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Canada's Privacy Commissioner is scheduled to appear before the Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs to address Bill C-22.
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A facial recognition trial in Western Australia scanned approximately 1.38 million faces, according to a report by Oz Arab Media. No further details about the program's scope, legal basis, or oversight are available from the excerpt.
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Russia's FSB says minor detained over park attack threat after US tip-off Reuters
Ohio will receive a portion of a settlement tied to a data privacy case against General Motors. The payout suggests GM faced legal consequences for how it handled personal data belonging to consumers.
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New electricity generating capacity would enable north-east to attract investment for large-scale AI infrastructure National Grid has taken a step towards building Britain’s biggest electricity substation on Teesside, which could supply power to a vast neighbouring datacentre as the UK races to expand its AI infrastructure. Last week, the company agreed to purchase 29.5 hectares (73 acres) of land at Dorman Point on a site owned by Teesworks, a local private-public partnership. The deal was first reported by Sky News. Continue reading...
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Chair of National Gallery’s First Nations advisory group says the technology is undermining artists’ agency and the authenticity of their work Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast AI is taking First Nations art and turning it into “Temu slop”, the Pitjantjatjara artist Sally Scales has said. Scales, the chair of the National Gallery of Australia’s First Nations advisory group, said the technology is undermining the agency of First Nations artists and the authenticity of their work and represents a “a theft” of cultural knowledge. Continue reading...
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Faulty AI-powered facial recognition systems used in retail settings are misidentifying innocent people as shoplifters at a rate significant enough to draw public attention. The pattern points to a recurring and systemic problem with how the technology is deployed in high-stakes, everyday situations.
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An outlet is calling on San Francisco's incoming school board to establish a formal AI policy for the district. The piece frames AI governance in public schools as an urgent priority for newly elected officials.
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Hikers who rely on AI chatbots for trip planning are receiving guidance that can be inaccurate or dangerously incomplete, contributing to risky situations in remote terrain. The concern is not just bad information, but that outsourcing decisions to AI may erode the independent judgment people need to stay safe outdoors.
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The Indian state of Telangana has designated November as a Special Attendance Month in government schools, making facial recognition technology central to a campaign targeting perfect student attendance.
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The amount of debt held by data centres is measured in the tens of billions of pounds.
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Tobu Railway stock in focus as TJ Liner adds face boarding ad-hoc-news.de
The city of Chelan is weighing local rules that would govern how artificial intelligence is used in municipal operations, alongside policies on public records and data privacy.
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Archive of Our Own, a large nonprofit fan fiction platform, was taken offline after a security intrusion. One of its founders said the site could remain down for several weeks while the incident is addressed.
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Congressional candidates in a Marin County race have publicly shared their positions on how the federal government should regulate artificial intelligence, according to a column by Dick Spotswood in the Marin Independent Journal.
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“By collating all of this information, campaigns can try to infer your behavior, though they also might end up with outdated info, like old addresses that lead you to getting texts about a state you no longer live in (or even erroneous info that invites them for states you never lived in).” “’Errors in the … Continued
Inner west Sydney seat has long been safely held by the PM – but potential changes to copyright laws are angering its large creative community Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcast The prime minister is facing growing discontent within his own electorate as creatives push back against the federal government’s proposal to allow AI companies to scrape everything Australians create online. Anthony Albanese’s seat of Grayndler in Sydney’s inner west is home to more than 3,000 cultural and creative businesses, and 10% of its workers are employed in cultural and creative fie…
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Cloud hosting platform Northflank disclosed a security breach that resulted in unauthorized use of customers' AI API keys, and is urging all customers to rotate their stored credentials and secrets.
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Voters in Tuesday's elections were seen as a test of public support for President Trump's push to fast-track data center construction as part of a broader AI development strategy. The results may reveal whether that agenda is creating friction with communities and constituencies that helped elect him.
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U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, appointed by former President Barack Obama, heard arguments on a request from pro-voting groups for a temporary restraining order to immediately block the Department of Justice (DOJ) from transmitting the lists to state officials. She said she will aim to issue a decision as soon as possible. Chutkan pushed back … Continued
AI-generated vulnerability reports are overwhelming some bug bounty programs, making it harder for aspiring security researchers to know where to start. TryHackMe explains how beginners can build practical cybersecurity skills, use AI responsibly, and produce reproducible findings that stand up to scrutiny. [...]
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Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics company that works closely with law enforcement and financial institutions, disclosed a breach in which attackers used AI-driven methods to access internal systems, exposing customer names, email addresses, user IDs, and organizational roles.
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Almost 40% of British singles have used AI for romantic advice, from writing messages to assessing potential partners After Sam’s ex joked that her sister found him ugly, he turned to AI. Google Gemini had a look at the photo and politely disagreed. AI has been his wingman ever since, aiding his dating life by giving pep talks and vetting his messages. The 27-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent is not the only AI-assisted romantic – a survey of 3,000 British singles published this month by Match Group, the owner of the Tinder and Hinge platforms, found 39% had used AI in their dating lives. Continue…
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The self-deleting VOLTA infostealer steals credentials, sessions, and cryptocurrency wallets. Then, it uses LLMs to profile victims and rank their most valuable assets.
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