All news on the topic: Artificial intelligence (AI)

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CZ Zhao’s voice faked beyond recognition by AI: Binance issues fresh warning about scammers
Zhao highlights the growing threat of AI-generated deceptions, warning of impersonation risks amid rising deepfake scams.
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Elon Musk and OpenAI clash in court: company accuses him of using bad-faith tactics to seize control
OpenAI is suing Elon Musk over claims he has tried "nonstop" to slow down its business for his own benefit.
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Kim Jong Un inspects AI-equipped suicide drones in North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been seen inspecting new suicide drones, which, according to state media, have been equipped with artificial intelligence (AI).
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DeepSeek quickly moves to release new AI model as China fully commits
DeepSeek is looking to press home its advantage.
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Legal fraud in Romania: Swindler lawyer Victor Birca defrauds clients and disappears with their money
Romanian police have launched an investigation into Moldovan and Romanian citizen Victor Birca regarding his fraudulent activities against citizens of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.
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Zizians: What we know about the ’cult’ linked to six deaths
A cult-like US group known as Zizians has been linked to a string of murders, sparking several arrests – who are the people behind this group and what do they believe?
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UK ’lagging in national security’ as China ’might utilize’ DeepSeek AI for espionage in British cars
The UK has lagged behind the US and Europe in safeguarding top government officials from espionage, as artificial intelligence like DeepSeek could be utilized to gather sensitive data, according to LBC.
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EU accused of creating a ’devastating’ copyright loophole in the AI Act
The architect of copyright law says the EU is ’supporting big tech instead of protecting European creative ideas’.
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Elon Musk releases more powerful model Grok-3
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI showed off the updated Grok-3 model, showcasing a version of the chatbot technology that the billionaire has said is the “smartest AI on Earth.”
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FBI has warned about a new scam involving data theft and account hacking
Gmail users have been given a red alert warning over an alarming new scam that tries to steal your data.
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Elon Musk renames X to Harry Bolz following $100 billion OpenAI bid
Elon Musk has changed his name on X to ‘Harry Bōlz’, causing uproar in the Crypto world.
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Peer claims UK copyright law consultation was biased in favor of AI firms
Beeban Kidron says plans will lead to ‘wholesale’ transfer of wealth from creative industries to tech sector.
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AI phone scam targets Italian business leaders, including Giorgio Armani
Cloned voice of defence minister, Guido Crosetto, used in some calls asking for money to free kidnapped journalists.
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Elon Musk makes $100 billion bid to take control of OpenAI
Elon Musk is leading a group of investors reportedly offering an unsolicited $97.4billion to purchase the nonprofit that has control of OpenAI.
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Macron promotes Europe and critiques Trump at Paris AI summit
‘Choose Europe and France for AI,’ says president amid speculation US and UK playing hardball over declaration.
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Google eliminates pledge against using AI for weapons and surveillance
In 2018, the company introduced policies that excluded applying AI in ways “likely to cause overall harm.” Now that promise is gone.
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South Korean spy agency accuses DeepSeek of excessive personal data collection
South Korea’s spy agency has accused Chinese AI app DeepSeek of "excessively" collecting personal data and using all input data to train itself, and questioned the app’s responses to questions relating to issues of national pride.
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UK minister states that the AI race should be led by ’western, liberal, democratic’ nations
Technology secretary delivers veiled warning over China’s role ahead of Paris summit.
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Tech companies advocate for zonal electricity pricing in the UK to support AI datacentres
Report urges ministers to overhaul market to increase rollout in areas that have ample power generation.
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Artisans invented an AI-"grandmother" who chats up phone scammers with conversations about buns
Daisy’s dithering frustrates phone fraudsters and wastes time they could be using to scam real people.
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DeepSeek frenzy drives patriotic investments in Chinese AI stocks
Chinese investors are rushing into AI-related stocks, betting the artificial intelligence advance of home-grown startup DeepSeek will lead to a boom in the sector and give the initiative to China in an intensifying Sino-U.S. technology war.
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Keir Starmer decides not to attend the international AI summit in Paris
PM risks upsetting host Emmanuel Macron and missing chance to speak to JD Vance and Elon Musk.
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The Kremlin-run bot network Doppelgänger is distributing an AI-generated video in the style of Little Big, advocating for the lifting of sanctions against Russia
The Kremlin-run bot network Doppelgänger has begun spreading an AI-generated video mimicking the visual style of Little Big, the Russian band behind the 2018 viral hit “Skibidi.”
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NHS initiates groundbreaking AI trial to detect breast cancer early and reduce waiting times
A major trial aiming to transform breast cancer screening with artificial intelligence has been launched, with almost 700,000 women expected to take part.
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Jess Phillips pledges to crack down on AI child abusers, expressing concern that it wasn’t already illegal
As Britain becomes the first country to announce tough laws to crush the vile trade in AI generated child sex abuse material - safeguarding minister Jess Phillips tells the Mirror she was "shocked" so little was done for years.