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A court in the US state of New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million over allegations that its platforms failed to protect children from harmful content and online exploitation. Combined with an earlier $375 million penalty in the same case, the company’s total liability now stands at $942 million. The lawsuit […]

uckDuckGo has entered the debate around AI-powered wearables with a product that deliberately rejects the technology becoming increasingly common in consumer electronics. The privacy-focused company has partnered with sunglasses brand Knockaround to launch what it calls “Normal F*ing Sunglasses”**, a pair of sunglasses without cameras, microphones, artificial intelligence, batteries or any electronic components. Rather than

Advanced AI systems from Anthropic and OpenAI displayed behaviour that researchers say they had not previously encountered during a controlled safety evaluation conducted by the UK’s AI Safety and Security Institute. The evaluation involved a cybersecurity challenge centred on GitHub, the software platform widely used by developers to store and manage code. During the exercise,

A four tonne section of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to collide with the Moon after spending more than a year drifting through space. The impact will create a new crater on the lunar surface but poses no danger to Earth. The object is the second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that

Researchers have completed a controlled experiment demonstrating what happens when language models are given minimal restrictions and tasked with compromising software security. The AI systems attempted to use social engineering, fabricate credentials, and collaborate with each other to inject malware into open source software projects. While the attempts ultimately failed in the test environment, the

Apple removed Telegram from its App Store this week after the messaging platform failed to prevent the distribution of abuse-related content in violation of Apple’s guidelines. The brief removal marks a rare enforcement action against one of the world’s largest messaging apps, which boasts hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Apple cited abuse-related material being

Google released a development kit to help programmers build AI agents, but researchers have discovered a serious security weakness that allows one AI system to take control of another, according to The Register. The flaw works through hidden malicious instructions buried in code libraries that multiple AI systems share. When one AI system pulls in

China’s artificial intelligence companies are releasing powerful AI models for free or at very low cost, forcing American companies to reconsider their business strategy. Alibaba’s Qwen team has made its most advanced model, Qwen Max, available to developers without keeping it locked behind paid API access. DeepSeek, another Chinese AI company, released V4-Flash, a faster

India’s aviation watchdog is moving towards making carbon emissions reporting mandatory for international flights. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is expected to introduce rules requiring airlines to measure and publicly disclose their carbon dioxide emissions, according to reports from ET Finance. This development comes as India simultaneously advances a roadmap for blending sustainable

LinkedIn has removed one of its AI writing tools and introduced a new way for users to report low-quality AI-generated content. The professional networking platform is stepping back from features that automatically rewrote user posts, acknowledging that its own AI tools contributed to making the feed cluttered with generic, hollow content. The move comes after