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    Google Wallet now supports TSA PreCheck Touchless ID.

    You can now use Google Wallet to create an ID pass with your passport, check in for your flight, and then enroll in TSA PreCheck Touchless ID at participating airports. That means instead of showing physical or digital ID at airport security, you can walk through with the TSA’s “facial comparison” technology.

    Screenshot of Google Wallet with a prompt for TSA PreCheck Touchless ID
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    Emma Roth
    Meta reportedly still hasn’t agreed to allow the US government to review its AI models.

    That’s according to a report from The New York Times, which says the White House officials are pressuring Meta to submit its AI models for evaluation, something OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and xAI have already agreed to do.

    “While we are working through the details, we hope to sign the agreement soon,” Meta spokesperson Francis Brennan tells the NYT.

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    Emma Roth
    Six Teslas were aboard a vehicle hauler that caught fire, shutting down Florida’s Turnpike.

    The fire occurred in Martin County late last week after “a brake pad from the trailer hauling the six Teslas ignited and quickly spread to the vehicles,” according to local news outlet WPTV. Both lanes of Florida’s Turnpike and part of I-95 were shut down as toxic fumes and smoke clouded the area.

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    Emma Roth
    Walmart is acquiring the TV advertising company Vibe.co.

    The deal will combine Vibe.co with Walmart Connect, the retail giant’s advertising platform for smart TVs. It follows Walmart’s 2024 acquisition of Vizio, which it has already used to bolster its advertising business by linking a person’s shopping activity to what they watch.

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    The Cate Blanchett-led ‘Human Consent Registry’ launches today.

    RSL Media — the nonprofit founded by Blanchett — is opening up access to a new registry that will allow people to set terms for how AI systems use their likenesses.

    Through the registry, people can permit, prohibit, or require payment for AI systems to use their name, image, voice, and other attributes. It will soon let people signal how AI can use their creative works, characters, and marks, as well.