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Political advisor, telecom, fined $8M for Biden deepfake robocalls
A political consultant was indicted by the feds for sending a deepfake recording of President Joe Biden’s voice to thousands of New Hampshire voters – and now the telecom company who allowed the robocalls to take place could be fined $2 million for failing to stop them.
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US gov sues Live Nation-Ticketmaster to break up market monopoly
The US Department of Justice is suing Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster to break up its monopoly on live concert ticket sales and shady marketing practices.
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TikTok limits state-affiliated media to counter influence campaigns
TikTok has moved to limit the reach of state-affiliated media as it seeks to address concerns over its role in spreading disinformation during a crucial election year.
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European Parliament breached, IDs leaked – media
European Parliament (EP) employees are finding out that their data has been stolen, including identity cards, passports, excerpts of criminal records, and work experience documents, according to an internal email seen by Euractiv.
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Malicious actors leak 70 million records from US Criminal database
A US criminal database supposedly containing 70 million rows of sensitive personal data has been posted on a leak forum.
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Microsoft’s Copilot and Bing down, users report
Copilot, Microsoft’s AI assistant, and search engine Bing were not working for users across the globe. The company says it’s “investigating” the issue.
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LockBit says that it’s behind the London Drugs attack
The LockBit ransomware cartel has taken credit for attacking London Drugs, a Canadian pharmacy chain, and is now threatening to publish the stolen data.
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OpenAI secures access to content from WSJ, The Times, and other media giants
OpenAI secures a $250 million deal to access content from the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and a dozen other news outlets owned by News Corp.
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CentroMed suffers data security incident, 400K patients exposed
The San Antonio-based primary care clinic CentroMed has suffered a data security incident, revealing the personally identifiable information (PII) of approximately 400,000 patients.
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Stock exchanges fined for failing to report cyber intrusion
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which owns the New York Stock Exchange and eight subsidiaries, will have to pay a $10 million penalty for failing to inform the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about a cyber intrusion in a timely manner.
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US House bill moves to block export of AI models to China
US lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday aimed at protecting sensitive AI technologies from falling into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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Summit host South Korea says world must cooperate on AI technology
South Korea's science and information technology minister said on Wednesday the world must cooperate to ensure the successful development of AI, as a global summit on the rapidly evolving technology hosted by his country wrapped up.
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Bruised Tesla owner gets scare after self-driving mode fails to see passing train
A Tesla owner from Ohio has posted a disturbing video clip. His vehicle didn’t notice a passing train until the very last moment, suddenly turning right and crashing into the crossing gate. The owner says this is the second time this has happened at different railroad crossings while the Tesla was in full self-driving (FSD) mode.
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Latvia could criminalize deepfakes that target politicians
Latvia’s president has proposed making the use of deepfakes against politicians a punishable offense of up to five years in prison.
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Don’t ignore data protection when developing AI, ICO warns
Following an investigation into Snap’s ‘My AI’ chatbot, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned all organizations to protect privacy rights before releasing AIs to the market.
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Survey: Americans both curious and worried about AI
A new study has shown that Americans have a multitude of views about artificial intelligence (AI) – they’re both amazed and concerned about the rise of the technology. Many have not yet made up their minds, though.
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AI Safety Summit kicks off with AI pledge among tech firms
More than a dozen leading tech companies attending the AI Safety Summit in South Korea Tuesday have pledged to continue developing artificial intelligence technology safely and responsibly.
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SAG-AFTRA backs ScarJo against OpenAI's copycat voice usage
SAG-AFTRA, the influential union for television and radio artists, has thrown its support behind Scarlett Johansson after she expressed her ‘shock and disbelief’ over OpenAI’s latest GPT-4o voice sounding “eerily similar" to her own.
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PwC report: jobs growing slower in occupations most exposed to AI
Employer demand for skills that can be done with AI, such as coding in Javascript, is declining fast, according to a new jobs report from consulting firm PwC.
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Walmart, Amazon-used utility bug permitting RCE attacks
A critical memory corruption vulnerability in Fluent Bit, an essential component utilized by leading cloud service providers and major tech companies, is allowing attackers to obtain potentially sensitive data.
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