The UK’s internet watchdog is finalizing the first set of rules for the Online Safety Act The UK’s internet regulator, Ofcom, on Monday published the first set of final guidelines for online service providers subject to the Online Safety Act. This starts the countdown to the first deadline for compliance with the sprawling Online Harms […]
Serbian police used Cellebrite to unlock spyware and then plant it on a journalist’s phone This year, a Serbian journalist and activist had their phones hacked by local authorities using a mobile phone unlocking device made by forensic tools company Cellebrite. The authorities’ goal was not only to unlock phones to access their personal data,
What exactly is an AI agent? AI agents are supposed to be the next big thing in AI, but there is no precise definition of what they are. Up to this point, people cannot agree on what exactly constitutes an AI agent. At its simplest, an AI agent is best described as an AI-powered program
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Revisit 19th century Paris using virtual reality While I have fond memories of previous efforts to… Combining virtual reality content with real world locationsI had assumed the pandemic had put an end to these ambitions. If I wanted VR in 2024, I figured I’d have to buy a headset, and it would be a largely
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NeurIPS’s main spokesperson apologizes for the reference to the Chinese student A speaker at the annual NeurIPS AI conference has drawn criticism, not for her views on artificial intelligence, but for the way she referred to a Chinese student. during Its main presentation On “How to Improve What Matters Most,” MIT Media Lab professor Rosalind
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The 2025 Lucid Air Pure is a $69,900 luxury ride with room for technical tuning The all-electric Lucid Air Pure 2025 is dreamy, exciting and no less luxurious as it is the cheapest model in the Lucid Air lineup. I felt cool and special while driving, but in a simple way – as if I
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Open source companies becoming proprietary: A timeline Open source may be the building blocks of the modern software stack, but the companies that build their businesses rely on open source software Facing constant conflict Between keeping their community happy and making sure third parties don’t abuse the permissions granted by the license. Many companies have
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Trump’s Silicon Valley advisers have AI ‘censorship’ in their sights President-elect Donald Trump has surrounded himself with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs – including Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, and David Sachs – who now advise him on technology and other issues. When it comes to AI, this crew of technologists are more or less in agreement on
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Klarna’s CEO says it has stopped hiring thanks to AI but is still advertising many open jobs Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski recently said Bloomberg TV His company essentially stopped hiring a year ago and credited generative AI with enabling this massive workforce reduction. However, despite Siemiatkowski’s optimism about AI, the company is not fully relying
Why was Marc Andreessen ‘so afraid’ after meeting with Biden administration about AI? After famed investor Marc Andreessen met with government officials about the future of technology last May, he was “very scared” and described the meetings as “very scary.” Those meetings played a major role in why he supported Trump, he told journalist Barry
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