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Lobby group urges EU to pause implementation of AI Act
The Computer and Communications Industry Association Europe (CCIA), an international not-for-profit association representing a broad section of tech companies, has requested the EU to temporarily pause the implementation of the AI Act.
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Reddit fighting to keep humans at the heart of its platform, chief executive says
Reddit wants to stay distinctly human, its chief executive, Steve Huffman, told the Financial Times.
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AI in the doctor’s office: Spain leans in, the UK backs out
While Spain is going all in on artificial intelligence to free up doctors for real conversations, the UK is hitting the brakes over safety and privacy concerns.
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Even American AI models are spreading Chinese propaganda, report warns
A report by the American Security Project has surprisingly found that many AI models – not just Chinese ones – parrot Chinese Communist Party messaging.
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This year's GDP forecast was done by ECB economists and ChatGPT
A ChatGPT analysis of qualitative commentary in PMI releases can significantly improve GDP forecasting, a paper published by the European Central Bank of Thursday showed.
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If AI is so good, it’s time for a four-day workweek, says Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders, who introduced a bill requiring a 32-hour workweek last year, says technology should be used for the benefit of workers.
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The curious reason why this Alabama city uses AI-based cameras
The government of Opelika, a city in east-central Alabama with a population of approximately 33,000, now uses AI to ensure citizens' safety and stop pranksters.
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Google's Gemini to gain deeper app access on Android – even if you opt out
A recent email from Google's Gemini team has triggered widespread concern over app access and privacy.
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Anthropic can legally train AI on books without authors permission, judge rules
Under US copyright law, Anthropic can legally use books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled on Monday.
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A temporary pause in state AI regulation could be the “light touch” we need, CISO says
As US President Donald Trump pushes the Senate to pass his Big Beautiful Bill by a July 4th deadline – including the controversial AI moratorium on state regulation – one CISO tells Cybernews that approaching regulation with a “light touch” may be just what the AI industry needs to succeed.
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NHS demands doctors stop using unapproved AI software to record patient conversations
NHS England is demanding that doctors stop using unauthorized artificial intelligence (AI) software to record and transcribe patient conversations.
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People increasingly willing to turn to ChatGPT for legal advice
Not long after ChatGPT burst onto the scene, two American lawyers were found to have used the technology to research their case. They were busted in large part because the AI had made up six of the cases they were using in their defence, seemingly oblivious of the possibility that generative AI could hallucinate responses.
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AI was once a developer’s best friend, but now it's a threat to the software supply chain
Approximately 97% of developers use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to write code, which causes a whole world of problems for developers and a new realm of opportunity for threat actors.
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AI impact on worker wellbeing remains small (for now)
Early AI adoption shows little harm to worker wellbeing and some health gains, but experts say it’s too soon to tell.
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Pope makes AI his “signature” issue, but what can he do?
As humanity is grappling with the rapid (r)evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), the new pope sees it as a defining concern of his papacy, echoing the legacy of his namesake who confronted the industrial revolution over a century ago. But what can the Church really do?
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Huawei challenges Nvidia’s dominance with its new AI supercomputer
Researchers from Huawei and Chinese infrastructure startup SiliconFlow claim that Huawei’s new supercomputer architecture CloudMatrix delivers more performance at a higher efficiency compared to Nvidia’s H100 and H800 systems.
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Here’s what using ChatGPT does to your brain
If you are using chatbots too much, you will become dumber, researchers said. Well, not in those exact words, but that’s pretty much the gist of the 206-page study on how reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) affects our brains.
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Apple sued by shareholders over misleading AI progress disclosures
Apple is facing a lawsuit from its shareholders for allegedly downplaying the time it would take to integrate advanced artificial intelligence (AI) into Siri, Apple’s intelligent personal assistant, hurting iPhone sales and its stock price.
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Deezer announces “world’s first” AI song tagging system to fight fraud
The global music experiences platform Deezer will now clearly flag which “albums include fully artificial intelligence (AI)-generated tracks”.
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Perplexity gets on BBC’s nerves: Broadcaster threatens legal action over content scraping
UK broadcaster BBC is threatening legal action against AI search engine Perplexity accusing the startup of training its "default AI model" using BBC content, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
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