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AI takes the call: UK launches major crackdown on phone spoofing scams
The UK government and British telecom companies have joined forces to tackle fraudsters who try to scam gullible victims into handing over their money or personal information via phone spoofing.
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Microsoft launches "humanist superintelligence" to revolutionize healthcare
Microsoft is forming a new team that wants to build artificial intelligence that is vastly more capable than humans in certain domains, starting with medical diagnostics, the executive leading the effort told Reuters.
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Famed “Big Short” investor Michael Burry is betting against AI giants: what does he see?
Michael Burry, the contrarian investor who correctly called the 2008 financial crisis, is now expressing his skepticism about the AI boom. Not only that: the hedge fund manager just backed up his words by placing two huge bets against Nvidia and Palantir.
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Threat actors manipulating AI to “enhance all stages” of malicious attacks, Google intel warns
From ransomware and credential stealing to new malware strains, even posing as capture-the-flag (CTF) participants to manipulate chatbots, threat actors are officially embracing AI tools like never before, enhancing all stages of the cyberattack lifecycle, Google threat intelligence warns.
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One field where employees are more than happy to be replaced by AI
Meetings may be one of the few fields where employees are happy to be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) – and they’re increasingly doing so, even if they’re being called “rude.”
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ChatGPT spews more Russian propaganda than other chatbots
Popular chatbots cite sources controlled by the Russian state when inquired about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine about 18% of the time, a study finds.
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Volkswagen steps on the gas in the Chinese EV market by developing its own AI chip
The German car maker is set to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) chip to strengthen its position in the world’s biggest car market. Or, as Volkswagen (VW) calls it, it’s “most important” market.
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Common Crawl removes AI dataset containing over 2M news articles
At the request of BREIN, Common Crawl has removed over two million news articles belonging to popular Dutch news outlets from its AI training dataset.
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Fake magic: Coca-Cola doubles down on AI for its Christmas ads
Beverage maker Coca-Cola has again reimagined its classic “Holidays Are Coming” ads using artificial intelligence (AI) because it’s cheaper and faster than human work.
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Florida woman uses AI to make false assault claim
A Florida woman was arrested after using artificial intelligence (AI) to make a false assault claim, highlighting the dangers of a recent social media trend.
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In a first, DHS files warrant for ChatGPT prompts: AI firms now in a conundrum
In a historic first, the Department of Homeland Security has obtained a federal search warrant compelling OpenAI to reveal user prompts. But the bigger story is what it signals for the future of data privacy in the age of AI and global data governance, an expert tells Cybernews – and just you wait until agentic AI takes off.
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AI browsers can bypass media paywalls, study finds
Artificial intelligence (AI) browsers, such as OpenAI’s Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet, can bypass media paywalls, further escalating tensions between big tech and publishers.
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Has an AI model ever been rude to you?
Have you ever resorted to an AI model for assistance and after its responses, you thought to yourself, “Well, that...
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Palantir posts record revenue with customers going crazy for its tools
Data-analytics company Palantir keeps rising, with the firm’s revenue climbing to record highs in Q3 and new customers still flocking to buy its AI tech. However, many analysts are loudly wondering whether they should believe the hype.
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Google removes AI model Gemma from AI Studio after accusing US Senator of sexual abuse
Google has decided to remove its AI model Gemma from its AI Studio service after making up all sorts of fabricated accusations of sexual misconduct by a US senator.
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Cuomo’s last weapon against Mamdani is AI slop
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo is the latest politician to target his political enemies using artificial intelligence (AI) slop and get slammed for doing so.
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Trump and Xi have Europe’s cybersec caught in the middle: the old continent turns to open-source
A new survey reveals that European companies are increasingly seeking to safeguard their data by opting for open-source tools over proprietary technology. This is also a global trend, with national security and defence sectors leading the way.
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Polish is the best-performing language when it comes to AI
In an absorbing new study, researchers were surprised to find that the English language wasn't as effective in artificial intelligence (AI) accuracy as originally thought.
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Trump moves to keep Nvidia’s most advanced AI chips exclusive to US
Artificial intelligence giant Nvidia's most advanced chips will be reserved for US companies and kept out of China and other countries, US President Donald Trump said.
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Tech-savvy teenagers will find a way to bypass Character.ai’s ban, experts say
Experts say the new guardrails imposed by Character.ai to ban underage users from using chatbots are a good start, but teenagers will likely find ways to continue using the platform.
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