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Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data
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Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data

Watchdog says users may have been unaware their information was used to target adverts or infer their interestsGoogle has been fined more than €400m (£345m) over the way it processed users’ location d...

The Guardian - UK News3 weeks ago
Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030
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Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030

Jensen Huang dismisses warnings from former Anthropic researcher and others as ‘doomsday narratives’ The boss of the chipmaker Nvidia has said AI will not develop to a point that will lead to the exti...

The Guardian - UK News3 weeks ago
Tree vaccines and gene-edited butterflies among biotechnology projects funded by UK ‘invention agency’
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Tree vaccines and gene-edited butterflies among biotechnology projects funded by UK ‘invention agency’

Exclusive: The tax-funded brainchild of Dominic Cummings hopes to find ways to speed up wild species’ evolutionVaccines for ash trees, skin treatments for newts and gene-edited swallowtail butterflies...

The Guardian - UK News3 weeks ago
Nvidia boss rejects AI extinction fears as 'doomsday narratives'
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Nvidia boss rejects AI extinction fears as 'doomsday narratives'

Jensen Huang's comments come after warnings from AI researchers that the technology could lead to human extinction.

BBC News - UK3 weeks ago
US and China discuss AI safety plan ahead of Trump-Xi summit
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US and China discuss AI safety plan ahead of Trump-Xi summit

Top US and Chinese officials held talks in New York on Sunday ahead of a Trump-Xi summit this week.

BBC News - UK3 weeks ago
Meta launches legal challenge against UK media regulator over Online Safety Act
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Meta launches legal challenge against UK media regulator over Online Safety Act

Action against Ofcom comes as social media companies are being accused of using courts to slow down implementationMeta has launched a fresh legal challenge against Britain’s media regulator in the lat...

The Guardian - UK News3 weeks ago
UK startup snares $20m to recreate gigs with ‘hyper-realistic’ digital avatars
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UK startup snares $20m to recreate gigs with ‘hyper-realistic’ digital avatars

Unit1 hopes to offer lower cost version of shows such as Abba Voyage, showcasing living and dead artists in any venueThe former chief executive of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s entertainment group has obtaine...

The Guardian - UK News3 weeks ago
‘Flip the table and rise up’: Lib Dems’ president in combative mood as party gathers in Brighton
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‘Flip the table and rise up’: Lib Dems’ president in combative mood as party gathers in Brighton

Josh Babarinde wants to target big tech and crypto billionaires while giving power and cash back to the publicStanding outside Toynbee Hall in the East End of London, Josh Babarinde doesn’t exactly lo...

The Guardian - UK News3 weeks ago
Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone
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Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone

In text exchanges and conversations, multiple people who have worked for leading companies are sceptical of the warnings.

BBC News - UK3 weeks ago
Trump says US will form 'AI Force' and appoint an artificial intelligence tsar
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Trump says US will form 'AI Force' and appoint an artificial intelligence tsar

The president said his administration "will not in any way hinder or stifle the growth" amid amid warnings about the emergent technology.

BBC News - UK3 weeks ago
Domestic datacentres: how computer power can help heat your home
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Domestic datacentres: how computer power can help heat your home

Energy bills are scheduled to rise next month but there are innovative ways to heat your home and save moneyWhen Giles Gibson turns on the hot tap in his home, the water that comes out of it is not he...

The Guardian - UK News3 weeks ago
Google's Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test
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Google's Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test

The AI model accessed the internet and guessed credentials to three websites, a Google official told the BBC.

BBC News - UK3 weeks ago
Could AI wipe out humans and how might it do it?
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Could AI wipe out humans and how might it do it?

Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy looks at some of the scenarios being imagined and assesses how likely they are.

BBC News - UK3 weeks ago
Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors
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Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors

Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackersVast troves of highly sensitive police data are lying on Microsoft clo...

The Guardian - UK News3 weeks ago
Flight chaos caused by software defect in space of a millisecond, report says
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Flight chaos caused by software defect in space of a millisecond, report says

The failure led to more than 2,000 flights being cancelled and hundreds of thousands of passengers affected.

BBC News - UK3 weeks ago
Tech billionaires trying to live for ever? That’s a waste of time, says physicist
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Tech billionaires trying to live for ever? That’s a waste of time, says physicist

Exclusive: Prof Jim Al-Khalili says he will offer solution to ‘arrow of time’ problem in Royal Institution lecturesTech billionaires attempting to live for ever are, quite literally, wasting their tim...

The Guardian - UK News3 weeks ago
‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks
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‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks

Andy Burnham’s focus on immediate domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government’s radar Towards the end of Keir Starmer’s time in office, his senior ministers, alarmed by the l...

The Guardian - UK News3 weeks ago
AI not a threat to films, say Shaun the Sheep creators
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AI not a threat to films, say Shaun the Sheep creators

The Bristol-based institution have released the third feature film in the Shaun the Sheep franchise.

BBC Entertainment & Arts3 weeks ago
Food festivals across UK exploited in AI-powered scam, BBC finds
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Food festivals across UK exploited in AI-powered scam, BBC finds

One trader says her "heart sank" after discovering she had lost money through a scam festival invitation.

BBC News - UK3 weeks ago
Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir

Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq KhanAnother former government minister has been hired by a controversi...

The Guardian - UK News3 weeks ago