Month: November 2023

Security researchers say two pro-democracy activists were subjected to attempted state-sponsored hacking Critics of Serbia’s nationalist government who have documented the country’s endemic corruption were targeted with military-grade spyware earlier this year, according to new findings by security researchers. The attempted hacking of two Serbian pro-democracy activists – who have asked not to be named …

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Pair speak about Gaza conflict but not online antisemitism nor controversial post made by X owner this month Elon Musk has joined the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in visiting a kibbutz that was attacked by Hamas on 7 October, after criticism of his endorsement of an antisemitic post on X. The owner of X, …

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Instagram and Facebook parent company also knowingly allowed underage users to hold accounts, unsealed legal complaint says Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta purposefully engineered its platforms to addict children and knowingly allowed underage users to hold accounts, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint. The complaint is a key part of a lawsuit filed …

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US carmaker claims ‘discriminatory attack’ after industrial action stops new cars receiving Swedish plates Tesla is suing the Swedish transport agency, accusing it of a “discriminatory attack” on the US electric carmaker, after strike action prevented its new vehicles from getting licence plates in Sweden. The lawsuit is an escalation in a row that started …

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Non-binding 20-page agreement signed by 18 countries says companies must develop AI that keeps public safe from misuse The United States, the United Kingdom and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a senior US official described as the first detailed international agreement on how to keep artificial intelligence safe from rogue …

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The latest episode should jolt us out of our complacency and force us to confront the dangers of monopoly capitalism The theatrics of OpenAI’s seeming implosion amid the firing of its CEO and co-founder Sam Altman, Microsoft’s dramatic offer to poach its top executives and staff, and Altman’s triumphant return following the ouster of the …

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The development of supersmart AI needs careful handling – and that probably won’t be made easier by a bout of corporate chaos In the 1983 movie WarGames, the US defence department runs a superintelligent central computer that is hacked into by a teenager, who unwittingly almost causes a nuclear Armageddon. The end of the world …

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Protection groups call for urgent action to help pupils understand risks of making images that legally constitute child sexual abuse Children in British schools are using artificial intelligence (AI) to make indecent images of other children, a group of experts on child abuse and technology has warned. They said that a number of schools were …

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Isaac Herzog’s office says president will emphasize the ‘need to act’ against rising anti-Jewish hate during tech billionaire’s visit Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, accused by civil rights groups of amplifying anti-Jewish hatred on his Twitter/X social media platform, will meet Israeli president Isaac Herzog on Monday, along with Israelis whose relatives have been held by …

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The US reproductive health expert on being sued for $1m, and winning a top prize for her fight for free speech in the public interest Dr Chelsea Polis is a reproductive health scientist based in New York City. She was sued for $1m by a medical device company after speaking out about misleading marketing claims …

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