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A new study found a sharp rise in real-world cases of AI chatbots and agents ignoring instructions, evading safeguards, and taking unauthorized actions such as deleting emails or delegating forbidden tasks to other agents. According to the Guardian, the study “identified nearly 700 real-world cases of AI scheming and charted a five-fold rise in misbehavior between October and March,” reports...
MTN Group has appointed five new directors to its board while confirming a new chair of its South African business.
The changes will see the recommended retail price of the PS5 rise from £479.99 to £569.99 in the UK.
A California bill would let adults demand the removal of social media posts about them that were created by paid family content creators when they were minors. Supporters say Senate Bill 1247 addresses privacy, dignity, and safety harms caused when parents monetize their children’s lives online. The Los Angeles Times reports: The legislation would require the parent or other relative to delete...
“ICE are here and they’re doing literally nothing to help,” said an airline worker in New York.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: A federal judge in California has indefinitely blocked the Pentagon’s effort to “punish” Anthropic by labeling it a supply chain risk and attempting to sever government ties with the AI company, ruling that those measures ran roughshod over its constitutional rights. “Nothing in the governing statute supports the Orwellian notion that an American...
As the tech giant turns 50, WIRED spoke to executives about how they plan to win in the AI era.
These apps and websites find bus, train, and ferry tickets when you want more options than flying to your destination.
With 5 500 jobs at risk, the Post Office is nearly out of road, business rescue practitioner Anoosh Rooplal tells the TechCentral Show.
Porsche’s latest electric SUV is its most capable yet, and its most powerful street car ever. But should you wait for the hybrid instead?
Enterprises using colocation services achieve more agility and speed than those that build their own data centres, according to OADC.
These convenient and slim magnetic wallets are the ones you’ll want to stick to the back of your smartphone.
The High Court orders that MultiChoice’s confidential submissions be partially disclosed to rival eMedia.
As ransomware targets identity systems, experts say Active Directory and Entra ID resilience is now a business survival issue.
The National Youth ICT Council partners with Microsoft South Africa to drive artificial intelligence education in public service.
Need an ultrafast drive for video editing or a rugged option to back up your photos in the field? We’ve got a solution for every situation.
From London to Jakarta, governments are moving to tighten rules on children’s screen and social media use.
In a letter to the Treasury Select Committee, Lloyds apologised and said some compensation has been paid.
With expanded access and training, the University of Cape Town initiative will support inclusive AI development, it says.
The Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark tells Ezra Klein what he sees coming in the new era of A.I. agents.
OpenAI has indefinitely paused plans for an erotic mode in ChatGPT as part of a broader strategy shift away from side projects and toward business and coding tools. TechCrunch reports: The proposed “adult mode,” which CEO Sam Altman first floated in October, had inspired considerable controversy from tech watchdog groups as well as from OpenAI’s own staff. In January, a meeting between company...