatgpt-hit-with-privacy-complaint-over-defamatory-hallucinations/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in Europe over its viral AI chatbot&#8217;s tendency to hallucinate false information &#8212; and this one might prove tricky for regulators to ignore. Privacy rights advocacy group Noyb is supporting an individual in Norway who was horrified to find ChatGPT returning made-up information that claimed he&#8217;d been convicted for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Google Search, Play Store falling foul of Digital Markets Act rules, says EU</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/google-search-play-store-falling-foul-of-digital-markets-act-rules-says-eu/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Google Search and its Play Store app marketplace are suspected of breaching the European Union&#8217;s Digital Markets Act (DMA), per preliminary findings announced Wednesday by EU Commission enforcers of the bloc&#8217;s flagship market contestability law, who have been investigating the company for months. The DMA applies to a handful of tech giants, Alphabet (Google&#8217;s parent) [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EU sends Apple first DMA interoperability instructions for apps and connected devices</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/eu-sends-apple-first-dma-interoperability-instructions-for-apps-and-connected-devices/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas, Romain Dillet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Gadgets]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The European Union has sent Apple preliminary instructions on how it expects the iPhone maker to comply with interoperability provisions in the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), its flagship market contestability reform. According to the Commission, device manufacturers and app developers should be able to access nine iOS connectivity features that were restricted to Apple&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Apple loses appeal against Germany’s special abuse control for Big Tech</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/18/apple-loses-appeal-against-germanys-special-abuse-control-for-big-tech/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Being a staggeringly successful big tech company does have some downsides: Apple has lost an appeal against a special abuse control regime that Germany&#8217;s competition watchdog applied to it last year. The iPhone maker can expect to continue to face bespoke competition controls in a major European market, in addition to other similar laws (such [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>YC-backed ReactWise is applying AI to speed up drug manufacturing</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/yc-backed-reactwise-is-applying-ai-to-speed-up-drug-manufacturing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence continues stirring things up in chemistry. To wit: Y Combinator-backed Cambridge, U.K.-based ReactWise is using AI to speed up chemical manufacturing — a key step in bringing new drugs to market. Once a promising drug has been identified in the lab, pharma firms need to be able to produce much larger amounts of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>UK’s internet watchdog puts storage and file-sharing services on watch over CSAM</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/uks-internet-watchdog-puts-storage-and-file-sharing-services-on-watch-over-csam/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As duties under the U.K.&#8217;s Online Safety Act (OSA) related to tackling illegal content came into force Monday, the internet watchdog, Ofcom, said it has launched a new enforcement program focused on online storage and file-sharing services. The regulator said its evidence shows that file-sharing and file-storage services are &#8220;particularly susceptible&#8221; to being used for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>European tech industry coalition calls for &#8216;radical action&#8217; on digital sovereignty — starting with buying local</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/16/european-tech-industry-coalition-calls-for-radical-action-on-digital-sovereignty-starting-with-buying-local/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[euro stack]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A broad coalition drawn from across the ranks of Europe&#8217;s tech industry is calling for &#8220;radical action&#8221; from European Union lawmakers to shrink reliance on foreign-owned digital infrastructure and services to bolster the bloc&#8217;s economic prospects, resilience, and security in increasingly fraught geopolitical times. In an open letter to both European Commission President Ursula von [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order triggers civil rights challenge</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/14/uks-secret-icloud-backdoor-order-triggers-civil-rights-challenge/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The U.K. government&#8217;s secret order to Apple demanding it backdoor the end-to-end encrypted version of its iCloud storage service has now been challenged by two civil rights groups, Liberty and Privacy International, which filed complaints Thursday. They called the order &#8220;unacceptable and disproportionate&#8221; and warned of &#8220;global consequences&#8221; as the access order is thought to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Apple’s appeal against UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order must be held in public, rights groups urge</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/apples-appeal-against-uks-secret-icloud-backdoor-order-must-be-held-in-public-rights-groups-urge/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Privacy rights groups have called on Apple&#8217;s legal challenge to a secret U.K. government order asking it to backdoor an end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) version of its iCloud storage service to be heard in public, rather than behind closed doors. The existence of the order emerged via press reports last month. Apple went on to confirm [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>UK competition probe of mobile browsers finds Apple-Google duopoly is &#8216;anti-innovation&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/uk-competition-probe-of-mobile-browsers-finds-apple-google-duopoly-is-anti-innovation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A U.K. competition authority investigation of Apple and Google&#8217;s mobile browsers has concluded that the mobile duopoly&#8217;s policies are &#8220;holding back innovation&#8221; and could also be limiting economic growth. &#8220;Mobile browsers are apps which provide the primary gateway for consumers to access the web on their mobile devices, and hence for businesses to reach them [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Meta faces publisher copyright AI lawsuit in France</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/meta-faces-publisher-copyright-ai-lawsuit-in-france/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meta is facing an AI copyright lawsuit in France that&#8217;s been brought by authors and publishers who are accusing it of economic &#8220;parasitism,&#8221; Reuters reports. The French litigation was filed in a Paris court this week by the National Publishing Union (SNE), the National Union of Authors and Composers (SNAC), and the Society of People [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Elea AI is chasing the healthcare productivity opportunity by targeting pathology labs’ legacy systems</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/elea-ai-is-chasing-the-healthcare-productivity-opportunity-by-targeting-pathology-labs-legacy-systems/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[VC funding into AI tools for healthcare was projected to hit $11 billion last year &#8212; a headline figure that speaks to the widespread conviction that artificial intelligence will prove transformative in a critical sector. Many startups applying AI in healthcare are seeking to drive efficiencies by automating some of the administration that orbits and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EU AI Act: Latest draft Code for AI model makers tiptoes towards gentler guidance for Big AI</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/eu-ai-act-latest-draft-code-for-ai-model-makers-tiptoes-towards-gentler-guidance-for-big-ai/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ahead of a May deadline to finalize guidance for providers of general purpose AI (GPAI) models on complying with provisions of the EU AI Act, a third draft of the Code of Practice was published on Tuesday. The Code has been in development since last year, and this draft is expected to be the last. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reshape Energy is using an acquisition playbook to drive energy upgrades for commercial real estate</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/reshape-energy-is-using-an-acquisition-playbook-to-drive-energy-upgrades-for-commercial-real-estate/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reshape Energy is betting on a more integrated approach to accelerate the decarbonization of the built environment. Founded in Munich, Germany, back in May 2024, the startup is led by a team with expertise scaling energy businesses, including the German division of Octopus energy and energy price comparison platform Verivox. It&#8217;s focusing on selling energy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DuckDuckGo leans further into GenAI as its AI chat interface exits beta</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/duckduckgo-leans-further-into-genai-as-its-ai-chat-interface-exits-beta/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Private search engine DuckDuckGo is leaning further into the generative AI opportunity. The non-tracking search engine has been dabbling with expanding the role of AI assistance in its product for the past year, including launching a chatbot-style interface last fall &#8212; available at Duck.ai. In a blog post Thursday, the company said the service is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EU must ‘fully’ apply its market fairness rulebook on Google, search rivals urge</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/eu-must-fully-apply-its-market-fairness-rulebook-on-google-search-rivals-urge/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Lomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The European Union is once again being urged to expand its investigation of Google under the bloc&#8217;s Digital Markets Act (DMA). The big aim of the EU&#8217;s flagship competition reform &#8212; which came into force last spring &#8212; was to level the digital playing field by forcing platform giants into fairer dealing with rivals and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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