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Son who used AI to help save mum's life hopes case unlocks clues for other Parkinson's patients
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Son who used AI to help save mum's life hopes case unlocks clues for other Parkinson's patients

Doctors say clinical trials are needed to understand more after Ed Patrick identified a potential side effect of a Parkinson's drug.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
China has cracked down on AI relationships. Is it ahead of the game?
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China has cracked down on AI relationships. Is it ahead of the game?

Beijing has cracked down on AI chatbots that can replicate human relationships. Experts are asking if this is the right thing to do.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
We need ‘right to intervene’ in AI amid growing threat, says Bank of England boss
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We need ‘right to intervene’ in AI amid growing threat, says Bank of England boss

Andrew Bailey’s comments come as fears grow that rogue models could take financial system hostageBusiness live – latest updatesThe governor of the Bank of England has called for the “right to interven...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data
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More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data

Exclusive: Campaign comes amid backlash against tech company’s involvement with Israeli military and Trump’s ICE crackdownUK politics live – latest updatesTens of thousands of people have formally dem...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Regulating AI 'not the right place to start' says Bank of England governor
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Regulating AI 'not the right place to start' says Bank of England governor

AI needs "rigorous" testing and safeguards to contain risk, Andrew Bailey says.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
Voters back Burnham’s plan to cut back triple lock to fund social care reform by 48% to 28%, poll suggests – as it happened
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Voters back Burnham’s plan to cut back triple lock to fund social care reform by 48% to 28%, poll suggests – as it happened

This live blog is now closed‘Oozing everyman charm’: what the papers said about Burnham’s speechAndy Burnham has suggested that it would not be legitimate for a party to form a majority government wit...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Nandy says children’s social media ban only ‘staging post’ in online safety drive
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Nandy says children’s social media ban only ‘staging post’ in online safety drive

Exclusive: Culture secretary says UK will crack down further and be ‘pioneer of tech as a force for good’Lisa Nandy has warned technology firms that the government’s online safety crackdown is not fin...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Can a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungi
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Can a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungi

Exeter museum to host DJ’s ‘collaboration’ with woodland fungi and artist’s map of her own body’s mycobiomeFor one of the installations, a musician spent hours in woodland “collaborating” with fungi t...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Gold beetles to Darwin's finds - the 70 million museum artefacts going online
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Gold beetles to Darwin's finds - the 70 million museum artefacts going online

More than 70 million specimens from 100 UK collections will be put into an online digital museum

BBC News - UK1 month ago
Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons
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Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons

Mindgard said it discovered in July that Kimi models K2.6 and K3 Swarm could evade developer's safety limits.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
Trump rules out joint US-China venture to develop AI
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Trump rules out joint US-China venture to develop AI

The US president continues to push back on calls to establish guardrails around artificial intelligence, arguing it will stifle growth.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
Man charged over AI image of crocodile in Singapore reservoir
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Man charged over AI image of crocodile in Singapore reservoir

The defendant could face jail or a fine after the image sparked a search operation in the city’s largest reservoir.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in internal testing
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OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in internal testing

GPT-6.1 Astra showed deceptive behaviour and tried to use external tools despite knowing it would be unsafeAs AI models go rogue, do you still trust OpenAI and Anthropic to stop them? I don’t and neit...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests
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Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests

Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alertA six-month trial of live facial recognition (LFR) technology in...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns
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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.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
Merseyside blaze that killed mother and three children caused by lithium-ion battery
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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...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Gene-edited bananas that don’t go brown could hit UK supermarkets
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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...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Teachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their work
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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...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn for infringing patents with iPhone vibration technology
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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.

BBC News - UK1 month ago
Three-quarters of UK’s popular plug-in hybrid cars unable to use rapid chargers
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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...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago