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South Korea has installed AI-powered cameras on bridges over the Han River in Seoul to detect people who may be about to attempt suicide. When the system identifies someone in distress, it immediately alerts nearby police and emergency responders so they can intervene quickly. The technology works by analyzing body movements and positioning that suggest […]

China is facing a new problem during natural disasters: fake videos spreading faster than actual news. Over the past few months, as storms and floods hit different parts of the country, social media platforms have been flooded with AI-generated videos, or deepfakes, that show false scenes of damage, rescue operations, and emergency situations that never

Bank of Baroda is investigating a major data breach after cybercriminals claimed to have stolen approximately 1 terabyte of customer information through a compromised employee email account. According to ET Finance, the stolen data, which includes customer details and transaction records, has allegedly been listed for sale on the darknet, the hidden portion of the

DANISH RESEARCHERS USE QUANTUM COMPUTING AND AI TO DESIGN PROTEIN FRAGMENTS FOR FUTURE CANCER VACCINES A team at the Technical University of Denmark, working with ORCA Computing and Sparrow Quantum, has used a quantum computer to help an AI model design small protein fragments that the human immune system can recognise. They then took the

The White House has accused Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI of stealing Anthropic’s recently launched Fable model while developing Kimi K3, one of the world’s most advanced open-weight artificial intelligence models. The allegations mark the first time the US government has publicly backed claims that a Chinese AI company copied a leading American model. Michael

China’s latest advances in artificial intelligence are raising fresh questions about whether the United States can maintain its dominance in one of the world’s fastest growing technologies. The discussion has intensified following the release of Kimi K3, an open weight large language model developed by Beijing based startup Moonshot AI. Early benchmark results suggest the

Meta is testing a new artificial intelligence powered storytelling app called StoryKit, expanding the company’s AI ambitions into children’s entertainment and family activities. The app, currently being piloted in select countries, enables parents to generate personalised bedtime stories by providing a few simple prompts. According to its App Store listing, users can create custom storybooks

Thousands of Hyundai workers in South Korea have gone on strike after negotiations with the automaker collapsed over its plans to deploy humanoid robots across its factories. The strike is among the first major worker protests centred on the use of humanoid robots in automotive manufacturing. The Hyundai Motor union, representing more than 39,000 workers,

Skyroot Aerospace is set to attempt India’s first privately developed orbital launch on July 18 with Mission Aagaman, a milestone that could reshape the country’s commercial space industry. The mission will see the Hyderabad-based space technology startup launch Vikram-1, a four-stage orbital launch vehicle, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. If successful, it

China’s biggest technology companies are disabling custom AI personas as Beijing tightens rules around emotional dependence on chatbots, leaving some users grieving relationships they had spent years building. ByteDance’s Doubao, China’s most popular AI chatbot, is shutting down its custom persona feature. Alibaba is also disabling similar functionality, while Tencent’s Yuanbao removed comparable features last