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Cyber attack at police force in Wales
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Cyber attack at police force in Wales

A police force in Wales has suffered a cyber attack which has caused disruption to some non-emergency systems and could have led to staff information being "accessed or compromised".

Sky News - UK2 weeks ago
Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack
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Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack

Australia, which has strict social media restrictions and has proposed controls on algorithms and smart glasses, announced the breach at the UN.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
Launch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problems
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Launch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problems

Datacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030sA huge datacentre project hailed by the UK government will miss its launch date next year a...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
TikTok drops appeal against £12.7m fine for not keeping under-13s off platform
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TikTok drops appeal against £12.7m fine for not keeping under-13s off platform

UK watchdog fined video app in 2023 for failing to enforce minimum age limit and remove underage usersTikTok will pay a £12.7m fine to the UK’s data watchdog after dropping an appeal against a ruling...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Why did an OpenAI system hack Australia's health system - and can it be stopped in the future?
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Why did an OpenAI system hack Australia's health system - and can it be stopped in the future?

News that an automated AI agent hacked a government IT system raises big questions about regulating the tech.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
As AI hacks ramp up, are we back in big tech's 'move fast and break things' era?
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As AI hacks ramp up, are we back in big tech's 'move fast and break things' era?

Despite promises to make safe AI, examples of bots behaving badly are now coming at us thick and fast.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
Flash sale: AO snaps up camera seller Jessops from Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones
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Flash sale: AO snaps up camera seller Jessops from Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones

Online electricals retailer says latest purchase continues to broaden its appeal beyond white goods, phones and TVThe troubled camera retailer Jessops has changed hands after AO World acquired the bus...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Paedophile who used AI to undress children was bailed to flat overlooking playground
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Paedophile who used AI to undress children was bailed to flat overlooking playground

A paedophile who took thousands of pictures of women and children before using AI to turn some of them into explicit images was bailed to his flat overlooking a playground.

Sky News - UK2 weeks ago
Nick Clegg plays down fears ‘godlike’ AI could exterminate humanity
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Nick Clegg plays down fears ‘godlike’ AI could exterminate humanity

Former deputy PM now involved in tech industry says many within sector are ‘winding themselves up into a lather’Nick Clegg has dismissed fears over AI’s “godlike power to exterminate humanity”, callin...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Watch: What you need to know about the OpenAI Australian government hack
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Watch: What you need to know about the OpenAI Australian government hack

The BBC’s North America technology correspondent Lily Jamali explains how the Medicare breach happened, and why it matters.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says
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OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says

Albanese said he expressed "concern" to OpenAI founder Sam Altman, after authorities were informed three months after the breach in June.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
US rejects pleas from OpenAI, Anthropic for global AI standards
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US rejects pleas from OpenAI, Anthropic for global AI standards

OpenAI's Sam Altman has called for risk evaluation standards, as have Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Hugging Face's Clement Delangue.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
Trump and Xi come face-to-face as US and China battle to win the AI race
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Trump and Xi come face-to-face as US and China battle to win the AI race

The US and China are vying for AI supremacy while seeking to keep it under human control.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
Watch: The arms race in space and how the UK is defending itself
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Watch: The arms race in space and how the UK is defending itself

The UK has jammed satellites to defend itself from hostile threats, the BBC has been told.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
How the ‘poisonous tide’ of disinformation spreads division and despair
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How the ‘poisonous tide’ of disinformation spreads division and despair

Whether produced by Russia, China or far-right influencers, deepfakes and disinfo are pushing multiple false narrativesRussian disinformation campaigns are varied in their falsehoods and strategies.Th...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
UK politics: PM’s new anti-disinformation unit gets cross-party backing, as Farage declares it an attack on free speech – as it happened
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UK politics: PM’s new anti-disinformation unit gets cross-party backing, as Farage declares it an attack on free speech – as it happened

Farage referred to the new unit and said Burnham was setting it up ‘using the excuse that Russia wants to interfere with elections’The former Labour minister leading the government’s review into youth...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Uproar in France over award-winning author accused of using AI
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Uproar in France over award-winning author accused of using AI

Canadian-Haitian writer Thélyson Orélien has just been awarded the Prix du Roman Fnac for his first novel.

BBC Entertainment & Arts2 weeks ago
Trump reveals millions of dollars' worth of share deals in big tech and AI
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Trump reveals millions of dollars' worth of share deals in big tech and AI

Stock in major firms such as Microsoft, Nvidia and SpaceX was bought and sold on behalf of the US president.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
The living dead: we can watch ‘Janis Joplin’ perform or reunite the Beatles, but who are the real winners here?
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The living dead: we can watch ‘Janis Joplin’ perform or reunite the Beatles, but who are the real winners here?

Advances in digital technology mean that avatars are ever more realistic, and zombie concerts are coming our way. Exciting as it might be to witness the Fab Four, or Maria Callas on stage, I’d rather...

The Guardian Music2 weeks ago
Space Command chief suspended amid investigation into alleged sexual offence
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Space Command chief suspended amid investigation into alleged sexual offence

Britain's military space operation chief has been suspended amid an investigation into an alleged serious sexual offence.

Sky News - UK2 weeks ago