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Four former housekeepers for retired record mogul Smokey Robinson and his wife, Frances Robinson, are suing the pair for alleged sexual assault and harassment so pronounced that each employee was forced to quit. The Jane Does filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, accusing the former Motown record exec of sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, gender violence and creating a hostile work environment, People reported. They’re seeking a trial and at least $50 million in damages, according to Variety. The 85-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member did not immediately return requests for comment. Robinson’s accusers said…

Digital asset manager Bitwise has filed to list a spot Near exchange-traded fund with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, adding to a growing list of altcoins currently vying to win regulatory approval.The Bitwise Near (NEAR) ETF will track the price movements of the NEAR token, minus expenses, through a traditional brokerage, Bitwise’s May 6 registration statement shows.Bitwise named Coinbase Custody as the proposed custodian of the Bitwise NEAR ETF. The management fee, ticker and stock exchange it seeks to list on weren’t named yet. Source: CointelegraphBitwise must also file a 19b-4 filing with the SEC to kickstart the regulator’s approval…

A team at Hugging Face has released a freely available, cloud-hosted computer-using AI “agent.” But be forewarned: it’s quite sluggish and occasionally makes mistakes. Hugging Face’s agent, called Open Computer Agent, is accessible via the web and can use a Linux virtual machine preloaded with several applications, including Firefox. Similar to OpenAI’s Operator, you can prompt Open Computer Agent to complete a task — say, “Use Google Maps to find the Hugging Face HQ in Paris” — and sit back as the agent opens the necessary programs and figures out the required steps. Open Computer Agent can handle simple requests…

By MUNIR AHMED, SHEIKH SAALIQ, RIAZAT BUTT, RAJESH ROY and AIJAZ HUSSAIN, Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — India fired missiles at Pakistan early Wednesday, in what it said was retaliation for last month’s massacre of Indian tourists. Pakistan called the strikes an act of war and said more than two dozen people, including children, were killed. The strikes targeted at least nine sites “where terrorist attacks against India have been planned,” India’s Defense Ministry said. Pakistan’s military said the missiles hit six locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in the country’s eastern Punjab province. Pakistan claimed it shot down several Indian fighter jets and…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Police in New York City are investigating whether the department violated policy by sharing a report with federal immigration authorities that included internal records of a Palestinian woman’s arrest at a protest. The department probe follows reporting by The Associated Press on the cooperation between the NYPD and President Trump’s administration, which is seeking to deport Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian resident of New Jersey, as part of its widening crackdown on noncitizens who participated in protests against the war in Gaza. The report shared by police with the federal government included Kordia’s name, address and birthday, as…

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking permission from the court to drop an appeal against prediction market Kalshi. The move could allow the platform to offer political event contracts to users without contest.In a May 5 filing in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, lawyers for the CFTC filed an unopposed motion for voluntary dismissal, suggesting an agreement with Kalshi. The motion, subject to approval by the court, could end the CFTC’s appeal against a federal court ruling that the financial regulator could not bar Kalshi from listing political event contracts, i.e.,…

Like many leaders in tech, Arvind Krishna, the CEO of IBM, thinks federal R&D funding for AI and related technologies should be increased — not the other way around. “We have been an extremely strong advocate — and this is both the company and me personally — on that federally funded R&D should be increased,” Krishna said in an interview with TechCrunch. “That’s the position, which is unequivocal, and we strongly believe in that.” President Donald Trump and his cabinet have sought to make deep cuts to federal grantmaking and scientific research programs in pursuit of a far different set…

Redditors around the world were scandalized last week after learning that a team of researchers released a swarm of AI-powered, human-impersonating bots on the “Change My View” subreddit. The large-scale experiment was designed to explore just how persuasive AI can be. The bots posted over 1,700 comments, adopting personas like abuse survivors or controversial identities like an anti-Black Lives Matter advocate.  For Reddit, the incident was a mini-nightmare. Reddit’s brand is associated with authenticity — a place where real people come to share real opinions. If that human-focused ecosystem is disturbed with AI slop or becomes a place where people…

We’re ecstatic to announce that Kisson Lin, founder and CEO of Tanka, will be joining us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI for a provocative — and instructive — interview titled “Your Next Co-Founder Will Be AI.” She’s among the many excellent speakers joining the event June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, and there’s still plenty of time to register to get your seat at the table to learn from their expertise. If you don’t already know Lin, her company powers an AI messenger with long-term memory that self-learns and evolves with teams. Before founding Tanka, Lin worked at several tech…

Summary Rohan Kishibe’s character in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure now has multiple counterparts, indicating a confirmed multiverse. JoJo Magazine hints at a major change in the lore leading up to JoJoLands, potentially affecting the franchise. An anime adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 7, Steel Ball Run, has been confirmed, but the release date is pending. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has just retconned the lore of a major character in the franchise. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 9, titled JOJOLands, has been in serialization for a few years now, and fans are eagerly awaiting the story to head to its climax — there…