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AI scams drove UK reports of fraud to record 444,000 last year
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AI scams drove UK reports of fraud to record 444,000 last year

Criminals using artificial intelligence tools to take over mobile, bank and online shopping accounts, says CifasCriminals are increasingly exploiting AI technology to take over people’s mobile, bankin...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
What role has cyber warfare played in Iran?
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What role has cyber warfare played in Iran?

Militaries are often cagey about their cyber activities. But the US has hinted at the role it has played.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Facebook-owner buys 'social media network for AI' Moltbook
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Facebook-owner buys 'social media network for AI' Moltbook

The forum-style app has sparked interest by showing how AI bots interact without human involvement.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Prioritising AI data centres could block new homes, builders warn
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Prioritising AI data centres could block new homes, builders warn

The government plans to give data centres priority access to the electricity grid to speed up development.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Google employee loses tribunal claim after sexual harassment complaint
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Google employee loses tribunal claim after sexual harassment complaint

Judge rejects case brought by the senior worker who alleged she was made redundant after reporting a manager for sharing inappropriate stories about his swinger lifestyle.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
How AI can identify breast cancer 'better' than a doctor but there's a catch
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How AI can identify breast cancer 'better' than a doctor but there's a catch

Google's AI can identify breast cancer better than a human doctor, and potentially save the stretched NHS a huge amount of time and effort, a new study shows.

Sky News - UK6 months ago
Family of child injured in Canada school shooting sues OpenAI
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Family of child injured in Canada school shooting sues OpenAI

The family alleges the firm knew the perpetrator was planning a "mass casualty event" but failed to contact the authorities.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work
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Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work

About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaignThousands of authors including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman have publishe...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Missing money, shipped chips and a 350,000% profit: key takeaways on AI ‘phantom investments’
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Missing money, shipped chips and a 350,000% profit: key takeaways on AI ‘phantom investments’

A Guardian investigation has put the UK government’s AI plans under the microscope. Here are the key details Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’The Essex ‘supercompu...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’
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Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’

Exclusive: Rented datacentres and ‘supercomputer’ site that’s still a scaffolding yard raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’From press release … to scrap metal site...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
British AI datacentre firm Nscale raises $2bn as Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg join board
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British AI datacentre firm Nscale raises $2bn as Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg join board

London-based startup, which is vital to the government’s artificial intelligence ambitions, is now valued at $14.6bn UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’The Essex supercomputer...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Liverpool and Manchester United complain to X over ‘sickening’ Grok AI posts
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Liverpool and Manchester United complain to X over ‘sickening’ Grok AI posts

AI feature generated offensive posts about Diogo Jota and the Hillsborough and Munich disastersLiverpool and Manchester United have complained to Elon Musk’s X after the Grok AI feature made offensive...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
AI-generated Iran war videos surge as creators use new tech to cash in
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AI-generated Iran war videos surge as creators use new tech to cash in

The US-Israel war with Iran is being monetised by online creators with AI-generated misinformation.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
North Korean agents using AI to trick western firms into hiring them, Microsoft says
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North Korean agents using AI to trick western firms into hiring them, Microsoft says

Firm says AI tools are masking identities of false applicants, who then funnel wages from remote IT jobs to North KoreaFake IT workers deployed by North Korea are using AI technology, including voice-...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
UK arts must not be sacrificed for speculative AI gains, peers say
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UK arts must not be sacrificed for speculative AI gains, peers say

Ministers urged to abandon plans to let tech firms use work of novelists, artists and writers without permissionThe UK’s creative industries must not be sacrificed in the pursuit of speculative gains...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
AI firm Anthropic vows to sue Pentagon after being labelled supply-chain risk
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AI firm Anthropic vows to sue Pentagon after being labelled supply-chain risk

The supply chain risk designation of the artificial intelligence firm is a first for a US company.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
TfL hack in 2024 affected around 10 million people, BBC can reveal
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TfL hack in 2024 affected around 10 million people, BBC can reveal

TfL insists it has "kept customers informed throughout this incident and will continue to take all necessary action".

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Sci-fi surgery as doctor in UK directs robot to remove a prostate in Gibraltar
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Sci-fi surgery as doctor in UK directs robot to remove a prostate in Gibraltar

Briton with cancer operated on by doctor located 1,500 miles away using four-armed robot fitted with 3D cameraThe patient was in Gibraltar. The surgeon was in London. The outcome was a remarkable triu...

The Guardian - UK News6 months ago
Father claims Google's AI product fuelled son's delusional spiral
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Father claims Google's AI product fuelled son's delusional spiral

The case is the first wrongful death case against Google over alleged harms caused by Gemini.

BBC News - UK6 months ago
Regulator contacts Meta over workers watching intimate AI glasses videos
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Regulator contacts Meta over workers watching intimate AI glasses videos

Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

BBC News - UK6 months ago