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OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns

The firm also issued an update on incidents in which its models accessed Australian government systems.

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Merseyside blaze that killed mother and three children caused by lithium-ion battery

Local fire and rescue service says last week’s tragic incident highlights risks the batteries can poseA fire that left a mother and her three children dead was caused by a lithium-ion battery, firefig...

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Gene-edited bananas that don’t go brown could hit UK supermarkets

Scientific breakthrough could reduce food waste and make it easier to add the fruit to prepackaged foodIt is the bane of every fruit bowl: sliced banana that turns brown before it has reached the tabl...

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Teachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their work

Exclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ monitoring systemTeachers at Euan Blair’s £1.6bn tech training company, Multiverse, have blown the w...

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Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn for infringing patents with iPhone vibration technology

Audio firm Taction Technology claimed Apple infringed its patents for tech used to power device vibrations.

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Three-quarters of UK’s popular plug-in hybrid cars unable to use rapid chargers

Only 26% of PHEVs sold across top 20 models can use chargers with power of 50kW or more, analysis findsThree-quarters of the 20 top-selling plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the UK cannot us...

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Drones could speed up getting defibrillators to people having cardiac arrests, study suggests

New research suggests the technology could be used to increase out-of-hospital access to life-saving devicesDrones could help cut the time it takes to get a defibrillator to people experiencing cardia...

OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites

OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.

Inside the FBI hack: Agents fearful and angry after 'dangerous' data breach

Current and former agents speak to the BBC about the devastating impact of the FBI hack.

Earth microbes survive simulated conditions of Saturn moon’s ocean

Experiment suggests organisms could live in harsh environment under Enceladus’s icy crust, strengthening possibility moon could support lifeFrom the moment scientists spotted plumes of water erupting...

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NHS boss says staff suspected of snooping on patients’ records should be suspended immediately

Jim Mackey urges ‘zero tolerance approach’ in England amid growing concern over breaches of confidential dataNHS staff suspected of snooping on patients’ medical records should be suspended immediatel...

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New map projections don’t make the Mercator wrong | Letter

The transverse Mercator projection was created for European sailors – and it worked for their world, writes Paul HarwoodThe subject of projections is incredibly complicated and you did a good job of n...

Special agents' blood and urine test results stolen in FBI hack

Experts say the hack could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail and targeted attacks.

Cyber-attack on Dyfed-Powys police ‘may have accessed staff information’

Welsh force says incident disrupted ‘some non-emergency systems’ and public data was not affectedA police force in Wales has said staff information may have been “accessed or compromised” in a cyber-a...

Pope warns against 'losing humanity' to AI machines

The pontiff delivered the warning on the first day of his trip to France on Friday.

DNA database of UK dogs could help police collar criminals

Experts working on database that could identify particular breeds involved in crimes, or rule out canine suspectsFrom tracking criminals to sniffing out drugs, dogs have long helped police crack cases...

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‘Gamechanging’ brain tumour test reduces diagnosis from eight weeks to two hours

NHS England says test can be done while patient is on operating table and is being piloted in five centres around the countryA rapid new test for brain tumours can diagnose patients while they are sti...

Cyber attack on police force may have 'compromised' staff information

Dyfed-Powys Police says no personal data relating to the public was believed to have been accessed.

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TalkTalk races to sell consumer and broadband arms as administration looms

Customers and jobs ‘top priority’ as company closes in on deals with Opus Broadband and investment group OctopusBusiness live – latest updatesTalkTalk is scrambling to secure its future amid the threa...