The Chinese AI app sending Hollywood into a panic
Clips of Deadpool and other film characters have sparked alarm within Hollywood over copyright infringement.
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Microsoft error sees confidential emails exposed to AI tool Copilot
The company says it has addressed the issue and it “did not provide anyone access to information they weren’t already authorised to see”.
SpaceX rocket fireball linked to plume of polluting lithium
A SpaceX Falcon 9 crashed to Earth last year. Now scientists have measured the pollution it caused.
West Virginia Claims That Apple Allows Child Sexual Abuse Material
The state’s attorney general said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that the company declined to use tools that recognize the material stored on iCloud.
Bill Gates pulls out of India’s AI summit over Epstein files controversy
The Gates Foundation said the decision was made to “ensure the focus remains on the summit’s key priorities”.
Decoding the A.I. Beliefs of Anthropic and Its C.E.O., Dario Amodei
The company is at odds with the Pentagon over how its A.I. will be used. The conflict has its roots in the foundational plan for Anthropic.
Call of Duty advert banned for trivialising sexual violence
Activision Blizzard UK Ltd said the ad for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was targeted at adults.
V&A displays first YouTube video and watchpage
The original YouTube experience from 2005 has been recreated using internet archives.
‘I do not trust them’ – top streamers left concerned by Discord age checks
The platform’s plan to roll out global age checks has caused concern in streaming communities.
Could Bill Gates and political tussles overshadow AI safety debate in Delhi?
As global tech leaders meet Delhi, India hopes to level the playing field for countries outside the US and China.
How dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from years of harm
Detectives desperate to locate a 12-year-old, seen abused online, found a surprising lead.
New Silent Hill game inspired by tiny fishing village in Fife
Silent Hill: Townfall is set in the fictional St Amelia, based on the real village of St Monans in the East Neuk of Fife.
ByteDance to curb AI video app after Disney legal threat
Videos featuring Spider-Man and other characters which are Disney’s intellectual property have gone viral since Seedance’s update.
We will do battle with AI chatbots as we did with Grok, says Starmer
The government’s new plans will mean no online platform will get a “free pass” on children’s safety on the internet, the prime minister says.
Stroke survivors trial new at-home tech: ‘It’s given me my freedom back’
Participants in the NHS ‘Triceps’ trial wear a device in their ear which emits electrical pulses while they do rehab.
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Alasdair Keane climbs aboard an electric boat in Norway.
John Wick game starring Keanu Reeves unveiled at PlayStation showcase
It’s not the first time the iconic hitman has appeared in games, but Saber’s will be the first voiced by Reeves.
AI safety leader says ‘world is in peril’ and quits to study poetry
It comes in the same week an OpenAI researcher resigned amid concerns about its decision to start testing ChatGPT ads.
Porn site fined £800,000 for not rolling out age checks
The UK regulator said Kick Online Entertainment failed to introduce age checks required for porn sites.
Truecaller warning from South Africa’s biggest bank
Caller verification services like TrueCaller aren’t much help in protecting South Africans from scammers using spoofed caller IDs.
Vodacom helps bring critical upgrades to no-fee school
Vodacom is now calling on its customers to contribute to the project’s second phase.