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In a recent spate of cyberattacks in Europe against fridges and freezers, the latest assault hit France’s national blood service, where hackers gained control of cold storage systems at medical facilities and turned up the temperature. The French Blood Establishment, EFS, told …
Google offers tepid response to accusations it would hold Search hostage if schools restrict AI tools
Google LLC today faced a barrage of criticism after the company warned that if schools restricted their students from using its artificial intelligence tools, the same students wouldn’t be able to use Search. The fallout came after the company announced a slew …
Meta hit with $25 billion fine for deceiving users on privacy
Meta Platforms Inc. was ordered to pay $25 billion in penalties today after a jury found the company had misled its users on how it protects and uses their data. In what is one of the largest fines ever leveled against a …
Elon Musk throttled Starlink in embattled Ukraine
Elon Musk last week reportedly ordered the slowdown of Starlink technology in Ukraine, hindering the country’s efforts to stave off Russian attacks, according to an article today by the Wall Street Journal. Musk reportedly capped the speeds of the military-grade version of …
Trump administration orders ban on DeepSeek in federal agencies
The Department of Homeland Security has ordered artificial intelligence technology from the Chinese company DeepSeek Ltd. be removed from all federal civilian agencies. The order, published on the Federal Register website today, warned that DeepSeek’s AI models present “multiple threat vectors,” that …
Bill Gates issues stark warning about AI and the future of humanity
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates has sounded the alarm regarding how artificial intelligence will cause profound disruption in the labor market, warning that millions of jobs are at risk and there’s no plan yet to help those who will lose out. Gates …
GOP urges top AI firms to do something about the toxic image of data centers
As artificial intelligence data centers continue to proliferate across Ohio and public opposition grows, Axios reported today that the GOP’s Senate campaign arm has privately warned AI companies that they need to do something about the increasingly toxic image of the facilities. …
OpenAI’s junior version of ChatGPT with guardrails has launched
OpenAI Group PBC today announced it’s rolling out a stricter version of its ChatGPT chatbot created for younger users. The announcement of “ChatGPT for Teens” follows scrutiny over how generative artificial intelligence, whether the products of OpenAI or other AI firms, can …
Meta faces mammoth fine in landmark social media trial
Meta Platforms Inc. will head to trial Tuesday over the allegation its social media applications are addictive and have harmed young users, a trial that could potentially see Meta paying a more than trillion-dollar fine and redesigning Facebook and Instagram. Meta is …
White House, AI firms keep safety framework talks private
The White House met with representatives from leading artificial intelligence companies today to discuss a safety framework for the government to review frontier models prior to launch, although there’s no plan as yet to make the details public fare. The Trump administration …