OpenAI
OpenAI rumours go nuclear: Trump, p(doom) and the truth about superintelligence
Is the world about to end? Are billions of people going to be fired? Or is OpenAI just planning to release a slightly better LLM?
Jasper Hamill
Law
Will the Ministry of Justice finally admit computers are unreliable witnesses?
"A blanket ‘no questions asked’ acceptance of the accuracy of digital evidence can have a devastating impact on people’s lives."
AI
Meet the Claude Boys: Could a meme about AI-obsessed teens become reality?
"The newest thing at my school is a flock of self-proclaimed 'Claude Boys' who have Al on hand at all times."
Nvidia
Nvidia upgrades GenAI guardrails to control toxic or disloyal "knowledge robots"
GPU titan releases new tools to help businesses keep their know-bots from going rogue and causing catastrophic brand damage.
Cybercrime
Los Angeles wildfire phishing scammers use "cancer-stricken dogs" to defraud good Samaritans
"Natural disasters like the LA fires of 2025 let cybercriminals exploit the vulnerabilities of human psychology"
Security
CISA's new strategy to mitigate threat of "formidable" Chinese cyber-adversaries
Cyber Defense Agency warn critical national infrastructure bodies that Beijing may be preparing to launch attacks that "induce societal panic".
Cybercrime
UK critical national infrastructure ransomware payment ban risks creating an "underground economy"
Westminster wants to make CNI and public sector bodies "unattractive" to criminals - a plan that could have an unexpected effect.
Persuasive Technologies
Big ideas for 2025: The Intention Economy
Preparing for a future in which machines watch our every move - then sell predictions about our future behaviour to the data-industrial complex.
UK
UK AI defence "gap" exposed as Keir Starmer vows to make Britain a world leader
Stifling bureaucracy, uncompetitive wages and a dreary lack of innovation hampering defensive and offensive artificial intelligence research.
Stem cell clinics are tricking the sick and elderly into "expensive, unproven" therapies
Desperate people targeted by companies that claim to be able to cure everything from AIDS to Multiple Sclerosis.
Surveillance
Invisible "face cloaking" camouflage can dodge facial recognition, defence contractor claims
Researchers discover a new way of protecting your identity with little more than small cosmetic touches.
UK
British defence firms "find it easier to land contracts with Nasa than the MoD"
"We must open up more opportunities for SMEs to contribute to our defence and innovation in that sector," MP demands.