EP-48 Cruise’s Fine 🚖, Openai’s Acquisition 🧠, Ransomware Hits Healthcare 💊

i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for monday, june 24. here’s what we cover:

• cruise fined: cruise, general motors' self-driving subsidiary, agrees to a $112,500 fine to the california public utilities commission, allowing them to resume operations after an accident involving a robotaxi running over a pedestrian. corrective measures have been implemented.
• openai's acquisition: openai acquires rockset to enhance real-time data transformation and actionable intelligence across its product infrastructure, supporting its strategy for bolstering enterprise services.
• change healthcare breach: change healthcare confirms a february ransomware attack that compromised medical records of numerous americans, highlighting vulnerabilities in healthcare cybersecurity. the breach cost unitedhealth group around $870 million in the first quarter.
• meta photograph issues: meta faces backlash for incorrectly tagging real photos as "made with ai" on platforms like facebook, instagram, and threads. photographers urge meta to improve differentiation between ai-edited and ai-created content.
• u.s. sanctions on kaspersky: the u.s. government sanctions 12 executives from russia-based kaspersky to protect against cyber threats, following a ban on kaspersky software sales effective from july 20. kaspersky plans to challenge these actions.

that's all for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow