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Italian and Irish regulators want answers on how data harvested by chatbot could be used by Chinese government The Chinese AI platform DeepSeek has become unavailable for download from some app stores in Italy as regulators in Rome and in Ireland demanded answers from the company about its handling of citizens’ data. Amid growing concern …

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Zuckerberg likely to be asked about plans to spend $60-65bn on AI in 2025 as tech giant faces increased competition Meta will report earnings for the fourth quarter of 2024 after US stock markets close on Wednesday. Analysts will likely ask about Mark Zuckerberg’s plans to spend between $60bn and $65bn on AI infrastructure in …

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Wide-ranging investigation says impact on work likely to be profound, but opinion on risk of human extinction varies The International AI Safety report is a wide-ranging document that acknowledges an array of challenges posed by a technology that is advancing at dizzying speed. The document, commissioned after the 2023 global AI safety summit, covers numerous …

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Yoshua Bengio says closer competition in field could prove dangerous, as international panel says AI’s future uncertain The potential for artificial intelligence systems to be used for malicious acts is increasing, according to a landmark report by AI experts, with one of the study’s authors warning that DeepSeek and other disruptors could heighten the safety …

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ChatGPT maker cites IP protection concerns amid reports DeepSeek used its model to create rival chatbot Business live – latest updates OpenAI has warned that Chinese startups are “constantly” using its technology to develop competing products, amid reports that DeepSeek used the ChatGPT maker’s AI models to create a rival chatbot. OpenAI and its partner …

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The industry’s liberal reputation is misleading. Its reactionary tendencies – celebrating wealth, power and traditional masculinity – have been clear since the dotcom mania of the 1990s An influential Silicon Valley publication runs a cover story lamenting the “pussification” of tech. A major tech CEO lambasts a Black civil rights leader’s calls for diversifying the …

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Is screen use really sapping our ability to focus and lowering our IQs? The scientists who have actually analysed the data give their verdict Andrew Przybylski, a professor of human behaviour and technology at Oxford University, is a busy man. It’s only midday and already he has attended meetings on “Skype, Teams, in person and …

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Audit watchdog finds 58 critical IT systems assessed in 2024 had ‘significant gaps in cyber-resilience’ The threat of potentially devastating cyber-attacks against UK government departments is “severe and advancing quickly”, with dozens of critical IT systems vulnerable to an expected regular pattern of significant strikes, ministers have been warned. The National Audit Office (NAO) found …

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As the TikTok ban hangs in the air, the US investigates the security implications of another mega-popular Chinese app Who is behind DeepSeek and how did it achieve its AI ‘Sputnik moment’? The White House said on Tuesday that it was investigating the national security implications of DeepSeek’s rapid rise. The Chinese AI startup released …

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