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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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Ring’s latest AI-powered tool, designed to help find lost dogs and monitor wildfires, has prompted a backlash over how far neighbourhood camera networks should go. Search Party Expanded Ring, owned by Amazon, has just expanded its new Search Party feature across the United States, allowing its outdoor cameras to automatically scan for missing dogs reported…
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Recent research shows that AI large language models (LLMs) can be quietly poisoned during training with hidden backdoors that create a serious and hard to detect supply chain security risk for organisations deploying them. Sleeper Agent Backdoors Researchers say sleeper agent backdoors in LLMs pose a security risk to organisations deploying AI systems because they…
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UK adults are being offered free, government-benchmarked AI training for work as part of a national programme to upskill 10 million people by 2030 and address low confidence and adoption of artificial intelligence across the economy. UK Government Expands Free AI Training Programme The UK government has announced a major expansion of its national AI…
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The House of Lords has voted to add a legal requirement to block under-16s from social media platforms, intensifying pressure on the government as it runs a parallel consultation on children’s online safety. Amendment Backed By 261 votes to 150, peers backed a cross-party amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would require…
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UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has warned that Elon Musk’s X could lose the “right to self regulate” after its Grok AI tool was linked to the creation and circulation of illegal sexualised imagery, prompting a formal Ofcom investigation and an accelerated UK government response. Background The controversy centred on X, formerly Twitter, and its AI…
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