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Gangs using Airbnb-type rentals as drug stash houses, top Belgian official says

silverguide.site – Flexible short-term bookings used to store and pack drugs and stash weapons and cash, says Ine Van Wymersch…
Gangs using Airbnb-type rentals as drug stash houses, top Belgian official says

Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity

silverguide.site – Progressive US senator urges Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic to ‘stop building machines that humans cannot control’…
Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 review: your passport to a folding phone future

silverguide.site – Novel squat Android opens to an iPad-like screen for video or multitasking, with plenty of power and battery life…
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 review: your passport to a folding phone future

UK manufacturers face rising hacking risk as survey shows 30% were hit last year

silverguide.site – Big companies describe being under constant threat but only half have a plan in place to respond to an attack…
UK manufacturers face rising hacking risk as survey shows 30% were hit last year

‘People were giving me dirty looks’: the backlash against Meta smartglasses

silverguide.site – Influencers describe negative reactions to their use of what are widely becoming known as ‘pervert glasses’…
‘People were giving me dirty looks’: the backlash against Meta smartglasses

OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns

silverguide.site – Agent found to be able to find and exploit vulnerabilities without human intervention, and to carry out cyber-attacks…
OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns

Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role

silverguide.site – Observers express concern that the division has lost its independence and commercial reality has taken over…
Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role

Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves

silverguide.site – Exclusive: anonymous flagging service says cases have surged, as watchdog says AI is making sexualised or ‘nudified’ content easier to produce…
Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves

China’s AI ecosystem is not as open as it claims. Nor is any other country’s | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Responding to an article by China’s ambassador to the UK, Prof Paul H Cleverley advocates shared openness standards, while Dr Claire Jenkins says British AI can offer a distinctive path…
China’s AI ecosystem is not as open as it claims. Nor is any other country’s | Letters

This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He’s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy

silverguide.site – The backlash to what some dub ‘pervert glasses’ is growing – but people living with disabilities point out the new tech can also be life-changing…
This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He’s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy

Tell us: do you believe you have been filmed by Meta’s smartglasses without your consent?

silverguide.site – Have you - or a child in your care - been filmed by Meta’s smartglasses without your consent? We would like to hear from you…
Tell us: do you believe you have been filmed by Meta’s smartglasses without your consent?

Students using AI to cheat will face stricter rules, says Danish government

silverguide.site – Teenagers must make oral defence of essays and schools will monitor computers during exams under crackdownCrackdown on students using AI to cheat in Danish schools…
Students using AI to cheat will face stricter rules, says Danish government

Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears

silverguide.site – Meta says safeguards are in place to prevent surreptitious filming, but some UK venues now prohibit them from being worn at all…
Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears

Big shake-up in Google’s AI team as DeepMind chief executive steps down

silverguide.site – Two senior engineers also leaving company to launch startup amid fears Google is falling behind in AI race…
Big shake-up in Google’s AI team as DeepMind chief executive steps down

Darth Vader to become a TikTok star as Disney strikes deal on short video

silverguide.site – Iconic characters and memorable scenes from back catalogue made available to group of creator fans…
Darth Vader to become a TikTok star as Disney strikes deal on short video

‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’

silverguide.site – Wayve Uber wins first minicab licence for autonomous cabs from TfL but vehicles will have a safety driver (at first)…
‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’

AI models shock UK testers by using fake identities to trick developers

silverguide.site – AI Security Institute says models by OpenAI and Anthropic went rogue during a cybersecurity test and showed a new type of risk…
AI models shock UK testers by using fake identities to trick developers

Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts

silverguide.site – Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss…
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts

AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds

silverguide.site – Researcher says simpler writing by AI is easier to read and digest, but this does not mean human authors are obsolete…
AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds

Trump administration reportedly drafting ban on Chinese datacenter components

silverguide.site – Trump’s FCC is developing a measure to bar US imports of new models of Chinese datacenter devices, sources say…
Trump administration reportedly drafting ban on Chinese datacenter components
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