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Sam Altman’s World project is rapidly expanding partnerships with everyday platforms like Tinder and Zoom as it pushes to embed human verification into everyday digital interactions, responding to a growing wave of AI-generated content, bots, and deepfake fraud. What Is ‘World’ And How Does It Work? World, developed by Tools for Humanity, the company co-founded…
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Booking.com has reported a data breach involving customer reservation details, and the exposed data is already being used to carry out highly convincing “reservation hijack” scams. What Happened At Booking.com? Booking.com has confirmed that unauthorised third parties accessed customer reservation data, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses, and details of past and upcoming…
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Greece is set to ban social media access for under-15s from 2027, marking a significant step in a growing global effort to limit the impact of platforms on young people’s health and behaviour. Why Is Greece Taking Action? The Greek government has positioned the move as a response to rising concerns about children’s mental health,…
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Google has warned that the moment quantum computers can break today’s encryption may arrive within the next few years, accelerating timelines for businesses to prepare for a fundamental change in digital security. What Is ‘Q-Day’? Q-Day refers to the point at which a quantum computer becomes powerful enough to break widely used cryptographic systems such…
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A US jury has just found Meta Platforms and Google liable for harm linked to addictive platform design, marking a pivotal moment in how social media companies may be held accountable. What Just Happened? A Los Angeles jury has concluded that Meta and Google were responsible for harm suffered by a young woman who developed…
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A growing number of real-world cases and controlled tests are raising concerns that generative AI chatbots may, in certain conditions, contribute to harmful behaviour by reinforcing dangerous thinking and helping users turn intent into action. What Has Been Reported? Recent incidents across Canada, the United States and Europe have brought this issue into sharper focus.…
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Tesla has been granted a licence to supply electricity directly to homes and businesses in Britain, marking a significant step in the company’s effort to expand from electric vehicles into a full energy provider. Tesla Receives Approval To Supply Electricity Tesla subsidiary Tesla Energy Ventures has reportedly (according to reports by The Wall Street Journal)…
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Security researchers have demonstrated that a healthcare AI chatbot used in a US medical pilot can be manipulated into producing dangerous advice and misleading clinical notes, raising new questions about how safely AI can operate inside real healthcare systems. What Happened? Doctronic is a US telehealth platform built around an AI medical assistant (a medical…
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Burger King is piloting OpenAI-powered headsets in 500 US restaurants that analyse drive-thru conversations, coach staff in real time and track hospitality signals such as whether employees say “please” and “thank you”. What Is BK Assistant and How Does It Work? The system, known as BK Assistant, sits inside employee headsets and a connected web…
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A coding error inside Microsoft 365 Copilot briefly allowed the AI tool to read and summarise emails that businesses had explicitly marked as confidential. A Safeguard That Didn’t Hold In January, Microsoft detected an issue inside the “Work” tab of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. The problem, tracked internally as CW1226324, meant Copilot could process emails…
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