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UK to use AI to prepare for AI-induced employment challenges
The UK Government has announced a set of tools to help Brits better prepare for AI-induced changes in the job market, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer aims to make this technology work "for everyone, not just the privileged few."
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OpenAI plans biggest ChatGPT overhaul ahead of listing
OpenAI is plotting ChatGPT’s biggest overhaul yet, with the goal of turning it into a superapp combining coding tools and AI agents ahead of a planned listing this year.
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Anthropic AI coding assistant could be tricked into revealing secrets, Microsoft warns
Microsoft researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Anthropic's Claude Code GitHub Action that could expose CI/CD workflow secrets, potentially allowing attackers to steal sensitive credentials through prompt injection attacks.
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Trump weighs plan that could give Americans a stake in AI companies
President Donald Trump is planning to hold a meeting with AI and tech bosses next week to discuss partnership proposals that could see Americans gain a financial stake in AI companies.
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World-first AI-designed vaccine enters human testing
Artificial intelligence (AI) helped create a new type of vaccine that could protect people from entire families of viruses and prevent future pandemics, according to researchers.
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Claude outage sparks customer data leak claims as Anthropic investigates
AI start-up Anthropic says Claude is back up and running after a two-hour outage disrupted AI models on Friday. The company says it is now investigating customer data leak claims.
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China to develop AI tool focused on Xi Jinping thought
Xinhuanet, owned by China's official Xinhua news agency, plans to invest over 1.1 billion yuan ($162.38 million) on an "authoritative" AI agent to help promote President Xi Jinping's thinking, Shanghai Stock Exchange filings showed.
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Anthropic claims AI is too fast and needs to hit the brakes: let’s take it with a pinch of salt
Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, has never really advocated for any pauses in the AI race but has suddenly changed its tune, warning that frontier models could become increasingly difficult for humans to control. Skeptics say it’s all part of the hype, though.
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Pewdiepie declares war on big tech following the release of his free and local AI workspace
YouTube veteran Pewdiepie is waging war on big tech by promising privacy with his latest “local-first” artificial intelligence (AI) project, Odysseus.
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US lawmakers push new bill on AI safety, state law limits, worker protections
US House lawmakers on Thursday are proposing AI legislation that would keep advanced AI model development under Washington’s control – all while preempting state laws attempting to regulate the technology, including those laws already on the books.
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Meta delays rollout of Muse Spark AI model API for developers
Meta has repeatedly pushed back plans to release its new Muse Spark AI model API to developers, and as of Tuesday, had no scheduled launch date, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Indiana mayor under fire after confronting resident opposing data centers
A classic corporate-politician-small guy triangle has taken a twist in a small US city after its mayor lashed out at his own constituents in a leaked video.
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Bernard Meyer: “Trust me, not everyone will make it through the AI transition”
Clearly, Bernard Meyer, the head of AI initiatives at the email and SMS marketing platform Omnisend, has given a lot of thought to why AI adoption fails. His conclusion? “Most AI work is bullshit, and vibecoding is a trap.”
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Can’t find staff? Dutch firms increasingly use AI to cope with specialist shortages
More and more companies in the Netherlands are turning to AI, robotics, and other forms of automation to address labor shortages.
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EU plans new energy efficiency rules for data centres as electricity use rises
The European Union will develop minimum energy-efficiency standards for data centres, it said on Wednesday, as concerns grow over their rapidly rising power use.
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Microsoft presents its first AI agent powered by OpenClaw
Software giant Microsoft is expanding its use of the open-source platform OpenClaw and has unveiled its first-ever AI agent, Scout. It can schedule meetings and complete tasks across Microsoft 365 and the web. The company also introduced new security tools.
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AI won’t wipe out your entire digital footprint, but can help minimize it
Deleting your entire digital footprint from the internet is nearly impossible, but you can use AI to make your data less exposed.
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Britain's reliance on US tech group Palantir is an 'unacceptable weakness," report says
A parliamentary committee singled out US tech group Palantir as an instance of Britain's over-reliance on US companies in the public sector, calling it an "unacceptable point of weakness" in a report on Wednesday.
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Trump administration moves to pre-check OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic AI models
The Trump administration will ask leading AI developers to voluntarily submit their most capable models for government cybersecurity tests before releasing them to the public, according to an executive order released on Tuesday, as security fears mount in Washington over powerful new AI systems such as Anthropic's Mythos.
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Microsoft unveils AI-designed quantum chip and targets 2029 for usable quantum systems
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new quantum computing chip that it redesigned with the help of AI, saying it now believes it will have commercially useful quantum machines by 2029.
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